Streaming giant Netflix has purchased the worldwide rights to Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, The Irishman. The long gestating movie which is to see the iconic director once again team up with Robert De Niro as the film’s star, will be the pair’s ninth collaboration together. Working on such iconic movies as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull […]
Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]
Andrew Garfield to produce and star in journalist drama Black Lion
Former Spider-Man Andrew Garfield has landed a new role in the film Black Lion, which is being produced by Stay Gold Features from a script by Alessandro Camon, co-writer of The Messenger. Garfield will produce alongside Stay Gold’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Rupert Fowler. Black Lion will tell the true story of Carlos Mavroleon, an English/Greek heir to a […]
Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence
Henry Bevan on Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence… A ultra-violent pacifist movie. That’s the oxymoron greeting you when you watch Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson’s film about Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a conscientious objector involved in the Battle of Okinawa. The film is open to multiple readings. Some are obvious, with Doss’s comparison with […]
Metal Gear Solid movie director weighs in on PG-13 v R-rating
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is beginning the interview rounds for the fast approaching early March release of the monster epic, and during a chat with Collider, he’s also been discussing his upcoming adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s best-selling video game franchise Metal Gear Solid – specifically, whether it should aim for a PG-13 or R-Rating. “I think that for me, […]
Cristal Pictures picks up action thriller The Steward from John Wick creator
Variety is reporting that Cristal Pictures has picked up The Steward, an action-thriller from John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. According to the site, the project will feature on an original character, and is being planned as a potential franchise launcher with worldwide appeal, including China. “Derek is a terrific writer and masterful at creating original, […]
Amblin picks up “female John Wick” project Ruthless
Following the box office success of Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 2, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is getting into the assassin game, picking up the script for the action thriller Ruthless. The project is being dubbed a “female John Wick” and follows “a retired assassin who returns to the game after being diagnosed with terminal brain […]
James Mangold talks Logan’s “happy ending”, Hugh Jackman was reluctant to introduce X-24
Warning. Major Logan spoilers follow… With this year’s Logan, director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman delivered a rather fantastic end to Jackman’s 17-year stint as the fan favourite mutant superhero Wolverine, culminating in an emotional climax where Logan makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his clone/daughter Laura and her young mutant friends from his […]
Logan tracking a $60 million domestic opening weekend
The reviews are in, with many hailing it as one of the best superhero movies of all time (read Rob Kojder’s ★★★★ review here), and with just two weeks to go before it opens in cinemas, the first box office tracking numbers for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swan song Logan have now arrived online. According to Forbes, […]
How to fix the X-Men Cinematic Universe
Anghus Houvouras on how Fox can fix the X-Men: Cinematic Universe… Fox has been cultivating the X-Men cinematic universe for nearly two decades. It’s been that long since fans were first treated to Marvel’s most magnanimous mutants on the big screen. The first X-Men movie wasn’t perfect, but it was a solid first entry into […]
