Despite being arguably the most beloved incarnation of the character, former Timelord Tom Baker has traditionally distanced himself from all things Doctor Who following his run on the classic British sci-fi series, but if the Daily Express are to be believed, Baker is now being lined up by the BBC to make a dramatic return […]

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Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… The internet is all-a-glow with news regarding the re-hiring of Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield for (what is rumoured to be-called) The Spectacular Spider-Man. Huffington Post writer Scott Mendelson says it best on his blog Mendelson’s Memos: “It’s a telling sign of behind-the-scenes tumult when it’s actually surprising […]

Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, rumoured to be named “Skyfall”, could be considerably thinner in the action department, according to The Express. The paper claims that director Sam Mendes wants to focus his adventure on “characterful performances” instead of the franchise’s usual action set pieces. Most strikingly of all the director, with his background […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors John Bruno, Phil Tippett, Edson Williams and Bruce Woloshyn about the making of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1… “Bill [Condon] told me they were going to break it up in two parts because the book was so large,” recalls American Visual Effects Supervisor John Bruno […]

Longstanding big names Aaron Eckhart and Sean Bean are to add clout to the cast of a modern retelling of children’s classic Peter Pan. They’ve both joined a project to be directed by Ben Hibon, with the working title Pan, which is set to turn the traditional fantasy tale of Neverland on its head. Evil […]

Earlier this week Forbes Magazine published their list of the highest-earning Hollywood stars of 2010, with Leonardo DiCaprio taking the crown with an estimated $77m for his work on Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. However, while the likes of Johnny Depp, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise all […]

With his latest film The Social Network in cinemas this month, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of director David Fincher in the third of a three part feature… read parts one and two. “When it became apparent that I wasn’t going to be involved in Black Dahlia [2006],” stated director David Fincher, “I didn’t go, […]

Although the classic British horror studio Hammer Films is making a comeback of sorts (they currently have Let The Right One In remake Let Me In and erotic thriller The Resident both in post-production), it seems that the future of Bray Film Studios – Hammer’s home between 1951-1966 – is unfortunately looking rather bleak. The […]

Veteran British actor passes away… British actor Edward Woodward has today died aged 79 after a long battle with illness, his agent has announced. Woodward’s career began in 1955 and after treading the boards in the West End and making sporadic film appearances he rose to promenance as professional assassin David Callan in the ITV […]