Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast… Walt Disney was a visionary who created the most powerful entertainment industry the world has ever known. Since its modest, hand-drawn origins, the company has worked its way into merchandise, theme parks, television, video games, and has spent untold billions for every major pop culture franchise they […]
Beauty and the Beast opens to $350 million worldwide
Disney’s latest live-action adaptation Beauty and the Beast is off to a stellar start at the global box office, pulling in $350 million around the world and setting itself up for a potential $1 billion plus haul. The film has broken records on both sides of the Atlantic; domestically, it grossed $174 million across the […]
Dave Filoni expresses his interest in directing a live-action Star Wars movie
As Lucasfilm begins to plan out the next decade and a half of Star Wars movies, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni has been chatting to Coming Soon about whether he has any aspirations to make the jump to live-action and get behind the camera for a Star Wars […]
Chris Evans open to extending his Marvel contract after Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4
Last week a report surfaced online suggesting that Chris Evans is ready to hang up the shield following the end of his initial deal with Marvel Studios on Avengers: Infinity War and its as-yet-untitled sequel. There has of course been plenty of speculation about Evans’ future in the MCU for several years now, stemming from the […]
Chris Evans talks more about his future as Captain America
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 […]
