Sing Street, 2016. Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage boys form a band in Dublin, in the 1980’s, to get away from the trials and tribulations of their young lives… The 1980’s is the current craze. Both Eddie the Eagle and Sing Street […]
Why are the stakes in Marvel movies so low?
Anghus Houvouras on the low stakes in Marvel movies… There are so many things the Marvel movies have done right. They’ve launched a new era of studio blockbusters, faithfully adapted some of their most exciting characters with care, and delivered consistently entertaining feature films that, for the most part, are well worth the price of […]
Does It Hold Up? Avengers: Age of Ultron – One Year On
Tony Black revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron one year on to see how it holds up… One of my main outlets is podcasting, and recently I asked online if anyone would like to do a speculative episode of my film show in which we ‘fix’ a broken movie, discussing why it failed and how we […]
Jon Favreau reprising the role of Happy Hogan for Spider-Man: Homecoming
Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark is set to be joined by Happy Hogan in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Variety reporting that Jon Favreau is reprising his role from the Iron Man trilogy for the upcoming Marvel and Sony reboot. Spider-Man: Homecoming is currently shooting in Atlanta under director Jon Watts (Cop Car) and sees Tom Holland and […]
Jon Favreau to executive produce Avengers: Infinity War films
After helming two out of three of the first installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man and Iron Man 2, director Jon Favreau decided to take a lesser role on future projects, serving as an executive producer on The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3, the latter of which he also returned […]
J.A. Bayona to direct Jurassic World 2
After conquering the box office last summer with over $1.6 million around the globe, Universal has found its new director for the 2018 sequel to Jurassic World 2. Acclaimed filmmaker J.A. Bayona has signed on to direct, with World’s Colin Trevorrow stepping aside to helm Star Wars: Episode IX. Bayona had been attached to another sequel, World […]
Exclusive interview with Eye in the Sky director Gavin Hood
With modern warfare thriller Eye in the Sky out now in cinemas [read our reviews here and here], Scott J. Davis sat down with director Gavin Hood to discuss the film. Eye in the Sky features a stellar cast including Helen Mirren (Woman In Gold), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and the late Alan Rickman (A Little Chaos), […]
How to turn Green Lantern into a mega huge multi-film franchise
Anghus Houvouras on how to turn Green Lantern into a mega huge multi-film franchise… There are a handful of comic book adaptations that make fans of the source material cringe. Like when Joel Schumacher gave us bat-nipples and bat-butt shots in Batman Forever. Or when Zack Snyder transformed the world’s most popular hero into a […]
FrightFest Presents Review – AfterDeath (2015)
AfterDeath, 2015. Directed by Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt. Starring Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher and Lorna Nickson Brown. SYNOPSIS: Five strangers wake up on a beach in some sort of netherworld and have to figure out why they are there and what is the mysterious creature that is tormenting them. Another […]
J.K. Simmons on his preparations for Commissioner Gordon role in Justice League
Last month it was announced that J.K. Simmons is set to portray Commissioner Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, and with production now underway on the DC team-up, the Oscar-winning actor has been speaking to Collider about his preparations for the role. “Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, […]
