Writer-director Jeff Cassidy has released his new superhero-themed short film Sidekick, which features an impressive cast that includes Emily Bett Rickards (Arrow), Tom Cavanagh (The Flash), Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time) and Christian Michael Cooper (Prison Break) and tells the story of a struggling father who uses a bedtime story to impart an important […]
Marvel’s Doctor Strange conjures up $86 million international opening
Although it doesn’t open in North American until Friday, Marvel’s latest blockbuster Doctor Strange got its international rollout underway this week, and the Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined superhero origin story is off to a strong start at the box office, earning $86 million from its various markets. Deadline is reporting that Doctor Strange’s bow is 49% ahead of […]
Two more names join the Deadpool 2 director shortlist
A few days ago it was reported that John Wick co-director David Leitch is frontrunner to succeed Tim Miller as director on Deadpool 2, although the original report stated that there were still other names in the mix. Well, thanks to Deadline, we now know another two filmmakers on 20th Century Fox’s radar, with the […]
Second Opinion – Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange, 2016. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, and Benedict Wong. SYNOPSIS: A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts. When a film opens with the villain ceremoniously decapitating an innocent librarian and […]
Frank Miller on where he would take the Batman movie franchise
Having penned a number of seminal Batman tales including The Dark Knight Returns and Year One, influential comic book creator Frank Miller almost got to make his mark on the Batman movie franchise back in the early 2000s, teaming up with Darren Aronfosky to write a version of Year One, although it was ultimately scrapped […]
Doug Liman says Edge of Tomorrow 2 will “revolutionize how people make sequels”
A couple of days ago we brought you some comments from Doug Liman on how he plans to “turn the comic book genre on its head” with his Justice League Dark adaptation Dark Universe, and now the filmmaker has been chatting to Collider about the planned follow-up to Edge of Tomorrow, suggesting that it’s both […]
Are We Seeing The Death Of Hollywood?
This week, Neil Calloway argues that Hollywood’s dominance of the film industry might be at an end… First, it was announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed up to star in a $200 million Chinese film. It used to be the case that only hasbeens and never weres went outside Hollywood to make a movie, but […]
Movie Review – The Shining Extended Cut (1980)
The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Stanley Kubrick’s The […]
The Week in Star Wars – Daisy Ridley on Rey’s parents and Mary Sue, new Rogue One image and more
The latest edition of The Week in Star Wars features comments from Daisy Ridley talking about her character’s parents and whether she’s a Mary Sue, a new image for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the film’s director ‘fanboying’ and more… One of the big questions coming out of last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is surrounded […]
Kate Bosworth to star as Sharon Tate in biopic
Kate Bosworth (The Art of More) and her director husband Michael Polish (The Astronaut Farmer) are set to bring the tragic story of Sharon Tate to the big screen, with Polish writing and directing an adaptation of Greg King’s book Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders. Bosworth will take on the role of Tate, a […]
