As Marvel steps up the publicity for Avengers: Age of Ultron with a series of character posters [check them out here], Yahoo! Movies caught up with Joss Whedon, during which the director discussed the scope of the hotly-anticipated sequel and its “unhinged” final act as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take on the villainous AI and his […]
Insurgent set for $57 million+ US opening, bigger than Divergent
Deadline has reported that the Divergent sequel, Insurgent, which is set for release at the end of March, looks likely to have a bumper opening weekend in the US, with tickets sales up on the original.Tickets for Insurgent went on sale earlier this week through US ticket companies Fandango and MovieTickets.com, and early industry indications […]
John Ottman to score X-Men: Apocalypse
FilmMusicReporter has revealed that composer John Ottman has signed on to score 20th Century Fox’s upcoming mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, which is being directed by Bryan Singer.The news will come as no surpise whatsoever, seeing as Ottman has collaborated with Singer on the majority of the director’s films, including The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil, […]
Shoah: 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Simon Columb revisits Shoah…A 9-hour film, Shoah is the definitive documentary on the holocaust. There is no effort to contextualise the “Final Solution” in World War II, and instead it focuses on reiterating the inhumanity. Akin to The Act of Killing, Claude Lanzmann takes us back […]
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
The New York Times is this evening reporting the very sad news that Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Most famously remembered for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek television show and subsequent movie franchise, Nimoy was admitted to hospital last week falling ill. His wife, […]
Boardwalk Empire’s Jack Huston linked to The Crow remake
A seamlessly endless string of Hollywood actors have been linked to one of the longest-mooted screen remakes in recent memory, The Crow. With the latest name, Luke Evans, leaving the role earlier in the year, it seemed as though the people behind the new version would be searching forever.Well, Deadline is reporting that the hunt […]
Red Sonja reboot gets new screenwriter
Back in 2008, director Robert Rodriguez had plans for a remake of 80s actioner Red Sonja. The project, which was to star his then-girlfriend Rose McGowan (Planet Terror), was announced at Comic Con and Rodriguez even went so far as to release a teaser poster with McGowan, before the project fell apart.The Hollywood Reporter is […]
Rosamund Pike set for The Deep Blue Good-By opposite Christian Bale
Having enjoyed critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for her work in the superb Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike has wasted no time in choosing her next project.Variety is reporting that the British actress is set to join Oscar winner Christian Bale (The Fighter, The Dark Knight Trilogy) in The Deep Blue Good-By, an adaptation of […]
Cinderella meets her Prince Charming in new clip from Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella
Ahead of its release next month Walt Disney Pictures has released a new clip for Kenneth Branagh’s live action adaptation of the classic fairy tale Cinderella which sees Cinderella meet her Prince Charming for the first time; check it out below after the official synopsis… The story of “Cinderella” follows the fortunes of young Ella […]
Movie Review – It Follows (2014)
It Follows, 2014Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell Starring Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Keir Gilchrist, Bailey Spry, Jake Weary, Daniel ZovattoSYNOPSIS:For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, […]
