With a new trailer set to arrive today, Hugh Jackman has taken to Twitter to confirm – as long speculated – that he’ll be making an appearance as Wolverine this May in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse, with the actor posting a snippet from the trailer featuring Logan’s (once again) adamantium claws… SEE ALSO: Bryan Singer […]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Edition coming to Blu-ray in June
The official Star Trek website has announced that Paramount Home Media Distribution is set to bring Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Edition to Blu-ray in June. The Blu-ray, which is set for release on June 7th, will include the original theatrical cut of the film alongside Nicholas Meyer’s Director’s Edition, as well […]
DVD Review – The Sand (2015)
The Sand, 2015. Directed by Isaac Gabaeff. Starring Brooke Butler, Jamie Kennedy, Mitchel Musso, Dean Geyer, Meagan Holder and Cleo Berry. SYNOPSIS: A group of partygoers get trapped on a beach after an all-night party as the sand devours anybody who touches it. Anybody who has seen the 1987 anthology movie Creepshow 2 will be […]
DVD Review – Ip Man 3 (2015)
Ip Man 3, 2015. Directed by Wilson Yip. Starring Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam and Karena Ng. SYNOPSIS: Master Ip takes on a group of gangsters led by an unscrupulous property developer and hell bent on taking over the city. Director Wilson Yip’s Ip Man series finally draws to a […]
Fargo’s Noah Hawley to make feature directorial debut on sci-fi Man Alive
Deadline is reporting that Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley is set to make his directorial debut on Man Alive, a sci-fi thriller from screenwriter Joe Greenberg, whose spec script has been acquired by 20th Century Fox. Plot details are being kept under wraps. In addition to a third season of Fargo on FX, Hawley is also working on […]
Scarlett Johansson to play Zelda Fitzgerald in The Beautiful and the Damned
The Tracking Board is reporting that Captain America: Civil War has signed on to play American socialite and novelist Zelda Fitzgerald in The Beautiful and the Damned, which is being produced by Millennium Films from the Black List script by Hanna Weg. The film “centers on the tumultuous and doomed love affair between Jazz Age icons […]
Zootopia hits $900 million worldwide, Batman v Superman at $850 million and The Jungle Book tops half a billion
Walt Disney Pictures’ Zootopia has continued its fine box office run, cracking the $900 million mark this weekend as its pushes its worldwide haul to $907 million and counting. Zootopia is the highest-grossing movie of the year so far, and Disney’s third biggest animated movie of all time behind Frozen ($1.276 billion) and The Lion King […]
Going Against the Critical Grain: When Expressing An Opinion Takes Bravery
Sean Wilson explores the difficulties writers face when their opinion flies in the face of the popular consensus… Film journalists such as myself frequently get slammed for daring to criticise a movie we hated: we didn’t make it, we had no idea of the stress involved in organising a small army of cast and technicians […]
Sigourney Weaver says Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie “will be worth the wait”
Last year, it was announced that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp would be relaunching the Alien franchise with a fifth instalment that would see Sigourney Weaver back as Ripley – and potentially alongside her Aliens co-star Michael Biehn as Hicks. The project really seemed to be picking up steam, until Ridley Scott decided to bring […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist (76050) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist… With Captain America: Civil War launching Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it opens in UK cinemas this coming Friday, LEGO has unleashed three tie-in sets as part of its Marvel Super Heroes theme: Super Hero Airport Battle (76051), Black Panther Pursuit […]
