Tom Nightingale looks back on four years of Disney’s Star Wars… It’s been the equivalent of a whole US presidential term since Disney acquired Lucasfilm for a staggering $4.05 billion. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers” declared George Lucas as he traded the most iconic […]
Austin Powers director Jay Roach on the potential future of the franchise
Next year will mark 20 years since the release of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and director Jay Roach has been speaking to Simon Thompson of Forbes about the anniversary of the hit spy series, and whether he and star Mike Myers have any plans to revisit the franchise. “We are always talking about how […]
Jim Parsons to headline Brother Orange
THR is reporting that The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has signed on to headline Brother Orange, an upcoming feature film from Warner Bros. and BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. The film will see Parsons as BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera, and will tell the story of the internet phenomenon whereby his iPhone was stolen and made […]
Ben Affleck backtracks on The Batman title reveal
Earlier this week during a promotional interview for his new movie The Accountant, Ben Affleck stated that his upcoming Dark Knight solo movie would be using the title The Batman, but now he’s backtracked on that, and said “there is no Batman movie happening yet.” “It’s been around for a long time, the movie… there is […]
Time-Warner CEO says Ben Affleck’s Batman movie is “a year and a half out”
Last week we brought you some comments from Time-Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, who suggested on an investor conference all that Warner Bros. “can do a little better on the creative” side of the DC Extended Universe, and now we have some further comments, which give us an indication of when we might expect Ben Affleck’s […]
Movie Review – Leopard (2013)
Leopard, 2013. Written and Directed by Eoin Macken. Starring Eoin Macken, Tom Hopper, Rebecca Night, Jack Reynor, Liam Carney, and Helen Pearson. SYNOPSIS: Returning home for his father’s funeral, Jack must face the brother he left behind. A woman they find on the moors complicates matters. Death is a shaky subject in Leopard. It’s also a prevalent one, […]
DVD Review – The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys, 2016. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Keith David, Gil Gerard, Kim Basinger, Beau Knapp and Margaret Qualley. SYNOPSIS: A private detective and an enforcer team up to infiltrate the porn industry in 1977 Los Angeles. Mismatched buddy movies have been a constant staple of […]
Second Opinion – The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
The Girl with All the Gifts, 2016. Directed by Colm McCarthy. Starring Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine and Glenn Close. SYNOPSIS: A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. To say that the zombie genre has become saturated with […]
UPDATE: John Carpenter has some harsh words for Rob Zombie and his Halloween remake
It’s been almost ten years since Rob Zombie directed his remake of the horror classic Halloween, and now franchise creator John Carpenter has finally shared his opinion on the reinvention – and it turns out he’s not overly impressed by the film, nor Zombie himself for that matter. Speaking at the New York Film Academy […]
Marvel launching Star Wars: Classified ongoing comic book series
With Star Wars: Darth Vader set to end next month, Marvel has announced that it is launching a new ongoing series in December entitled Star Wars: Classified. The new series will join the main Star Wars title and Star Wars: Poe Dameron as Marvel’s third ongoing Star Wars series, and will see Darth Vader writer […]
