Mr. X is the visual effects company responsible for the visual storytelling of many films and television series including Vikings, Godless, mother!, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tells No Tale, Crimson Peak, and Molly’s Game. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won big at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. MR. X […]
Ready Player One opens with $181 million worldwide
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One has enjoyed a healthy debut at the global box office, pulling in $181.3 million worldwide. Domestically, the pop culture sci-fi grossed $53.2 million across the Thursday to Sunday period to take top spot ahead of Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, and pulled in a further $128 million from […]
Naruto director gives an update on the planned live-action movie
If you cast your mind back to 2015, you may recall that Lionsgate announced a live action adaptation of the bestselling manga series Naruto, attaching director Michael Gracey to the project. Gracey has since went on to direct the musical hit The Greatest Showman, and during an interview with Collider, the filmmaker offered a brief […]
Duke Nukem producers looking to Deadpool for the tone of the movie adaptation
Back in January it was revealed that WWE Superstar John Cena is on board to play the title character in an adaptation of the cult video game series Duke Nukem for Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes. During an interview with CinemaBlend, producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller have been chatting about their progress with the video […]
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter talk Bill & Ted 3
It’s been teased for several years now without seemingly getting any closer to becoming a reality, but stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have revealed to Entertainment Weekly that they are still hoping that Bill & Ted 3 – a.k.a. Bill & Ted Face the Music – could make it to the big screen. “[Writers] Chris […]
Stephen Amell announces Colin Donnell’s Arrow return
Following on from the news that Caity Lotz’s Sara Lance / White Canary is set to make a return to Arrow for its season six finale, actor Stephen Amell has revealed that we’ll also be seeing another familiar face in Colin Donnell, who’ll presumably be making an appearance in flashback form as Tommy Merlyn. 21 […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story reportedly tracking $150 million opening weekend
Just a few months out from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it’s almost time for the next instalment of the Star Wars saga as Disney and Lucasfilm prepare to unveil their second Anthology movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story, this May. According to Box Office Pro, the Ron Howard-directed Han Solo prequel is tracking a […]
Rumour: Matt Damon passes on villain role in Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel
After making a brief cameo in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok as an Asgardian actor playing Loki, it seems that Matt Damon may have turned down the opportunity for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a much bigger capacity. According to The Tracking Board, Damon had emerged as Marvel and Sony’s top choice for […]
The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]
Second Opinion – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. I have a real soft spot for anthology horror […]
