The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 2015 PGA Awards, giving us an indication of how the field for Best Picture at the Academy Awards may look when the Oscar nominees are revealing on January 15th. Set to contest the main award, Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Picture are American […]
Absolutely Fabulous movie to start shooting in October
Back in January Jennifer Saunders revealed that plans were afoot to shoot an Absolutely Fabulous movie this year, and now Joanna Lumley has confirmed that a big screen adaptation of the hit BBC sitcom will start filming in October. “We are all there, the same old gang,” said Lumley on This Morning. “Lots of people […]
Jennifer Saunders says Absolutely Fabulous movie will happen this year
Following on from the 20th anniversary episodes in 2012, it looks like Edina and Patsy are heading to the big screen, with Jennifer Saunders revealing to the Sunday People that she intends on shooting an Absolutely Fabulous movie this year. “I’ve finished the first draft,” said Saunders, who will be joined in the cast by […]
Revenge of the Sith 3D to premiere at Star Wars Celebration
It looks like fans wanting to complete their viewing of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy in 3D will get their wish at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim this April, with the convention set to play host to the premiere of the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 3D conversion. In addition to […]
Sherlock rides again… and again
Robert Downey Jr., Jonny Lee Miller, Ian McKellen and Benedict Cumberbatch have all played Sherlock Holmes in either film or television during the last four years. Now I know that people say that Hollywood reproduces the same shlock year on year, but when it is literally the same character stories recreated, within the time it […]
Second Opinion – Unbroken (2014)
Unbroken, 2014. Directed by Angelina Jolie. Starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Jai Courtney, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund and Luke Treadaway. SYNOPSIS: After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent […]
The Callow Way – On Stealing Films
This week Neil Calloway looks at the most pirated films of 2014… It may have not won any Oscars, but this week The Wolf of Wall Street was given a more dubious honour; it was the most pirated movie of 2014. According to reports, it was illegally downloaded 30 million times. The Wolf of Wall […]
Boardwalk Empire movie in the works? Mark Wahlberg wants Martin Scorsese to direct
When he’s not sharing the screen with giant robots and talking teddy bears Mark Wahlberg has been working hard behind the scenes as an active producer of such HBO shows like Boardwalk Empire, In Treatment and Entourage. Not content with Entourage getting the big screen makeover, Wahlberg has been claiming recently that a Boardwalk Empire movie […]
Second Opinion – The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, 2015. Directed by Tom Harper Starring Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox, Leanne Best, Oaklee Pendergast, Adrian Rawlins, Leilah de Meza, Hayley Joanne Bacon and Ned Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, […]
Vin Diesel says Marvel will have to “woo” him for Black Bolt role in Inhumans
Over the past year or so, Vin Diesel has taken every opportunity to hint at a potential role in Marvel’s upcoming Inhumans movie, with the actor seemingly lobbying hard for the part of Black Bolt. Now, speaking to MTV, the Guardians of the Galaxy star has now changed his tune somewhat, suggesting that the role is his […]
