After conquering the box office last summer with over $1.6 million around the globe, Universal has found its new director for the 2018 sequel to Jurassic World 2. Acclaimed filmmaker J.A. Bayona has signed on to direct, with World’s Colin Trevorrow stepping aside to helm Star Wars: Episode IX. Bayona had been attached to another sequel, World […]
Exclusive interview with Eye in the Sky director Gavin Hood
With modern warfare thriller Eye in the Sky out now in cinemas [read our reviews here and here], Scott J. Davis sat down with director Gavin Hood to discuss the film. Eye in the Sky features a stellar cast including Helen Mirren (Woman In Gold), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and the late Alan Rickman (A Little Chaos), […]
How to turn Green Lantern into a mega huge multi-film franchise
Anghus Houvouras on how to turn Green Lantern into a mega huge multi-film franchise… There are a handful of comic book adaptations that make fans of the source material cringe. Like when Joel Schumacher gave us bat-nipples and bat-butt shots in Batman Forever. Or when Zack Snyder transformed the world’s most popular hero into a […]
FrightFest Presents Review – AfterDeath (2015)
AfterDeath, 2015. Directed by Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt. Starring Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher and Lorna Nickson Brown. SYNOPSIS: Five strangers wake up on a beach in some sort of netherworld and have to figure out why they are there and what is the mysterious creature that is tormenting them. Another […]
J.K. Simmons on his preparations for Commissioner Gordon role in Justice League
Last month it was announced that J.K. Simmons is set to portray Commissioner Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, and with production now underway on the DC team-up, the Oscar-winning actor has been speaking to Collider about his preparations for the role. “Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, […]
Star Trek: Why I’m with Takei, not Pegg, over Sulu
Before we get started, let’s agree on one thing here: an openly gay main character on modern Star Trek is a great thing. It should have been included as part of Gene Roddenberry’s forward thinking, utopian vision for the 23rd century, but that was the 60’s and, well, the general message then was ‘straight people […]
Movie Review – Precious Cargo (2016)
Precious Cargo, 2016. Directed by Max Adams. Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Jenna B. Kelly and Daniel Bernhardt. SYNOPSIS: Skilled thief Jack, on the verge of leaving his criminal world behind, is drawn by pregnant ex-lover Karen into a battle against vicious crime boss Eddie, who wants her dead… If there was […]
Second Opinion – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Judd Hirsch and Deobia Oparei. SYNOPSIS: Twenty years after launching a devastating attack on Earth, alien invaders return to destroy the planet and only survivors from the War of […]
DVD Review – Visions (2016)
Visions, 2016 Directed by Kevin Greutert. Starring Isla Fisher, Anson Mount, Jim Parsons, Gillian Jacobs, Joanna Cassidy and Eva Longoria. SYNOPSIS: Everleigh Maddox survives a horrific car accident, and a year later, while pregnant, begins to suffer terrifying visions suggesting the event may still be haunting her… You wouldn’t know that producer Jason Blum had […]
Blu-ray Review – Enemy Mine (1985)
Enemy Mine, 1985. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Starring Dennis Quaid, Louis Gosset Jr., Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick and Brion James. SYNOPSIS: The future. Humanity fight for distant star systems against an alien race called the Drac. When human pilot Davidge crash-lands on a hostile, barren alien world, he must forge an unlikely alliance with Jeriba, […]
