With all of the talk of Luke Skywalker being a bad guy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens [including Luke Owen’s theory that he’s actually Kylo Ren], The AV Club have unearthed this tremendously coincidental video. Filmed ten years ago, Dinner for Five on IFC featured directors and actors sitting around and talking about their projects. In […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens set for a $600 million opening weekend
Following the awesome new trailer and record breaking ticket sales, it looks like Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set for a rather large opening weekend. Experts are saying that the movie could have the biggest domestic opening of all-time with around $300 million (beating Jurassic World’s $208 million), which added to a worldwide taking of […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters UK records with highest number of ticket sales in 24 hours
Star Wars mania swept the globe this week as Disney and Lucasfilm unleashed the theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and advance tickets for the December release became available, crashing theater websites around the world as fans clamored to make sure they’d be among the first to see the hotly-anticipated film. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel […]
Ant-Man director Peyton Reed in negotiations to return for Ant-Man and the Wasp
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ant-Man director Peyton Reed is in negotiations to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to helm 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Earlier this month, Ant-Man and the Wasp was announced to be the title of the follow-up to this year’s Ant-Man; interestingly enough, it will be the first MCU film to […]
Movie Review – Spectre (2015)
Spectre, 2015 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci. SYNOPSIS: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond […]
Countdown to Spectre – A View to a Kill Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of A View to a Kill… Roger Moore’s time as James Bond 007 comes to a close in his final film, A View to a Kill. Moore’s era had its ups and downs and is most remembered for its camp value and Moore’s lighter performance […]
Is The Force Awakens a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars?
Anghus Houvouras on whether The Force Awakens is a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars… There’s a line in the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens where the villain Kylo Ren tells us “I’ll finish what you started.” while the shot lingers on the burnt helmet of Darth Vader. It […]
Comedian Chris Rock to host 2016 Oscars ceremony
Stand-up comedian and actor Chris Rock (Top Five) is set to host the Oscars for the second time in 2016, the Academy has officially announced. SEE ALSO: Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys heading to Empire season 2 Rock, who previously hosted the awards ceremony in 2005, will follow Neil Patrick Harris’ divisive gig as host […]
Movie Review – Crimson Peak (2015)
Crimson Peak, 2015. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she […]