A new video of the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe, Wonder Woman, being filmed in Matera, Italy has surfaced online (via Comic Book), and it gives viewers a quick peek at the film’s sizable set and large cast of characters. The footage shows the shooting of scenes that take place on Diana Prince/Wonder Woman’s […]
Willem Dafoe joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
According to Mashable, Willem Dafoe has signed on to lend his voice to the character of Ryuk the Shinigami in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series Death Note. Dafoe joins a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys), Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton), Paul Nakauchi […]
Willem Dafoe cast in Justice League
With production on Justice League – Part One ramping up, The Hollywood Reporter has announced WB and DC have added an additional cast member to the superhero team-up film: Willem Dafoe in an unspecified role for Zack Snyder’s upcoming film. Dafoe is no stranger to comic book films, memorably appearing in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man as […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
Sing Street, 2016. Written and Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Percy Chamburuka, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ian Kenny, and Don Wycherley. SYNOPSIS: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London. […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
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 […]
