Luke Owen looks at a few things you may not know about The Lion King…. June 24th 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the pinnacle of Disney’s renaissance era of animation, The Lion King. Working as an animated version of Shakespeare’s Hamelt, The Lion King is one of the highest grossing animated movies of all-time […]

Filth, 2013. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, Brian McCardie, Emun Elliott, Gary Lewis, John Sessions, Shauna Macdonald, and Jim Broadbent. SYNOPSIS: An egotistical and conniving Scottish police officer who sees the world through a drug-induced haze attempts to secure a promotion by undermining his fellow contenders. Determined to win back his estrange wife and daughter, […]

Well, after going through several directors (including David Yates, Ben Affleck and Scott Cooper), it finally looks like Warner Bros. and CBS Films’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand is starting to show signs of moving forward under Josh Boone. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boone has cast Nat Wolff and that he’s writing an […]

Another star of The Wire has joined the cast of the immensely popular AMC series The Walking Dead. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Seth Gilliam is to join season 5 as a series regular. Gilliam will play “Michael”, billed as being “friendly with a puckish demeanour who also has a haunted side.” Interestingly, there’s talk […]

Well, it looks like Johnny Storm might not be adopted after all… According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reg E. Cathey (The Wire, House of Cards) has joined the cast of The Fantastic Four, signing on to play Dr. Storm, the scientist father of Johnny (Michael B. Jordan; Fruitvale Station) and Sue (Kate Mara; American Horror […]

Despite the fact that her character failed to make it to the end credits of Avatar, Sigourney Weaver is currently gearing up for a reunion with director James Cameron on his three back-to-back sequels to the highest-grossing film of all time, and during an interview with Vulture the Aliens star shared a few thoughts on […]

Last month, Lucasfilm and J.J. Abrams gave us a taste of which returning characters we can expect to see when we return to a galaxy far, far away in 2015 for Star Wars: Episode VII, announcing that Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) […]

When it comes to superhero news, Marvel Studios has been quiet lately, taking a back seat to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Warner Bros.’ various TV / Batman vs. Superman / Justice League announcements. Well, to help us get through the lull, a new casting claim has emerged from rumour […]

Matt Spencer-Skeen on who he wants to see in Marvel’s Agent Carter TV series… Last week brought us the news that not only was Marvel’s current TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. getting a 2nd series but also that we would indeed be getting the long rumoured Agent Carter series. As someone who has remained a […]

Scott Davis continues his look at 24: Live Another Day as he reviews episode 3… There is always a point when watching 24 when after the first few episodes have set-up the story, the threat and so on, that you know the day has truly begun. It’s like being on a roller-coaster ride and after […]