Producer Adi Shankar has fought the fight and it looks like he may have, for the time being, won the war. A month ago his bootleg short Power/Rangers: Unauthorized & Hardcore was pulled from YouTube for copyright issues only to be later reinstated after an agreement was reached with Saban Entertainment. Now, similarly, his latest […]
‘Fast’ Food: The empty calories of Furious 7
Anghus Houvouras on Fast & Furious 7… Record breaking box office. Critical praise. A groundswell of support for a well liked actor making his last big screen appearance. Furious 7 has become a massive blockbuster that is getting love from ticket buyers and critics. But it’s still garbage. That’s right. Furious 7 is trash. Warmed […]
Dwayne Johnson confirms Fast & Furious 8 return, talks Hobbs spinoff
During a press conference for his latest film, the disaster flick San Andreas, Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that he’s set to return to the role of Hobbs for the eighth instalment of the blockbuster Fast & Furious franchise, as well as addressing speculation about a possible spinoff movie for his character. SEE ALSO: Fast & […]
Windsor wins Best Narrative Feature and Rising Star Award at the Garden State Film Festival
Writer-director Porter Farrell’s coming of age drama Windsor stars Madelyn Deutch, Quinn Shephard, Nick Krause, Adam Hicks, Peyton Clark, Ian Colletti, Mackenzie Astin, Stelio Savante and Barry Corbin won Best Narrative Feature at the 13th Annual Garden State Film Festival this weekend, with Quinn Shephard the recipient of the festival’s Rising Star Award. The Garden […]
Weeds’ Mateus Ward rumoured to have auditioned for Spider-Man role in Captain America: Civil War
With Spider-Man thought to be set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in next year’s Captain America: Civil War and shooting on the threequel set to get underway in just two weeks, Marvel and Sony will need to move fast to secure an actor to taking on the role of the wall-crawler. Well, according […]
Blu-ray Review – Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball, 1975. Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring James Caan, Maud Adams, John Houseman, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Burt Kwouk, Pamela Hensley and Ralph Richardson. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future the corporations control everything, and when they tell top sportsman James Caan he can’t play the game of rollerball anymore he decides to challenge the controlling […]
Blu-ray Review – Network (1976)
Network, 1976. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Ned Beatty, Wesley Addy, Cindy Grover, Beatrice Straight and Ken Kercheval. SYNOPSIS: When a news anchorman threatens to kill himself on air the corporate bodies find every way they can to exploit his rantings for ratings. It’s amazing to think […]
The Callow Way – Where Are The British Comic Book Movies?
This week Neil Calloway wonders why Britain doesn’t make films based on comics… As someone who usually bemoans the apparent abundance of sequels and comic book adaptations, I was disappointed to hear Alex Garland’s announcement this week that there would not be a sequel to the 2012 film Dredd. Not just because I liked the […]
John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]
John Williams to record Star Wars: The Force Awakens score in Los Angeles
John Williams is set to break tradition when it comes to the score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the official Star Wars site revealing that the composer will record the score for the hotly-anticipated first chapter in Disney’s Sequel Trilogy in Los Angeles, rather than utilising Abbey Road Studios and the London Symphony […]
