It looks like the extensive reshoots on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has led to scheduling conflicts for composer Alexandre Desplat, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the Oscar-winner is no longer available to score the film. Stepping in as Desplat’s replacement is another Academy Award-winner in Michael Giacchino, who has worked extensively with […]
Movie Review – Christine (2016)
Christine, 2016. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, Timothy Simons, J. Smith-Cameron and Kim Shaw. SYNOPSIS: The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career. On July 15th 1974, Christine Chubbuck – a newsreader […]
Second Opinion – Inferno (2016)
Inferno, 2016. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Omar Sy, Sidse Babbett Knudsen and Irrfan Khan. SYNOPSIS: When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly […]
Jackie Earle Haley to play villain in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel
It looks like Jackie Earle Haley is the latest actor to join the cast of Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, as The Hollywood Reporter claims that he has signed on to play a “monstrous cyborg” villain. The report also states that a fair amount of CG and greenscreen will be required to bring the Preacher […]
Second Opinion – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Knightley and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Hunt for the Wilderpeople occupies a strange place, that purgatory […]
Zack Snyder shares photo of Ben Affleck in new Tactical Batsuit from Justice League
With filming now in the “home stretch”, Zack Snyder has taken to Twitter to share a new image of Ben Affleck’s Batman from Justice League, dressed in his new Tactical Batsuit. Check it out here… Via Batman-News, here’s the image brightened up, where you can make out more detail… What do you make of the […]
UPDATE: Rumour: Ben Affleck’s Batman script has “serious problems”, and Warner Bros. doesn’t care
With Ben Affleck’s Batman movie gearing up to go into production next year, a rather nasty rumour has surfaced over at The Ringer suggesting that “there are serious problems with the script”, and that executives at Warner Bros. aren’t overly concerned about fixing them as “it doesn’t really matter” due to the amount of money […]
TIFF 2016 Review – Without Name (2016)
Without Name, 2016 Directed by Lorcan Finnegan Starring Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne, Olga Wehrly SYNOPSIS: A land surveyor discovers a dark secret deep within a dense forest, in this eco-horror thriller from first-time Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan. For his debut feature film, director Lorcan Finnegan presents an intriguing psychological horror that relies on […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige on whether we could see The Defenders on the big screen
While many fans had hoped to see The Defenders joining forces with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Infinity War, it is looking increasingly unlikely that Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist will be absent from the big showdown with Thanos. Speaking to Collider during a Doctor Strange press junket, Marvel Studios chief Kevin […]
Storm Reid cast as lead in Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time
Having cast Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Disney and director Ava DuVernay have now found their lead for the upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. 13-year-old actress Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave) is set to portray the character of Meg Murray, who […]
