Much has been made of the “rivalry” between Marvel and DC this year, which isn’t too surprising given that we’ve seen Warner Bros. fleshing out the DC Extended Universe with the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, while Marvel Studios launched Phase Three with Captain America: Civil War and the […]
The First Nick Fury Film
This week Neil Calloway looks at the time when David Hasselhoff played Nick Fury… With the release of Captain America: Civil War, Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in all the MCU films, as well as making a cameo as the character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He has made the role his own and it’s now hard […]
Movie Review – Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul, 2015. Directed by László Nemes. Starring Géza Röhrig, Lvente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak, Sándor Zsótér, Marcin Czarnik, Uwe Lauer and Christian Harting. SYNOPSIS: Auschwitz, 1944: a Jewish Hungarian, who burns the corpses of his own people, recognises a young boy from the crematorium and seeks a Rabbi for a proper […]
Movie Review – Nerve (2016)
Nerve, 2016. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade, Samira Wiley, Miles Heizer, Kimiko Glenn and Machine Gun Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community […]
Blu-ray Review – Nerve (2016)
Nerve, 2016. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Kimiko Glenn, Samira Wiley and Juliette Lewis. SYNOPSIS: A troubled high-schooler escapes her social problems by playing an online, but real-world, dare game, causing her to quickly fall victim to a dangerous online community, powered by anonymity. […]
Movie Review – Tickled (2016)
Tickled, 2016. Directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve. SYNOPSIS: Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. Before going into Tickled, I was aware only of the controversy […]
Delve into the dark world of competitive endurance tickling with trailer for documentary Tickled
Ahead of its UK release next month, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s documentary Tickled. The film follows Farrier as he delves deep into the world of competitive endurance tickling; take a look below… After stumbling upon a bizarre competitive endurance tickling video online, wherein young men are paid […]
Now You See Me 3 finds a pair of screenwriters, Chinese spinoff in development
Lionsgate has tapped up and coming screenwriters Neil Widener and Gavin James to pen the script for Now You See Me 3, Deadline is reporting. The duo have recently signed on to write another sequel, San Andreas 2, having sold Battle of Alcatraz to Paramount. The third instalment of the Now You See Me franchise will […]
Exclusive: Dave Franco discusses The Room movie The Masterpiece
During an interview with Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis to promote the release of Now You See Me 2, actor Dave Franco offered up some comments on The Masterpiece (formerly titled The Disaster Artist), James Franco’s upcoming retelling of the making of the cult classic The Room. “We’re still shocked that anyone let us make this […]
Woody Harrelson officially signs on for Han Solo spinoff
Last week it was reported that Woody Harrelson was in talks to join the upcoming young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie, and now the official Star Wars site has confirmed his casting. “We couldn’t be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody,” said directors Phil Lord […]