Simon Columb with 5 reasons why The Lost World: Jurassic Park isn’t as bad as you remember… You did it. You planned to watch all three Jurassic Park films prior to watching Jurassic World and stalled after the first one. There are problems with The Lost World: Jurassic Park, sure, but it is crucially a Spielberg film. Not executively-produced, but directed by […]
Adam Warlock villain Magus rumoured for Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1
According to SpoilerTV, casting auditions for Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 are currently underway in Los Angeles, and one character up for grabs is Adam Warlock’s evil doppelganger, Magus. In the comics, Magus is Warlock’s bad side, and was released when Warlock claimed the Infinity Gauntlet and cleansed himself of all good and evil. Magus then […]
Brand New-U nightmarish sci-fi romance world premiere today at EIFF
The stark and uncompromising sci-fi/thriller/romance Brand New-U receives its international film premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival today. Taking in a wide variety of influences and themes, the Simon Pummell (Bodysong, Shock Head Soul) directed and written piece explores the sense of self and identity in an atmospheric, art-house inflected narrative. The unconventional film […]
Movie Review – Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out, 2015. Directed by Pete Docter. Starring Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan SYNOPSIS: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to […]
Rob Zombie to write and direct Groucho Marx biopic
Rockstar and horror director Rob Zombie looks to step away from his roots as he is set to write and direct a biopic based on the book Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House, which details the final years of the life of legendary comedy actor Groucho Marx. The memoirs, written by Steve Stoliar, details one […]
Movie Review – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, 2015. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Jon Bernthal, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, and Molly Shannon. SYNOPSIS: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a […]
Movie Review – Accidental Love (2015)
Accidental Love, 2015. Directed by David O. Russell (as Stephen Greene). Starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin. SYNOPSIS: A clueless politician falls in love with a small-town waitress whose erratic behaviour is caused by a nail stuck in her head. Originally titled Nailed and shot way back […]
How Tomorrowland’s Bottom Line Informed My Viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road
Kat Kourbeti on how Tomorrowland’s bottom line informed her viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road… (SPOILER WARNING for both films within.) There’s something I need to get off my chest: I didn’t really like Mad Max: Fury Road. I mean, it’s not bad, it’s got things to say, and it’s got very interesting dystopian world-building […]
Katherine Waterston joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The upcoming Harry Potter spinoff film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, has found its female lead. The studio has announced that Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston has landed the role of Porpetina, a witch who hails from the United States and meets up with Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander in New York City. Waterston was in contention for the role […]
Interview: Carmen Ejogo talks Selma, meeting Coretta King and black actresses in Hollywood
Amon Warmann sits down with Selma’s Carmen Ejogo for the home entertainment release… Though the focus of Ava Duvernay’s Oscar-nominated Selma is rightfully on Martin Luther King, throughout there is a great emphasis on how a collective group can accomplish great change. Just as King was surrounded by a host of great men and women, […]
