The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DC Comics is set to launch a new four-issue out-of-continuity Supergirl limited series this December, which will retell the origins of Kara Zor-El. Titled Supergirl: Being Super, the series will be written by Eisner Award-winner Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), with art from Joelle Jones (Lady Killer), and will “offer […]
Tom Hanks returning to World War II for Greyhound
It looks like Tom Hanks could be heading back to World War II, with Deadline reporting that the Saving Private Ryan star has written the script for Greyhound, which is being directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low). Greyhound will see Hanks as a career naval officer given the command of a destroyer, who along with […]
Directors Who Damaged Their Careers Part 1 – The One Who Can Still Make A Comeback
Graeme Robertson kicks off a new series looking at directors who damaged their careers; first up is Richard Kelly… Richard Kelly is very much a case of a bright talent burning out before it really gets a chance to flourish. Kelly hit the high mark right out of the gate with his mind-bending debut Donnie […]
Movie Review – Morgan (2016)
Morgan, 2016. Directed by Luke Scott. Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Boyd Holbrook and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being. Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent […]
Movie Review – Things To Come (2016)
Things to Come, 2016. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kalinka, Andre Marcon and Edith Scob. SYNOPSIS: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. In Things To Come, French national treasure Isabelle Huppert stars as […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (2016)
Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies, 2016. Directed by Dominik Hartl. Starring Laurie Calvert, Gabriela Marcinkova, Margarete Tiesel, Oscar Dyekjaer Giese and Karl Fischer. SYNOPSIS: A team of snowboarders find themselves trapped on the top of a mountain in rural Germany for the night, just as a mysterious zombie plague unleashes itself upon the local population. […]
Helen Mirren in talks for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Casting continues on Disney’s upcoming adaptation of The Nutcracker, with THR reporting that Helen Mirren is in talks to star in the live-action film, which is based upon E.T.A. Hoffman’s story and the ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky. Titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, the film is being directed by Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House […]
Interview with action star Jino Kang
Marc Cardenas chats with Jino Kang… Jino Kang is a self made action hero with the martial arts credentials to back it up. A student of martial arts since the age of four, Jino has since grown to become a Masters Hall of Fame martial artist. Well versed in the ways of Hapkido, Tae Kwon […]
Sausage Party co-director to helm The Toxic Avenger remake
Deadline is reporting that Sausage Party co-director Conrad Vernon has signed on to helm the long-gestating remake of Troma’s cult 1984 superhero horror-comedy The Toxic Avenger. Mike Arnold and Chris Poole (Archer) are set to rewrite the screenplay, which was originally penned by Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine). “The opportunity to re-imagine a favorite […]
Blu-ray Review – Matinee (1993)
Matinee, 1993. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub and John Sayles. SYNOPSIS: An enterprising film promoter capitalises on the hysteria during the Cuban missile crisis and introduces the idea of live props and special effects to a Florida town during a horror […]
