Pim Razenberg on whether a Black Widow movie will ever be made… Back in October the announcement of Marvel Studios’ Phase Three movie slate surprised everyone with the absence of a movie centred on Scarlett Johansson’s superspy Natasha Romanov, a.k.a. Black Widow. Long rumoured since the introduction of Black Widow in Iron Man 2, many […]
VOD Review – Atari: Game Over (2014)
Atari: Game Over, 2014 Directed by Zak Penn SYNOPSIS: A crew digs up all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s. Since the rise of the Internet and the popularity of “Best and Worst” lists, there is one game that almost always […]
Seth Grahame-Smith says Beetlejuice sequel to shoot this year
Back in 2011, writer-producer Seth Grahame-Smith was brought on board to develop a sequel to the 1988 cult classic Beetlejuice, which – over the past year – seems to be edging ever closer to becoming a reality. We’ve heard on numerous occasions that director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are all […]
Amazon Studios set to produce original movies for theatrical release
Amazon Studios has announced today that it is moving beyond television programming to produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release and early window distribution on Amazon Prime Instant Video, releasing films on the streaming service just 4-8 weeks after their theatrical premiere rather than the traditional 39 to 52 weeks. “We look forward to […]
Mark Schultz apologises to Bennett Miller for stinging attack on the Foxcatcher director
Earlier this month, Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz launched a stinging attack at director Bennett Miller over what he perceived to be homosexual overtones in Foxcatcher, which is based upon Schultz’s relationship with Olympic sponsor John du Pont. Schultz declared that he “hated” Miller and “everything that scum touches”, and threatened to bring the filmmaker down […]
DVD Review – A Most Wanted Man (2014)
A Most Wanted Man, 2014. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Derya Alabora and Nina Hoss. SYNOPSIS: A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. With this release Corbijn has once again proven himself to […]
DVD Review – Grace: The Possession (2014)
Grace: The Possession, 2014. Directed by Jeff Chan. Starring Alexia Fast, Lin Shaye, Alan Dale, Brett Dier, Joel David Moore and Alexis Knapp. SYNOPSIS: A virginal Catholic teenager leaves her religious grandmother’s house to go to college and soon finds that drink and drugs are the least of her worries. The trouble with making a possession film […]
Jesse Ventura says American Sniper is as “authentic as Dirty Harry” and brands Chris Kyle a “liar”
It has been breaking box office records in the States (and even made it to the top spot here in the UK), but it seems former WWE wrestler and former governor of Minnesota Jesse “The Body” Ventura has spoken out against American Sniper. Last year, Ventura won a $1.8 million lawsuit against the estate of […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens to feature first female stormtrooper
It looks like Disney and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to introduce the very first female stormtrooper… The Daily Mirror is reporting that unknown British actress Amybeth Hargreaves has been cast as an Imperial Stormtrooper in the hotly-anticipated first chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which stems from a listing […]
Felicity Jones says there are “no plans” for her to play Black Cat
Prior to the release of last year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it looked like Sony had set out its stall for the future of the Spidey franchise, with the Marc Webb-directed sequel paving the way for The Sinister Six, Venom, a female-led spin-off, and The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4. One of […]
