Risen, 2016. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis. SYNOPSIS: Joseph Fiennes stars as a world-weary Roman tribune leading the mother of all manhunts. The body of the crucified Christ has up and vanished, talk of the risen Messiah is spreading like wildfire and a flustered Pontius Pilate […]
Legendary secures live-action Pokemon rights, developing Detective Pikachu movie
Hollywood has been circling the live-action movie rights for several months now, with bidding intensifying following the smash hit release of Pokemon Go. Earlier this week it was revealed that Legendary Entertainment had emerged as front-runner for the rights, and now Legendary and The Pokemon Company have announced that they have reached a deal to […]
Movie Score Review – Ghostbusters (2016)
Tony Black reviews the Ghostbusters score… Music has always been synonymous with Ghostbusters, part of its intrinsic place in pop culture thanks to Ray Parker Jr’s iconic theme tune which helped cement the original movie as one of the key films of the 80’s. The score often gets lost in the shadow of that, so […]
DVD Review – Tank 432 (2016)
Tank 432, 2016. Directed by Nick Gillespie Starring Rupert Evans, Deirdre Mullins, Steve Garry, Gordon Kennedy and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: A group of British mercenaries transporting human cargo through the countryside come under attack from a strange enemy, forcing them to hide inside a old, abandoned tank… After watching Tank 432 aka Belly of the […]
DVD Review – Forsaken (2016)
Forsaken, 2016 Directed by Jon Cassar. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore, Michael Wincott, Greg Ellis and Brian Cox. SYNOPSIS: In the Old West, former Civil War-veteran John Henry returns to his frontier hometown where he must repair a fractious relationship with his Reverend father, and face the demons of his past when a […]
Blu-ray Review – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Director’s Cut (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch and Ricardo Montalban. SYNOPSIS: Years after their five year mission, the crew of the USS Enterprise under now Admiral James T. Kirk are pitched […]
Rumour: Batman solo movie will take place in Arkham Asylum
Despite the fact it still doesn’t have a completed script, the rumour sites have already tossed up plenty of speculation about Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie, with previous reports claiming that it will incorporate elements of the comic book stories A Death in the Family and Under the Red Hood, and / or feature “most” of […]
David Yates talks Fantastic Beasts sequel, confirms that J.K. Rowling has already written the script
With the November release of Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them drawing ever-closer, director David Yates has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that writer J.K. Rowling has already penned the script for the sequel, which is planned as the middle instalment of a trilogy. “We’ve seen the script for Part […]
Quentin Tarantino may make more than 10 films after all, says Hans Landa is his favourite character
During production of The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino indicated on several occasions that he plans to call time on his filmmaking career after directing ten movies. With The Hateful Eight being his eighth offering, it would seem his illustrious career is drawing to a close, and speaking at the Jerusalem Film Festival Tarantino has once […]
Julian Lewis Jones joins Justice League cast in mystery role
During a recent interview with WalesOnline, Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones confirmed that he will appear in Zack Snyder’s 2017 superhero team-up film Justice League. Jones did not go on to say what role he’ll be taking on, which makes him one of the few actors attached to the film whose character’s identity is unknown. The […]
