Mel Gibson is back, ladies and gentleman. Apparently all is forgiven and the actor/director, fresh off an Oscar nomination for his WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge, has now been cast opposite Vince Vaughn in a cop thriller. The film, ominously titled Dragged Across Concrete, stars the two actors as police partners who are suspended for police brutality […]
Broken Lizard announces that production is underway on Super Troopers 2
After last year’s crowdfunding campaign which shattered its initial target of $2 million – pulling in $4.4 million in total – comedy troupe Broken Lizard has now announced on its Facebook page that filming is underway on the long-awaited comedy sequel Super Troopers 2. Here’s the announcement video… Super Troopers 2 is once again being […]
Mad Max: Fury Road minus the CGI showcases incredible practical effects
Mad Max: Fury Road is rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest action films of recent years, and featured some of the most visually impressive stunts and incredible action sequences in cinema history. All the more impressive is that director George Miller captured much of the mayhem using practical effects, and a new video has arrived […]
Paul Rudd to star in The Catcher Was a Spy
Deadline is reporting that Paul Rudd has signed on to star in The Catcher Was a Spy, a World War II thriller from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions), which is based upon the bestselling book from Nicholas Dawidoff, with Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) penning the script. Rudd will play Moe Berg, an Ivy League […]
Bryan Singer rules out a director’s cut of X-Men: Apocalypse, talks deleted scenes
With X-Men: Apocalypse opening in the States today, director Bryan Singer has been chatting to Fandango about the movie, during which he confirmed that unlike X-Men: Days of Future Past, there will be not additional director’s cut or extended version of his latest foray into the world of the X-Men. “There will be nothing like […]
Marvel: Let’s Not Have The Avengers and The Defenders Team Up
Tony Black argues that Marvel should keep The Defenders out of Avengers: Infinity War… Beware spoilers for Captain America: Civil War… Unless you’ve been living under a very cosy rock these last couple of years, you’ll be aware that Marvel haven’t just given us a hugely successful cinematic universe based on their comic book legends, […]
Taylor Swift could be playing Dazzler in X-Men: Apocalypse
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has taken to Twitter to share a brand new image from X-Men: Apocalypse featuring her character Jean Grey and Tye Sheridan’s Scott Summers out record shopping for the latest Dazzler album… https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/725970347674243072 While the image itself could just be a nice little Easter egg, Turner’s comment about her being […]
Michael Fassbender to star as serial killer in Entering Hades
The rights to John Leake’s true crime novel Entering Hades have been acquired by Broad Green Pictures, and while Oscar-winning Birdman screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris is set to pen the script, Steve Jobs and X-Men: Apocalypse actor Michael Fassbender is in talks to star. If the deal goes through, Fassbender will portray real-life Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, […]
Movie Review – These Final Hours (2013)
These Final Hours, 2013. Directed by Zak Hilditch. Starring Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice and Jessica De Gouw. SYNOPSIS: As an asteroid has hit in the North Atlantic, those in Perth, Australia, know they have 12 hours before the world ends. The publicity of These Final Hours reveals the protagonist, holding a girl in his arms, as the […]
Tomorrowland: or The Curse of the Standalone Blockbuster
Sean Wilson re-evaluates the unfairly maligned Disney movie, and why its failure is an unfortunate reflection of the modern-day cinema industry… Just under a year ago, I appeared to be one of approximately five people on the planet who was more than a little dismayed and disheartened at the critical roasting afforded to Disney epic […]
