Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance, and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Bridge of Spies asks us one simple yet important question: does everyone, including potential threats […]
Rebecca Ferguson in talks to join Michael Fassbender in The Snowman
Variety is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to join Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) in Working Title’s upcoming adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel The Snowman. The Snowman is being directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), with Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) attached as executive producer alongside […]
Countdown to Spectre – Moonraker Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Moonraker… In 1979 the Bond franchise took a turn to science fiction as Bond ventured into space for his adventure in Moonraker. Though he had previously investigated space programs or fought against space lasers, he had never before gone into outer space. Why did […]
Movie Review – Pan (2015)
Pan, 2015. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, Adeel Akhtar, Nonso Anozie, Kathy Burke, and Cara Delevingne. SYNOPSIS: 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny — to become the […]
Robert Rodriguez to direct James Cameron’s Battle Angel Alita
With James Cameron seemingly deciding to spend the rest of his career exploring the world of Pandora with his trio of Avatar sequels, it has been announced that Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Machete) has signed on to direct Cameron’s long-gestating manga adaptation Battle Angel Alita. “Robert and I have been looking for a film to […]
Charlize Theron in talks for The Gray Man
It looks like Sony Pictures’ The Gray Man may need a title change, as Deadline is reporting that Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron has entered talks for the lead role in the upcoming action thriller. The project is based upon the novel of the same name by Mark Greaney, and previously had Brad […]
Movie Review – Chasing Robert Barker (2015)
Chasing Robert Barker, 2015. Directed by Daniel Florencio. Starring Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Patrick Baladi, Celyn Jones, Patrick Regis, Hilda Péter and Elizabeth Boag. SYNOPSIS: A photographer turned paparazzi is caught in the downward spiral of a fabricated tabloid story. Ahead of its premiere at the East End Film Festival this month, Kickstarter-funded Chasing Robert Barker has […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce The Outlaw Ocean for Netflix
Having signed a first-look deal with Netflix, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company looks to have found its first project for the streaming giant, with The Tracking Board reporting that the Oscar-winner is set to produce the action thriller The Outlaw Ocean. Based on a series of articles by reporter Ian Urbina for The New […]
Movie Review – Remainder (2015)
Remainder, 2015. Directed by Omer Fast. Starring Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers, Arsher Ali, Shaun Prendergast and Laurence Spellman. SYNOPSIS: A London man attempts to reconstruct his memory after being struck by a falling object. Memory. 1. The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. 2. Something remembered from the past. 3. A […]
Eli Roth to direct Jim Carrey in Aleister Arcane
After more than a decade in development, Steve Niles’ horror comic Aleister Arcane looks set to hit the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Amblin Entertainment has picked up a package which has Eli Roth (The Green Inferno) directing, Jim Carrey (Dumb and Dumber To) starring, and Jon Croker (The Woman in Black […]
