Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has identified a shortlist of actresses to join Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in the upcoming big screen reboot of Baywatch. According to the site, the contenders include Alexandra Daddario (San Andreas), Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars), Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries), Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse), Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf), […]
UPDATE: Mariah Carey joins The LEGO Batman Movie
Well, here’s some rather surprising news. According to Deadline, Mariah Carey is in talks with Warner Bros. about joining the cast of The LEGO Movie spinoff The LEGO Batman Movie, where she’d lend her voice to the character of Commissioner Gordon (who’ll presumably be gender-swapped). UPDATE: According to THR, Carey is actually in talks to […]
Spectre reigns supreme for second week at US box office
It was a case of déjà vu at the North American box office this weekend with Spectre and The Peanuts Movie holding on to first and second place respectively. The latest James Bond instalment easily batted away the competition to add an extra $35.4 million to its receipts, ensuring a second week on top of […]
Good Grief, The Peanuts Movie opens to a positive $45 million
Opening against Spectre was never going to an easy task, but The Peanuts Movie seemed up for the challenge – and didn’t slip when kicking the football. Opening in around 3,900 screens, The Peanuts Movie brought home an estimated $45 million domestically. While not a great result given its rumoured $99 million budget, its CinemaScore […]
BFI Review – An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett, Jr, David Keith and Lisa Blount. SYNOPSIS: Signing up to the Aviation Academy, Zak Mayo (Richard Gere) finds that his own upbringing haunts him and may stop him from achieving his goal of becoming a jet pilot. Amongst […]
A Bad Weekend At The Box Office
This week, Neil Calloway looks at a bad weekend at the US box office… As Spectre took box office records in Europe on an upside down helicopter ride, then blew up their desert base last weekend, things at the US box office were a very different matter. The latest Bond didn’t open in America until […]
Short Film Review – Neon (2016)
Tom Jolliffe reviews the short film Neon, which premiered at FrightFest 2016… It’s a difficult task to create a short film which captivates and challenges an audience. This I know first hand. One might assume that you can pick up a camera and shoot something for nothing. In theory you could, but you leave yourself […]
Movie Review – Tiger Raid (2016)
Tiger Raid, 2016. Directed by Simon Dixon. Starring Sofia Boutella, Brian Gleeson and Damien Molony. SYNOPSIS: Two Irish mercenaries are tasked with a kidnapping operation in the Iraqi desert. Joe (Brian Gleeson) and Paddy (Damien Molony) travel via a 4×4 through the inhospitable middle-eastern desert to carry out an off-the-books operation, by a faceless, […]
Blu-ray Review – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Robert Downey Sr., Dwier Brown, Michael Greene, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent goes out for revenge when his partner is killed but has to resort to criminal […]
Blu-ray Review – Smokey & The Bandit: The Complete Collection
Smokey & The Bandit: The Complete Collection. Directed by Hal Needham/Dick Lowry. Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Colleen Camp, Dom DeLuise, Macon McCalman, Michael Mann, George Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: Box set featuring all three car chase movies remastered on Blu-ray, courtesy of Fabulous Films. Thanks to […]
