George Chrysostomou on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and its character decisions (major spoilers follow)…The divisiveness surrounding Star Wars: The Last Jedi has caught many by surprise. What was thought by critics to be one of the best Star Wars films ever made, has instead been proclaimed by some fans to be one of the […]
Movie Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017Directed by Paul King Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter CapaldiSYNOPSIS:Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member […]
Tilda Swinton says Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is “another version, not a remake”
Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is currently in post production on his newest film Suspiria, a remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1977 horror – although according to star Tilda Swinton, it’s not so much a “remake” as “another version”.“It’s another version, not a remake,” Swinton told Allocine (via The Playlist). “It’s important to say it because we are ardent […]
Luca Guadagnino responds to critics of his Suspiria remake
Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is set to follow up his acclaimed coming-of-age romance Call Me By Your Name with a remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1970 horror Suspiria. Naturally, remaking such a revered film is bound to lead to criticism, and the director has acknowledged that in an interview with The Guardian, describing his take as a homage […]
Aardman’s Early Man poster teases a battle for the ages
Earlier this week we brought you the latest trailer for Nick Park’s Early Man [watch it here], and now a new poster has arrived online for the upcoming prehistoric animated comedy which you can check out below…Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and wooly mammoths roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story […]
The Crow reboot moves to Sony Pictures
It looks like the long-gestating reboot of The Crow is back from the dead, with THR reporting that Sony Pictures has picked up the project, which spent close to a decade in development at Relativity.According to the site, director Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and star Jason Momoa (Aquaman) remain attached to the film, which is […]
Are We Seeing The Death Of Hollywood?
This week, Neil Calloway argues that Hollywood’s dominance of the film industry might be at an end…First, it was announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed up to star in a $200 million Chinese film. It used to be the case that only hasbeens and never weres went outside Hollywood to make a movie, but now […]
Peter Jackson set to direct WWI documentary
Thanks to Variety we now know that the next project that legendary Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will be working on will be a documentary about the events of World War I.Set to premiere at the BFILondon Film Festival in the Autumn of this year, the film will feature archival footage gained from the BBC and the […]
Michelle Williams joins Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty
Michelle Williams has just landed a role in the Amy Schumer-led comedy I Feel Pretty. She will play Avery LeClaire, Schumer’s boss in a cosmetics company. In I Feel Pretty, Renee Bennett (Schumer) knows what it’s like to be average in a world of the genetically blessed. After falling off an exercise bike and banging her head, […]
Michelle Williams in talks for Sony’s Venom film
Sony and director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom film may be getting another high-profile addition to its cast, with Variety reporting that Manchester By The Sea’s Michelle Williams has entered talks to join the movie opposite Tom Hardy.Williams is said to be up for the role of a district attorney who is possibly Hardy’s romantic interest. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Riz Ahmed was […]
