With one more territory to still hit, Godzilla has smashed its way through the $400 million mark after a great opening in China. The movie, directed Gareth Edwards who will also be directing the sequels, earned an impressive $36 million over 9,000 screens, which is a record for Warner Bros. The film fell just short […]

It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for the latest instalment of FMTV’s Movie Myths! This week, Oliver Davis investigates whether there’s any truth in the rumours that two endings were shot for 1963’s King Kong vs. Godzilla – one for Western audiences with King Kong victorious, and one for Japanese cinemagoers with Godzilla coming out on […]

Godzilla has certainly been stomping his way through the competition taking in an impressive $200 million on its opening weekend and has even earned himself a sequel. But one of the biggest points on contention with the movie has been, what some have called, a lack of Godzilla in his own movie. In an interview […]

With Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla running amok through the box office competition, it was announced on StarWars.com that its director Gareth Edwards will be heading to a galaxy far, far away for a Star Wars spin-off. And not only that, but according to The Hollywood Reporter he’s also attached for two more entries in this newly formed Godzilla […]

Luke Owen looks at what we’d like to see in the Godzilla sequel…. Like all good summer blockbusters, Legendary Pictures “epic” reboot to the Godzilla franchise has split opinions. Godzilla fans enjoyed its dark and gritty tone as well as its obvious ties to Ishiro Honda’s 1954 b-movie masterpiece while others felt it was a […]

Back in February it was reported that the cult sci-fi series Farscape is set to return with a new TV movie from director Brian Henson (executive producer of the original show) and screenwriter Justin Monjo. Well, now we have confirmation from Farscape creator  Rockne O’Bannon, who had this to say at WonderCon over the weekend: […]

A few days back some merchandising material for Star Wars Rebels suggested that we’d be seeing Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi as a character in the upcoming in-canon animated series, which was followed by rumours that Billy Dee Williams has also done some voice work as Lando Calrissian. Well, we now we have confirmation from Rebels co-creator […]

An Autumn Afternoon (Japan: Sanma no aji), 1962. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Starring Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada and Mariko Okada. SYNOPSIS: An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. An Autumn Afternoon tells the story of Hirayama (Chishu Ryu), an older man, who has three children. His eldest son, Koichi, is married. […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Oliver Davis revisits The Cat Returns… “But look at how they walk,” she squirmed, uncomfortably, at the cats awkwardly moving forward on their hind legs. “It’s creepy. I don’t wanna watch anymore.” And so, about 20 minutes in, we switched over. She was right, you know. The […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Simon Columb reviews My Neighbours the Yamadas …  Rather than the bold and bright animation of Pom Poko, Isao Takahata’s My Neighbours the Yamadas is a collection of short stories celebrating family. Indeed, the anime style of Studio Ghibli is considered a defining element of the studio […]