Variety is reporting that Academy Award nominee Emma Stone is set to take the lead role in Letters From Rosemary, based on the Black List script. Stone would star as Rose Marie “Rosemary” Kennedy, who was the first-born daughter to Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph Kennedy Sr. and the older sister of President John F. Kennedy. […]
Sylvester Stallone teases Creed 2 plot details, a possible Rocky prequel and gives an update on Rambo
Speaking with Variety, Sylvester Stallone offered up a few plot premises for the inevitable Creed sequel (based on the positive critical reception and reassuring box office numbers, you know it’s coming). In the interview Stallone says “One option would be a linear story with Adonis that mirrors the plot of Rocky IV. You’ll have him face a […]
Samuel L. Jackson says Star Wars: The Force Awakens needs better lightsaber battles
Samuel L. Jackson is no stranger to the galaxy far, far away, having placed Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and he sat down with Peter Travers recently to discuss his work on The Hateful Eight. With The Force Awakens grabbing many headlines at the moment, the two did briefly discuss what the former Jedi master […]
Nominations for the 2016 PGA Awards announced
The Producer’s Guild of America has announced that The Big Short, Bridge Of Spies, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario, Spotlight and Straight Outta Compton will contest the 2015 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 2016 PGA Awards. Traditionally, the majority of PGA […]
Movie Review – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
Yakuza Apocalypse, 2015. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Hayato Ichihara, Yayan Ruhian, Denden, Riko Narumi, Shô Aoyagi, Reiko Takashima and Lily Frankie. SYNOPSIS: When Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge. Controversial film-maker Takashi Miike has divided audiences over the course of his […]
Movie Review – Anomalisa (2015)
Anomalisa, 2015 Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Starring David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Tom Noonan SYNOPSIS: A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. Chew on this: the two most emotional films of 2015 are Anomalisa and Inside Out; both animated features that are more […]
Mad Max: Fury Road and 45 Years take top honours at the 2016 London Critics’ Circle Awards
It was another good night for Mad Max: Fury Road at the 36th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards tonight, with the action extravaganza picking up Film of the Year and Director of the Year (George Miller), while Tom Hardy was also named British/Irish Actor of the Year for his work in Fury Road, Legend, The […]
George Miller is done directing Mad Max films
Speaking with Page Six, Australian director George Miller commented on the exhausting working conditions of completing each Mad Max project, also definitively stating that he is done directing films in the franchise. “I won’t make more Mad Max movies,” the director states. “Fury Road with Charlize Theron, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Riley Keough was forever […]
Extended synopsis for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
With the movie due to hit cinemas in the coming months, UK cinema chain VUE have posted an extended and detailed synopsis for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It doesn’t offer up much more than we already knew, but it’s pretty cool none the less. Check it out below: “Following his titanic struggle against […]
Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull… Fandom is forgiving. History has proven this again and again. A cultural phenomenon like Star Wars is an interesting experience because fans are forgiving to a fault. Kevin Smith once called The Phantom Menace […]
