Nightmare City (Incubo Sulla Citta Contaminata), 1980. Directed by Umberto Lenzi. Starring Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Mel Ferrer, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo and Ugo Bologna. SYNOPSIS : A mysterious radiation exposed airplane lands, unleashing a deadly crew of blood sucking zombies. A reporter and his doctor wife track their progress on their deadly mission […]
Nathan Fillion expresses interest in playing DC’s Booster Gold
Nathan Fillion may be best known for his roles on such TV shows as Firefly and Castle, but the actor has also been involved with numerous superhero-related projects over the past few years. Fillion, who is a sci-fi icon, has had comic book roles ranging from a prison inmate in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy to Green […]
What’s with all the hate for Ghostbusters II?
Simon Columb on the hate for Ghostbusters II… Off the bat, I’ll admit it’s inferior to Ghostbusters. The combination of Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray, in a family-friendly blockbuster, with a fiendishly spooky-but-fun script is a perfect cocktail of expertise. With these elements in mind, Ghostbusters II ultimately doesn’t have the innovation calling […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers is HBO’s biggest comedy for six years
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s stock continues to rise as his new HBO comedy show Ballers has enjoyed impressive viewings figures, delivering the highest for a half-hour show on the network for six years. Despite the show’s finale being up against the premiere of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, Ballers wrapped its first season with some […]
Anne Hathaway heading to the small screen for limited series The Ambassador’s Wife
Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is making the move to the small screen and is set to star in limited series The Ambassador’s Wife for eOne. Based on the novel by Jennifer Steil, which has only recently been published, The Ambassador’s Wife tells the story of a “British woman who is kidnapped […]
Ving Rhames joins ensemble comedy Bastards
Deadline is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Ving Rhames is set to join the ever-expanding cast of new film Bastards. The comedy, which will see cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Garden State) make his directorial debut, has already secured the talents of Ed Helms (Vacation), Owen Wilson (Zoolander 2) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). The […]
Goosebumps sequel already in development
It’s not even released yet (but will be shown at this year’s London Film Festival), but it looks like Sony already have plans for a sequel to Goosebumps. Sources for The Tracking Board have confirmed to them that Sony are looking for a new writer to start work on the sequel draft. There’s no word […]
Gabriel Chavarria lands lead role in War of the Planet of the Apes
A new report from Deadline has confirmed that A Better Life actor Gabriel Chavarria is in talks to play one of two human leads in 2017’s War of the Planet of the Apes. The young actor, who made his feature film debut in 2007’s Freedom Writers, is a series regular on Hulu’s series East Los High. He […]
DVD Review – Soldiers of the Damned (2015)
Soldiers of the Damned, 2015. Directed by Mark Nuttall. Starring Gil Darnell, Miriam Cooke, Lucas Hansen, Tom Sawyer, Mark Fountain and Nicky Bell. SYNOPSIS: The Eastern Front, 1944. A German Army Major is ordered to escort a female scientist into a mysterious Romanian forest on fear of death for him and his men… World War […]
Movie Review – A Walk in the Woods (2015)
A Walk in the Woods, 2015. Directed by Ken Kwapis. Starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Kristen Schaal and Mary Steenburgen. SYNOPSIS: A semi-retired celebrated travel writer attempts the Appalachian Trail with an old travelling companion. Looking back at Ken Kwapis’ back catalogue, one gets the impression that he’s definitely well-suited in human comedy-dramas […]
