Craig Johnson chats about The Skeleton Twins, out on DVD and Digital HD now… Harrison Pierce: Can you talk a little bit about the genesis of this project? Craig Johnson: I co-wrote it with my buddy, Mark Heyman, while we were still grad students at N.Y.U. [New York University]. Mark actually knew someone who was […]
Movie Review – Still Alice (2014)
Still Alice, 2014. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish and Stephen Kunken. SYNOPSIS: Mother, wife and linguistics professor Alice Howland faces a battle to hold on to her livelihood after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Julianne Moore recently won an Oscar for […]
Did the geeks really win the culture war?
Anghus Houvouras on whether the geeks have really won the culture war… I don’t know how long the online film community has been patting themselves on the back over the current state of pop culture. It feels like a god damned eternity. Countless pieces being written about how geek friendly fare like Star Wars & […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Claudia Kim joins The Dark Tower
The Tracking Board is reporting that Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Claudia Kim has signed on for a role in The Dark Tower, where she’ll play Arra Champignon, “a character known to be kind and who wishes everyone well. She possesses psychic abilities and seems to come from another world – perhaps another time all together.” […]
Disney pulls the plug on TRON 3
Back in March, it was reported that director Joseph Kosinski was gearing up to shoot the long-rumoured follow-up to TRON: Legacy in October, with Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde set to reprise their roles from the 2010 sequel. Well, those plans have now changed, as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Disney has chosen not […]
Daniel Bruhl shares his excitement for Captain America: Civil War
With excitement building for the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron next month, Marvel Studios is already gearing up to go into production on its first release of 2016 (and Phase Three) in the eagerly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Rush star Daniel Bruhl has shared his excitement about joining […]
Kevin Smith teases Mallrats 2
Last week Kevin Smith dropped the announcement that he’s set to follow up Clerks III by revisiting the View Askewniverse once more with Mallrats 2, and now the filmmaker has taken to Twitter to tease the sequel, posting an image of himself alongside Jason Mewes, Michael Rooker and Stan Lee… SEE ALSO: Kevin Smith explains […]
The Jump Scare: A Defence
Edward Gardiner with a defence of the jump scare… “The Conjuring is a horror movie for people who don’t like horror movies.” I like Mark Kermode. He’s one of the most respected film critics working today because of a fantastic (and rare) combination of insight, humour and honesty, and a genuine love for film, which has propelled him […]
How to make Alien terrifying once again
Matt Evans on how to make Alien terrifying once again… With Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 officially announced by Fox and the studio’s commitment to Prometheus sequels further down the line, the Alien franchise is alive once more and is heading dangerously close to ‘Cinematic Universe’ territory. This is a potential state of affairs that will […]
Roddy Piper vs. Cthulhu in Portal to Hell
Wrestling legend Roddy Piper is set to take on his biggest challenge yet as he squares off against Cthulhu in Portal to Hell, an upcoming short film from director Vivieno Caldinelli and writer Matt Watts, and you can check out the first stills of Hot Rod in action here… Jack is a simple man with […]
