Following on from Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War reveal, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Twitter to discuss Groot’s appearance in the superhero ensemble, explaining why he looks the same as he did as ‘Adolescent Groot’ in the post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, despite an in-universe time gap […]
Movie Review – Rebel in the Rye (2017)
Rebel in the Rye, 2017. Written and Directed by Danny Strong. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Lucy Boynton, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Amy Rutberg, and Brian d’Arcy James. SYNOPSIS: The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in […]
Sandra Bullock to star in Let Her Speak
According to Variety, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock has signed on to play Texas senator Wendy Davis in Let Her Speak, a drama penned by Mario Correa, which has Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal on board to produce through their Escape Artists banner. The film will tell the story of Davis, a little known senator who […]
Exclusive Interview: Oscar-winning composer Steven Price on American Assassin and film soundtracks
Sean Wilson chats to the composer behind the violent new black ops thriller American Assassin starring Dylan O’Brien and Michael Keaton… Based on the bestselling novel by Vince Flynn, American Assassin plunges viewers into the murky world of CIA black ops. The Maze Runner‘s Dylan O’Brien stars as Mitch Rapp, the fledgling government secret weapon […]
Dunkirk becomes the highest grossing WWII film of all time
Dunkirk has become the highest grossing WWII movie in history. Christopher Nolan’s war drama about the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk beach has been much applauded and casually doing its thing at the box office – outperforming expectations in many markets. Nolan’s film may have, however, just grabbed its biggest claim to fame yet, in […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water contains physically intimate expressions of love between two different sets of characters, both inordinately different in tone. One is rather awkwardly aggressive with no real affection shown by either member of a married couple, while multiple other sequences depict Sally Hawkins’ sign language communicating mute Elisa and the film’s centralized human reminiscent amphibian […]
Ric Roman Waugh to direct Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen
It looks like the Millennium Films action threequel Angel Has Fallen has found its director, with Variety reporting that Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch, Shot Caller) has signed on to helm the film. Angel Has Fallen is the follow-up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen and 2016’s London Has Fallen, and will see the return of Gerard […]
The Purge: The Island will depict “the first experimental Purge”
Although he’s handing over directing duties on the upcoming fourth instalment to Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands), franchise creator James DeMonaco will be penning the script for The Purge: The Island, and during an interview with Vulture, the filmmaker has revealed some plot details for the prequel. “I said it’s the first experimental Purge, which I […]
Vin Diesel in talks for Sony’s Bloodshot movie
Not content with voicing one of the most beloved characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Groot, according to The Wrap, Vin Diesel is in talks to sign onto Sony’s five-film Valiant comic book shared universe by headlining Bloodshot. Bloodshot tells the story of a mortally wounded soldier who’s resurrected using […]
Jared Leto in talks to star in Bloodshot
Actor and musician Jared Leto is in talks to star in Sony’s Bloodshot movie. Leto, seemingly enjoying being more involved in movies these days after an erratic earlier career, is in talks to join Bloodshot, an adaptation of the comic series from Valiant Entertainment. The project is the second in a five picture deal between DMG […]
