Marta Abromaityte on manipulation in film… Being a brand of social influence, manipulation has played a large part in the history of cinema. While most propaganda films portray totalitarian governments using misinformation as a tool for indoctrinating the masses, films that portray the struggle against diabolical brainwashing methods have the potential to arm audiences against […]

Legendary American actor and entertainer Mickey Rooney has passed away aged 93, it has been reported. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, the former child star began his career in the entertainment industry aged just one year old and went on to enjoy a career spanning ten decades, which saw him receive multiple awards […]

According to Variety, New Line Cinema has taken a step forward with its plans to reboot the Police Academy franchise, tapping comedians Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele to oversee a new version of the once-popular comedy series alongside original creator Paul Maslansky. The original Police Academy – which featured the likes of Steve Guttenberg, […]

Anghus Houvouras on the zombiefication of Hollywood… Your favorite childhood movie; they’re remaking it.  That TV show you loved so dearly; it’s being rebooted.  Those action figures that you spent countless hours creating adventures with, it’s coming to a screen near you.  If there’s something that at one point made a BLIP on the pop […]

Noah, 2014. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, and Nick Nolte. SYNOPSIS: A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world. Boy do I love me some crazy.  I’m such a […]

There’s just a few days to go before the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones returns to the screen for its hotly-anticipated fourth season, and to whet our appetites HBO has released a thirty-second promo featuring some new footage from the season four premiere episode ‘Two Swords’; check it out here after the official episode description…. […]

Alan Partridge is to return to the silver screen in a sequel to last year’s hit Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Henry Normal, the co-founder of Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow, revealed to The Guardian that a sequel is in the works. “We are planning a sequel, yes, that will be great. We are also […]

Having left the long-gestating Masters of the Universe movie in order to focus on G.I. Joe 3, it seems that Jon M. Chu has now decided to vacate the director’s chair on the Real American Heroes’ third outing in order to focus his attention on another 80s kids property, Jem and the Holograms. Chu was […]

For all you PlayStation Plus subscribers, here’s April’s list of free games… Leaving PS Plus on 2nd April: * Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition (PS4)* Tomb Raider * Borderlands 2* Smart As * Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD Entering PS Plus on 2nd April: * Mercenary Kings (PS4)* Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 * Sly Cooper Thieves in Time (Cross Buy)* […]

Trevor Hogg chats with production visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs, visual effects producer Mitchell Ferm, and visual effects supervisors Adrian de Wet, Stéphane Nazé, Paul Butterworth, and Guy Williams about bringing to the big screen a spinning island, raging monkeys and a futuristic society that stages lethal survival games… “I’d worked with Francis Lawrence a few […]