Earlier this month Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions dropped a major surprise when it release the trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, the sequel / “blood relative” to the cult 2009 monster movie. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly at the SAG Awards, star Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been speaking about the secretive nature of the movie: […]
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal reteaming for Detroit race riot crime drama
Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are reuniting for an crime thriller which will explore the race riots that took place in Detroit in 1967. The duo have previously collaborated on The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and have been developing a film based upon U.S. Army sergeant […]
Dominic Monaghan confirms that David Bowie auditioned for The Lord of the Rings
It’s been rumoured for years that David Bowie had auditioned for a role in Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings, and now it has been confirmed by Dominic Monaghan, who recalled seeing the legendary musician during his own audition for the role of Merry. I was at the Hubbard’s, which is […]
Mary Harron to direct Manson film The Family
Los Angeles-based producers Jeremy M. Rosen and Kevin Shulman of Roxwell Films have reassembled the American Psycho filmmaking team for Ed Sanders’s best-selling Charles Manson 1971 novel, The Family, and to add an extra twist, the team has incorporated The Long Prison Journey of Leslie van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult, a firsthand account from […]
Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall to star in rom-com Permission
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) and Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, The Gift) are set to star in the romantic comedy Permission. The film is written and directed by Brian Crano (A Bag of Hammers) and follows a couple who decide to sleep with other people for the sake […]
Zach Galifianakis wishes they’d not made The Hangover sequels
Todd Phillips’ The Hangover was one of the biggest comedy successes in recent memory; a runaway success at the box office, it also made stars out of its three leads Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms. Sadly, it was followed by two abysmal sequels, which virtually everyone agrees should never have seen the light of day. Including […]
Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, The Angry Beavers and more coming together for NickToons movie – Jared Hess to direct
Anyone of a certain age will have a particular fondness for the bizarre cast of characters from Nickelodeon’s NickToons line-up. It had been reported last year that Paramount were looking to bring these characters together for an Avengers/Justice League-style team-up, and now its being reported that they’ve found a director in the man behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho […]
Taron Egerton teases new Kingsman 2 villain, says film will have an “international story”
Kingsman 2, the sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s 2015 sleeper hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, is set to begin filming later this year, and while the film will most likely include another eccentric villain and more brutal but comical action, the people behind the production presumably want to surprise viewers the same way they did with […]
Movie Review – Warriors (2015)
Warriors, 2015. Directed by Barney Douglas Starring Sonyanga Ole Ngai, Jonathan Nissan Meshami, Aliya Bauer, The Elders. SYNOPSIS: In a remote region of Nigeria, the Maasai Cricket team take their skills to England’s Last Man Stands World Championship to raise awareness of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) in their male dominated society. Documentary filmmaker Barney Douglas’ […]
Blu-ray Review – The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1973. Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos and Mitchell Ryan. SYNOPSIS: After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid […]
