Given the negative reception to Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth instalment of the blockbuster movie franchise, Paramount Pictures is looking to shake things up with its next offering as Michael Bay makes way for Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight on the solo Bumblebee movie. And, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, […]
Movie Review – The Emoji Movie (2017)
The Emoji Movie, 2017. Directed by Tony Leondis. Featuring the voice talents of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Sofia Vergara, Patrick Stewart, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sean Hayes, Tati Gabrielle, and Sean Giambrone. SYNOPSIS: A multi-expressional Meh emoji sets out on a quest to become a normal Meh emoji. To best understand […]
Kevin Feige reiterates that Zendaya’s Michelle is not Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Warning: There are spoilers for Spider-Man: Homecoming in this post… Although Zendaya has stated multiple times in promotional interviews that her character in Spider-Man: Homecoming is not a new take on Peter Parker’s popular red-headed girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, audiences certainly found themselves questioning the validity of those remarks during a scene toward the end […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming writers discuss Peter’s relationship with Aunt May moving forward
Warning: There are spoilers for Spider-Man: Homecoming in this post… Arguably one of the best scenes in the recently released critically and commercially successful Marvel superhero blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming is the final shot of Aunt May discovering Peter Parker’s true identity. Not only is it one of the film’s biggest laugh out loud moments, it […]
Wonder Woman surpasses Suicide Squad at the worldwide box office
Despite new superhero competition from Spider-Man: Homecoming, Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman continues to pull in the cash at the box office, with the Gal Gadot-headlined solo movie having now pushed its worldwide total to $745.8 million. It’s already become the highest-grossing instalment of the DC Extended Universe domestically, and now the film has surpassed Suicide […]
Why does Marvel keep using the same villain for every movie?
Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s villains… Next year Marvel Studios will turn ten years old. This milestone is being marked with a celebration that Kevin Feige touched briefly upon. There’s certainly a lot to celebrate. Marvel’s foray into feature films has been an unmitigated success financially and with the ticket buying movie public. Whether you love […]
Why Winston Churchill Continues To Fascinate
Neil Calloway looks at why Britain’s wartime leader is rarely off our screens… It’s a great pub quiz question; which character has been played by Brendan Gleeson, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Albert Finney, Brian Cox and Christian Slater? The answer is, of course, Winston Churchill. I normally roll my eyes when I go to a […]
Movie Review – Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk, 2017. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, and Tom Glynn-Carney. SYNOPSIS: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War […]
Dunkirk becomes second highest grosser of 2017 at UK box office, beating Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Dunkirk has sailed into second position at the UK box office for 2017, overcoming some serious competition on the way. We reported earlier in the month that Dunkirk had out earned Spider-Man: Homecoming, Wonder Woman, and Logan at the UK box office. But now it can add another impressive achievement to its name, having also […]
Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris gets release date
The 15:17 to Paris, an upcoming film directed by Clint Eastwood, has received a February 2018 release date. The movie focuses on the heroes who helped to foil a 2015 terrorist attack on a train at high speed in Paris, and has now been given a release date of February 9, 2018 by Warner Bros. […]
