Pixels, 2015. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson and Jane Krakowski. SYNOPSIS: When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games. Pixels has a wonderful nostalgia […]
Sharknado 4 cast and plot details revealed
Syfy and The Asylum are heading back to the Sharknado well for a fourth time this year, and the network has announced details of the cast for the next instalment, as well as details on the “plot”. Sharknado 4 will see the return of Ian Ziering (Fin Shepard), Tara Reid (April Wexler), David Hasselhoff (Col. Gil […]
DVD Review – Shark Killer (2015)
Shark Killer, 2015. Directed by Sheldon Wilson. Starring Derek Theler, Erica Cerra, Arnold Vosloo, Paul du Toit and Wayne Harrison. SYNOPSIS: A shark wrangler with a fear of the sea has to hunt a shark to retrieve a diamond from its stomach for his crooked brother. In many ways it is unfortunate that Steven Spielberg […]
Blu-ray Review – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984. Directed by W.D. Richter. Starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, Carl Lumbly and Dan Hedaya. SYNOPSIS: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil […]
Michael Sheen set to join Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers
Variety has revealed that Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) is in talks to join Sony’s big-budget sci-fi drama Passengers. The Brit actor will join Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) and Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) in the film, which is being directed by Morten Tyldem (The Imitation Game) from a script by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). Here’s the […]
Ant-Man director Peyton Reed on his aborted Fantastic Four movie
Before he succeeded Edgar Wright on Marvel Studios’ latest offering Ant-Man, director Peyton Reed had a brush with the superhero genre when he was attached to 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four back before Tim Story brought Marvel’s First Family to the big screen for the first time. Speaking to Yahoo!, Reed has offered up a […]
District 9 screenwriter to adapt Apocalypse Now Now
Variety is reporting that the acclaimed urban-fantasy novel Apocalypse Now Now is in development over at LA-based XYZ Films. Oscar nominee Terri Tatchell (District 9) has been set to pen the script for the film, which will see Canada-based production company Redlab Digital collaborate with XYZ Films on the production. The novel, written by Charlie […]
2015 San Diego Comic-Con Coverage: Justice League: Gods and Monsters Interviews
As part of our 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International coverage, david j. moore chats with Justice League: Gods and Monsters director Sam Liu, writer Alan Burnett and voice actors Paget Brewster and Tamara Taylor… The DC Universe original movie Justice League: Gods and Monsters (out on DVD and Blu Ray July 28th From Warner Bros.) […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce YA adaptation The Sandcastle Empire
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Paramount Pictures has snapped up the rights to Kayla Olson’s as-yet-unpublished YA novel The Sandcastle Empire, with Leonardo DiCaprio on board to produce through his Appian Way production company. The Sandcastle Empire “is set in 2049 when the Earth is at a breaking point due to climate change, coastal […]
Chloe Grace Moretz joins Bad Neighbours 2
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Chloe Grace Moretz (Carrie, The Equalizer) has signed on to star in the upcoming comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2 (a.k.a. Neighbors 2, to our American friends). Moretz will join the returning Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne in the follow-up to last year’s hit comedy, which is once […]