This week, Neil Calloway argues that 1996 was a hugely influential year in cinema… This month sees the release of the long awaited Independence Day sequel. In many ways it seems like a long time since the original came out; the film industry has moved on a lot, and there is no way that a […]
Movie Review – Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Now You See Me 2. 2016 Directed by Jon M. Chu Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Radcliffe, Jay Chou, Ben Lamb, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine SYNOPSIS: The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. In […]
Mark Ruffalo on the conflict between Bruce Banner and The Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok
As yet we don’t know for certain how The Hulk will factor into Thor: Ragnarok (although it’s been heavily rumoured that the film will incorporate elements of the Planet Hulk storyline), but during an interview with Collider actor Mark Ruffalo has spoken about his character’s arc in the film, teasing a resolution to the conflict between […]
No Film Should Be Banned. Ever.
Samuel Brace on banning films… Sorry snowflakes, but it’s true. Passion of the Christ, A Clockwork Orange, Last Tango in Paris, Deadpool, Hostel, Mad Max, The Da Vinci Code. These are all films that a nation has banned. Banned because of violence, blasphemy, pornographic images etc and so on. These films, and films like them, […]
Jon M. Chu may direct Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
The popularity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hugely successful Broadway musical Hamilton, a show about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has renewed interest in a film adaptation of the multi-talented performer’s previous project In the Heights, which may have just found its director. THR reports that Jon M. Chu is currently in talks to helm the […]
Workaholics creators teaming with Seth Rogen for Game Over, Man!
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Workaholics co-creators Adam Devine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson and Kyle Newacheck are teaming up with producers Seth Rogen and Scott Rudin for an action comedy entitled Game Over, Man!, which is being produced by Netflix. The project, which takes its title from a line by Bill Paxton’s Hudson in […]
Keith Stanfield joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Back in February it was announced that Netflix has snapped up the rights to Death Note from director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest), and now Variety is reporting that Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Straight Outta Compton) has signed on to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Stanfield will join Nat Wolff (The Fault in […]
Disney’s The Jungle Book hits $900 million worldwide
It’s certainly been a stellar year for Disney at the box office so far; Captain America: Civil War leads the way with over $1.1 billion, while Zootopia just reached the billion dollar mark last week. Well, Disney is celebrating another milestone today, with Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Jungle Book reaching […]
Bill Murray talks Ghostbusters cameo and praises the reboot
It was certainly a bit of a surprise when Bill Murray signed on for a cameo in Paul Feig’s female-led reboot of Ghostbusters, given that he’d been against the idea of reuniting with his original co-stars for a movie for 25 years. Nevertheless, Murray will be returning to the franchise next month, and he’s been speaking on Jimmy […]
SPOILER: Katherine Waterston’s Alien: Covenant character revealed
Warning. Minor spoilers for Alien: Covenant follow… A couple of weeks ago we got our first official glimpse of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant with the release of a behind-the-scenes image featuring Katherine Waterston, and now a rumour has emerged which claims to give us one big detail about the Inherent […]