With the release of Spectre fast approaching, this week Neil Calloway looks at what the public consider the best in James Bond films… So we’re all gearing up to the new Bond film – in Halloween week, appropriately enough, given its title. Ricky Church is doing his reviews of previous outings for the franchise for […]
Countdown to Spectre – GoldenEye Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of GoldenEye… Between 1989 and 1995 the Bond franchise was in limbo due to a changed world. The Soviet Union had collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down, effectively ending the Cold War. Between those were legal troubles with MGM, owner of Bond distributor United […]
Movie Review – Amar Akbar & Tony (2015)
Amar Akbar & Tony, 2015. Directed by Atul Malhotra. Starring Rez Kempton, Sam Vincenti, Martin Delaney, Karen David, Laura Aikman, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. SYNOPSIS: Set in present-day London, the story of three friends Amar (Rez Kempton), Akbar (Sam Vincenti) and Tony (Martin Delaney), sees twists and turns as the characters face sudden and […]
Sam Raimi would love to return to the Spider-Man franchise
As Sony and Marvel prepare to relaunch Spider-Man with Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent 2017 solo reboot, Sam Raimi – director the original Spider-Man trilogy – has revealed that he’d love to return to the franchise. Raimi, whose three Spider-Man films grossed almost $2.5 billion at the global box office, was talking to […]
How Spectre references all 23 previous James Bond films
Simon Columb on Spectre’s nods to the previous James Bond movies… First and foremost, this article spoils Spectre in its entirety. Crucially, one of the main draws to the new film is the amount of references to the previous films in the James Bond series. Personally, as an enormous fan, I got a little worn out by […]
Second Opinion – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson and Forest Goodluck. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. To say that The […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)
The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. Production […]
James Corden and Rose Byrne in talks for Peter Rabbit movie
Back in October it was announced that Will Gluck (Easy A) is directing a live-action / CG hybrid adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, and now we have our first casting news for the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, James Corden (Into the Woods) and Rose Byrne (X-Men: Apocalypse) are both in talks to […]
Daisy Ridley to star in Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking
Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley has added another project to her upcoming slate, with the British actress set to star in Chaos Walking, director Doug Liman’s (Edge of Tomorrow) upcoming adaptation of Patrick Ness’ YA series. Chaos Walking takes place in a world where there are no women and all living creatures […]
Kevin Smith shares his thoughts on Suicide Squad
He may not have been much of a fan of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but filmmaker Kevin Smith has taken to Facebook to share his admiration for the next instalment of the DC Extended Universe, Suicide Squad, describing the film as “I look up to @suicidesquadmovie maker#DavidAyer. His #endofwatch, shot with a mixture […]
