With Chris Evans’ Marvel contract up following the currently-in-production Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, there’s a lot of speculation surrounding his future (or lack of) as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Firstly, it was reported that Evans had decided to move on from the role in order to explore other opportunities, including […]
Can we all just admit the Golden Globes are kind of terrible?
Anghus Houvouras on the Golden Globe Awards… This headline feels redundant, as if it’s a deeply held belief by 88% of the civilized world. The other 12% are made up of the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and people like my wife who enjoy watching the red carpet fashion on display no matter […]
Jordan Peele quits acting to focus on directing
After making his feature directorial debut last year with the acclaimed horror-thriller Get Out, Jordan Peele has now decided to quit acting in order to focus solely on his directing career. “Daniel Day-Lewis and I are both out (laughing),” Peele told Entertainment Weekly. “Acting is just nowhere near as fun for me as directing.” Peele […]
Movie Review – Free Fire (2017)
Free Fire, 2017. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: 1978, Boston, Massachusetts. Justine has brokered a meeting between two Irishmen and a gang selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired, […]
Get Out: Social Commentary in the Horror Genre
Tony Black on Get Out and social commentary in the horror genre… A romper stomper of a low budget hit, Get Out is the first breakout picture of 2017 and may end up being the biggest. Jordan Peele’s tense tale isn’t just an exercise in horror thriller theatrics, it’s also the first of four ‘social […]
Free Fire: The 70’s Crime Pictures It Takes a Bullet From
Tony Black on Free Fire… Let’s be honest, if you’ve seen Free Fire, you’ll know it’s not particularly like a lot of the 1970’s crime films that, on the face of it, Ben Wheatley’s movie would sit alongside. This pulpy, lean slice of comic violence owes more to the early 90’s stylistics of down’n’dirty Tarantino […]
Exclusive Interview: Special effects artist Dan Martin talks Free Fire
With new Ben Wheatley movie Free Fire on release this week, Sean Wilson chats to one of the director’s closest collaborators Dan Martin about the art of great practical effects… Blasting onto screens in a hail of gunfire, mismatched accents and some choice 1970s costumes, Free Fire is the riotously entertaining new black comedy from […]
Five Films Executive Produced By Martin Scorsese
Ben Wheatley’s new film Free Fire has been described as a brutally effective film and an irresistible adrenaline shot of cinema; this is perhaps unsurprising considering the talent behind it, particularly legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese who executive produced the film. In commemoration with Free Fire’s theatrical release, we have collected five pictures Scorsese was involved […]
Future Star Wars movies won’t rely on legacy characters and story elements
We’re two films into the Disney Star Wars canon, and while both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have went down well with the majority of fans and critics – and earned a fortune at the box office – there has been some criticism that the movies are relying […]
James Gunn says Sylvester Stallone and Michael Rosenbaum are playing “very important” Marvel characters in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
We’ve known for a good while that Sylvester Stallone is set for a mystery role in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and now director James Gunn has revealed that Sly is playing a “very important” character from the Marvel universe, as is former Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum. “We do have a couple of […]
