UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 1st May to Sunday 3rd May 2015… Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron has comfortably retained top spot at the UK box office, fending off all challengers with a whopping $8.6 million second weekend, giving it £32.3 million to date. The film […]
Movie Review – Honeytrap (2014)
Honeytrap, 2014. Directed by Rebecca Johnson. Starring Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, and Naomi Ryan. SYNOPSIS: Layla, a naive teenager from Trindad, moves to Brixton, London to live with her emotionally distant mother. Layla gets sucked into local gang activity trying to impress those around her. Honeytrap is an engaging film based on a […]
Joss Whedon discusses Loki’s deleted scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron
Last week Joss Whedon discussed his decision to leave Tom Hiddleston’s scene as Loki in Avengers: Age of Ultron on the cutting room floor, and now the director has spoken a little about the God of Mischief’s cameo and what it entailed during an interview with Empire. “[Loki’s] so important to the mythos, and they’re […]
Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles gets a second season
Next month sees the arrival of Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, an online webseries based upon Bruce Timm’s upcoming DC Universe Animated Original Movie Justice League: Gods and Monsters, and it seems that Warner Bros. and Machinima are confident that they’ve got a hit on their hands, as a second season has just been […]
Blu-ray Review – Black Eagle (1988)
Black Eagle, 1988. Directed by Eric Karson. Starring Shô Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doran Clark, Bruce French, Gene Davis and Vladimir Skomarovsky. SYNOPSIS: A top CIA agent investigates a US military plane that has crashed somewhere over Europe but comes face to face with Soviet agents operating in the area. Much like the 1986 The […]
Director shortlist for Marvel’s Spider-Man film revealed
With Avengers: Age of Ultron raking in the cash across the globe and preparations continuing for the start of production on Captain America: Civil War, Marvel and Sony have reportedly zeroed in on a list of potential directors for their upcoming Spider-Man reboot. With Spidey set to appear in Civil War, news on the casting […]
Joss Whedon clashed with Marvel executives, wanted Spider-Man in Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon has gone on record saying that he will not be returning to write or direct Avengers: Infinity War due to fatigue settling in, but there may be more to it than that. It is now coming out that Whedon had to argue with Marvel executives on Avengers: Age of Ultron to keep some scenes […]
Harley Quinn co-creator Bruce Timm approves of her Suicide Squad look
Late on Sunday, Suicide Squad director David Ayer tweeted out the first image of Task Force X in full costume, giving us our first look at Deadshot, Killer Croc, Captain Boomerang, El Diablo, Slipknot, Rick Flagg, Enchantress, Katana and, of course Harley Quinn. While the photo itself has received a predictable mixed reaction, fans have been happy […]
Tom Hardy wants to play The Punisher
Hopefully Marvel Studios’ creative teams are up-to-speed on social media, because Collider just broke a story that Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy wants to play The Punisher. In a new interview with The Dark Knight Rises alum, Collider asked Hardy about his recent Suicide Squad departure and asked if he’d be interested in playing more comic book characters. Hardy seemed […]
Martin Freeman joins Captain America: Civil War
Fresh from his adventures in Middle-earth, it has been reported today that Martin Freeman is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the star of The Hobbit joining the cast of the Phase Three launching Captain America: Civil War in an as-yet-unrevealed role. SEE ALSO: First promo art from Captain America: Civil War sees […]