Back in April 2016, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro announced plans to launch a cinematic universe based around Hasbro’s classic toy properties G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionaries, ROM: Spaceknight and M.A.S.K., tapping Akiva Goldsman to oversee a writers room that included a host of in-demand screenwriters, including John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Spider-Man: Homecoming). Since then, the studio has set release […]
Why Certain Films Do Well During Awards Season
Neil Calloway looks at why a certain type of movie will always get the nod at the Oscars… This coming Tuesday sees the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations. We’ve already had the Golden Globes, and if you really care about that sort of thing, the Baftas are next month. We’re deep into awards season, […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer rumoured to arrive this week
There’s just a little over four months to go until the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and as yet we’ve seen very little in the way of promotional material for the second Star Wars Anthology movie. However, if rumours are to be believed, that will all change this week. After presenting some footage […]
What it means to watch The Post on the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration
Sean Wilson on why Steven Spielberg’s new movie couldn’t be more timely… A mere 20 minutes into The Post, the new drama from Steven Spielberg, I started to experience that pleasurable feeling that only the very best movies are capable of invoking. So confidently handled is Spielberg’s latest movie, the story of The Washington Post’s […]
Ken Watanabe joins Ryan Reynolds in Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
The live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu has added another name to its cast, with THR revealing that Ken Watanabe (Batman Begins, Godzilla) is set to portray a character called Detective Yoshida. The film, which is being directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps), sees Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Detective Pikachu, portraying the character via […]
Paddington 2 becomes the best-reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes
StudioCanal’s acclaimed sequel Paddington 2 has set a new record on movie review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, where it has toppled Toy Story 2 to become the best-reviewed movie of all time. The Paul King-directed film, a follow-up to 2014’s box office smash, has scored 168 ‘fresh’ reviews, without a single ‘rotten’. That puts is […]
Super Troopers 2 gets a new red band trailer
Fox Searchlight has released a new red band trailer the long-awaited comedy sequel Super Troopers 2. The film is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, who also stars alongside returning cast members Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan, and Lynda Carter, and newcomers Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Lowe, Will Sasso, Tyler Labine, and Hayes MacArthur; check […]
Poster and trailer for thriller Traffik starring Paula Patton and Omar Epps
A poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming thriller Traffik. Written and directed by Deon Taylor, the film stars Paula Patton, Omar Epps, Roselyn Sanchez, Laz Alonso, Dawn Olivieri, Missi Pyle, William Fichtner and Luke Goss; check them out here… Brea, a journalist and her boyfriend John are off for a romantic weekend […]
First teaser trailer for hacker thriller Assassination Nation
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, a teaser trailer has arrived online for writer-director Sam Levinson’s upcoming thriller Assassination Nation which stars Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgard, Joel McHale, Colman Domingo, Maude Apatow, and Melanie Lynskey; check it out here… “An anonymous hacker begins to […]
The Shape of Water takes the top prize at the 2018 PGA Awards
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water received a major boost to its Oscar chances last night when the Producers Guild of America honoured the film with the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the 2018 PGA Awards. In the past ten years, the recipient of the Darryl F. Zanuck Award has went on to claim Best Picture […]
