Channing Tatum may be playing Ragin’ Cajun Remy LeBeau in 2016’s Gambit solo film, but he’s not the first actor to play the card-throwing mutant on the big screen. That title belongs to True Detective and Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch, who played the character in the critically derided X-Men Origins: Wolverine. When the X-Men universe was course-corrected with last year’s X-Men: Days […]
BBC Culture curates 100 best American films, courtesy of 62 international film critics
BBC Culture has this week unveiled a new list of the top 100 American films, as voted for by a pool of international film critics from across the globe. The format of the poll was that any film that would make the list had to have recieved funding from a US source, and the directors […]
Movie Review – Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Magic Mike XXL, 2015. Directed by Gregory Jacobs. Starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Gabriel Iglesias, Adam Rodriguez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Amber Heard. SYNOPSIS: Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to […]
Boba Fett, Bossk and more rumoured to appear in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One
Following the rumour that Darth Vader will be set to cameo in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, we’re getting new reports that other Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy characters will be showing up in the first spin-off movie. Bloody-Disgusting are claiming that the movie will feature loads of Bounty Hunters, many of which were seen in […]
Marisa Tomei offered Aunt May role in Spider-Man reboot
According to Variety, Sony and Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Man may have found its new Aunt May: Academy Award-winner Marisa Tomei. This will mark the first major tentpole for Tomei, who is most famous for roles in dramas like The Wrestler and comedies like My Cousin Vinny. The new report is unclear about whether or not she’s officially landed the role, but […]
Avengers vs. X-Men movie set for 2020?
Well, this one could be quite out of left field. But then many people thought that about Spider-Man joining The Avengers. The chaps over at Cosmic Book News have reportedly unearthed some information that suggests Marvel are trying to make amends with 20th Century Fox to bring together The Avengers and X-Men into the same […]
Movie Review – Amy (2015)
Amy, 2015. Directed by Asif Kapadia. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting Amy Winehouse’s music and battle with drug and alcohol addiction. What takes your breath away watching Asif Kapadia’s outstanding documentary on Amy Winehouse, Amy, is how much she was hounded. Reminding us of those final moments in Princess Diana’s life, Winehouse courted paparazzi even in death, snapping and […]
Interview: Director Gregory Jacobs talks Magic Mike XXL
Kat Kourbeti sat down with Magic Mike XXL director Gregory Jacobs and chatted to him about the film, out now in cinemas in the UK and worldwide… Kat Kourbeti: Congrats on the film, you’ve managed to subvert expectations yet again. Gregory Jacobs: Thanks! KK: The trailer is very misleading, it’s all like “Yeah! It’s all […]
Andy Muschietti replaces Cary Fukunaga as director on Stephen King’s It
It looks like the job left open when Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) decided to leave the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It has just been filled by director Andy Muschietti. Muschietti, who is in talks to helm the film for New Line Cinema, is best known for 2013’s Mama, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain and […]
It’s official: Hellboy 3 is NOT happening
Where do you even begin with this story? Over the last few years we’ve heard from Ron Pearlman and director Guillermo del Toro about a third movie in their Hellboy series. Sometimes its moving forward, sometimes its not. Sometimes Pearlman wants to do it, sometimes he doesn’t. Well, we can now officially say that it’s done […]
