Samuel Brace on whether box office is more important than critical success… How should we measure a film’s success? The metric we use to determine whether or not the latest feature film has reached heights high enough to warrant being labelled successful, seems to be up for a rather heated debate. Is a film’s worth […]
New clip from Exodus: Gods and Kings featuring Christian Bale and Maria Valverde
20th Century Fox has released yet another clip from Ridley Scott’s upcoming biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, this time featuring Christian Bale as Moses and Maria Valverde as his wife, Zipporah. Check it out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the final trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes […]
Movie Review – Stations of the Cross (2014)
Stations of the Cross, 2014. Directed by Dietrich Brüggemann. Starring Lea van Acken, Moritz Knapp, Lucie Aron, Florian Stetter, Anna Brüggemann and Franziska Weisz. SYNOPSIS: Fourteen-year-old Maria, a pious Roman Catholic girl living in a “sinful” modern world, attempts to become a saint by following in Jesus’ footsteps on his way to Calvary. Remember Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, […]
Movie Review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, 2014. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks SYNOPSIS: After defying the capital at the end of Catching Fire, Katniss joins the rebels of District 13 to take on […]
Arrow’s Willa Holland to star in Pacific Standard Time
Arrow star Willa Holland is set for a return to the big screen in the upcoming film Pacific Standard Time, where she’ll appear alongside Alex Russell, Matt Riedy, Miguel Gomez, Julie Dretzin, David S. Lee, Stelio Savante, Charlbi Dean Kriek, and David Newton. Written and directed by Ben Cummings and Orson Cummings, Pacific Standard Time […]
MPAA changes rating of Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers to PG-13
Last week, Kevin Smith took to social media to announce that the Motion Picture Association of America had slapped an R-rating on his new film Yoga Hosers, owing to a cartoon drawing of a pair of testicles. Smith stated that he would appeal the decision, but he won’t have to, as he’s now revealed that […]
Check out the cover art for Batman Versus Robin animated movie
In addition to the Justice League: War sequel Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Warner’s 2015 line-up for its DC Universe Animated Original Movies line will see a loose adaptation of The New 52’s ‘The Court of Owls’ story arc in the Son of Batman follow-up Batman Versus Robin, and the official cover art has now […]
A Flipping Useless Penguin Dance in latest Penguins of Madagascar clip
Ahead of its UK release this Friday, a new clip has arrived online for DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar spin-off Penguins of Madagascar, which sees Skipper, Kowalski and Rico causing a diversion with a Flipping Useless Penguin Dance. Check it out below… Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: […]
The Callow Way – Why aren’t there more female directors?
This week Neil Calloway looks at the lack of women behind the camera in Hollywood… This week, a report by San Diego State University revealed that only 7% of the films in 2014’s top 250 highest grossing list were directed by women. That works out at 17 films, with only one film in the top […]
Minorities in film and casting controversies: The right person for the right job?
Alice Rush on minorities in film and casting controversies: the right person for the right job..? Like most years 2014 had its fair share of film controversies. The Interview nearly sparked a war between America and North Korea (I use the word ‘nearly’ very loosely), Nymphomaniac attracted criticism for unsimulated sex scenes and Transformers: Age […]
