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 […]
Eli Roth to direct prehistoric shark thriller Meg
After close to twenty years in development hell, it looks like the adaptation of Steve Alten’s 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror is set to move ahead at Warner Bros., with Variety reporting that Eli Roth (Hostel) is in talks to direct. The book revolves around two men who attempt to track and […]
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 […]
Jurassic World enjoys biggest opening at the UK box office since Skyfall
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June 2015… Having pulled in a record domestic and international debut, Jurassic World has stormed to the top of the box office here in the UK with a whopping £19,350,727 haul – the biggest opening weekend on these […]
Kenneth Branagh to direct Murder on the Orient Express
Back in 2013, it was revealed that 20th Century Fox had tapped Ridley Scott (Prometheus), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class) and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) to produce a new version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express, and now it seems the project has found a director. According to The Wrap, […]
Bookmakers slash odds on Damian Lewis becoming the next James Bond
Amid speculation that Daniel Craig will retire his license to kill following his fourth outing as James Bond in Spectre, it seems there’s been a flurry of betting on Homeland star Damian Lewis succeeding Craig in the role of 007, so much so that the bookmakers have slashed odds on Lewis from 25/1 to 3/1. […]
Ian McKellen will not return as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse
Back in February, Patrick Stewart indicated that his good pal Ian McKellen would be returning to the role of Magneto for next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, however McKellen has now confirmed to Digital Spy that he won’t donning the helmet for the 2016 sequel. “I haven’t heard [the rumours], I don’t think I am, no, no, […]
Angelina Jolie returning for Maleficent sequel
Disney has finally announced the inevitable: After grossing a whopping $758 million worldwide, Maleficent is getting a sequel. According to TheWrap, the first film’s screenwriter, Linda Woolverton, is in talks to pen the follow-up, while star Angelina Jolie is expected to return. Joe Roth will once again produce, though director Robert Stromberg isn’t likely to helm the […]
Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson board Pitch Perfect 3 for 2017
After the success of two installments, Pitch Perfect 3 has been given the official greenlight and release date. Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are both slated to return, and will take the acapella stage once more on July 21st, 2017. Kendrick announced the news herself via Instagram: https://instagram.com/p/39s2QyqdYB/ There’s no word on whether or not Elizabeth Banks, […]
