With the forthcoming Fantastic Four movie about to arrive in cinemas, Neil Calloway looks at a doomed attempt to start the franchise…The latest Fantastic Four film is the second attempt to reproduce the comic characters on the big screen; everyone knows about the film made in 2005 and its 2007 sequel, both of which did […]
Respect for Tom Cruise
Matthew Lee on his respect for Tom Cruise…Since 2006, Tom Cruise has been reduced to, for lack of a better phrase, a global joke; a quick source for derision, slander, and mockery among the A-List Hollywood performers for the masses to prod at. There was his Jumping the Couch moment on Oprah, the uncomfortable Scientology […]
Rumour: Felicity Jones’ Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One character the daughter of an iconic villain?
As director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) begins production on the first Star Wars spinoff, a new rumour has emerged concerning the character set to be played by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One.The official announcement stated that Jones will be playing a Rebel soldier, and now notorious “scooper” El Mayimbe […]
Jamie Bell and Michael B. Jordan on what they want to see in a Fantastic Four sequel
As 20th Century Fox prepares to relaunch its Fantastic Four franchise next week with the Josh Trank-directed reboot, Comic Book caught up with stars Jamie Bell (The Thing) and Michael B. Jordan (The Human Torch), asking them what they’d like to see in the sequel, which currently has a release date set for June 9th, […]
Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015.Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin.SYNOPSIS:Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.Yes, that’s Tom […]
Daniel Radcliffe set for FBI thriller Imperium
Deadline is reporting that Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in Imperium, a new crime thriller about a young FBI agent.The project is based on the real-life experiences of FBI undercover agent Michael German, who spent years inside militia and neo-Mazi groups in the USA. Daniel Ragussis will make his feature directorial debut with the […]
Nicolas Winding Refn announces debut book release The Act of Seeing
Acclaimed Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) has announced the release of his debut book The Act of Seeing. Coauthored by FrighFest curator and renowned horror expert Alan Jones and trawls through Refn’s unique collection of rare American film posters as it explores his which shows us Refn’s earliest visual connection with movies, stemming […]
Straight Outta Compton producer talks ‘white washing’ Oscar nominations, “we have to do better”
The Oscar nominations once again reared the Twitter trend of #OscarsSoWhite, noting that very few of the nominations were for people of colour. Straight Outta Compton producer Will Packer took to Facebook to write this empassioned speech asking for the Hollywood industry to “do better” in bringing more work from filmmakers of colour.“But who I […]
Second Opinion – Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Straight Outta Compton, 2015. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr., Marlon Yates Jr. and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and […]
Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “the culmination” of a trilogy for the First Class cast
During an interview with Collider to discuss the upcoming release of The Martian, producer Simon Kinberg has been talking about Fox’s next Marvel offering X-Men: Apocalypse, describing it as the culmination of a trilogy featuring the younger X-Men: First Class cast.“[X-Men: Apocalypse] delivers on the dramatic story and emotion of the last two movies. It […]
