Just a quick note to shamelessly plug today’s North American release of my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, which traces the entire screen history of the Caped Crusader, from the early movie serials of the 1940s through to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and beyond. If you’d like to […]

The Royle Family: Barbara’s Old Ring, 2012. Directed by Caroline Aherne.Starring Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash. SYNOPSIS: Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the sofa whilst looking for […]

Luke Owen takes in a Muppet movie marathon…Where 3 guys (this time joined by girlfriends and children) watch franchise movies one after the others. This marathon is sponsored by pizza.(This was back in December, so I’m a bit late on the report – sorry!) It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s […]

Piranhaconda, 2011 Directed by Jim Wynorski. Starring Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Robert ‘Rib’ Hills and Chris De Christopher. SYNOPSIS:Part Snake! Part Fish! All Killer! No budget maestro Roger Corman and his merry band of exploitation filmmakers are back with another made for TV giant monster movie in the form of Piranhaconda […]

During an interview with Access Hollywood Live, former Dick Grayson Chris O’Donnell has revealed that Warner Bros. intended to develop a spin-off that would have seen him reprising his role as Robin from Batman Forever and Batman & Robin: “They were going to do [a Robin movie] back in the day and then [Batman & […]

Life Just Is, 2012 Written and Directed by Alex BarrettStarring Will de Meo, Jack Gordon, Nathaniel Martello-White, Fiona Ryan, Paul Nicholls, Jayne Wisener and Rachel Bright SYNOPSIS:Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. “Well there’s an hour and a half of my life I’ll never get […]

With Disney and Lucasfilm having secured a writer for the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII in Academy Award-winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3), the big question now is, just who will direct the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga? From the moment that Disney made the shock announcement that a new […]

To coincide with the Blue-ray Combo Pack release of the tale directed by Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg about the friendship that develops between a boy and a creature from outer space, HarperCollins has published the 30th Anniversary Edition of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept to Classic.The publication opens with a new introduction by Steven Spielberg […]

So, we’ve known for a while that Christopher Nolan would call time on his stewardship of the Batman franchise with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, and he’s already stated that also includes Warner Bros.’ potential Justice League feature, but is there a chance that the British filmmaker could be tempted back to Gotham […]

Luke Owen discusses the first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness… It’s a real testament to J.J. Abrams and his team that in this day and age they have managed to keep so much of Star Trek Into Darkness shrouded in secrecy. Even after the announcement of his casting many moons ago, we’re still […]