It was one of the most drawn-out castings of 2013, but Marvel Studios closed the year by finally confirming last month that Vin Diesel will lend his voice to the tree-like character Groot in August’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Now the Fast & Furious star has posted an image to Facebook showing himself in the […]

Back in October, the long-planned Masters of the Universe live-action reboot was dealt a blow when director Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) chose to leave the project to focus his efforts on another 80s toy adaptation with G.I. Joe 3, but now it looks like Sony and Escape Artists are closing in on a […]

Yesterday it was revealed that the Star Wars comic license was heading back to Marvel, bringing to an end over 22 years of Star Wars titles from publisher Dark Horse Comics. Following the announcement, Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson issued a statement on losing the Star Wars license, which you can read right here:All things […]

American Hustle, 2013. Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. SYNOPSIS: The true story of con-man Irving Rosenfeld’s dealings with FBI Agent Richie DiMaso in exposing corrupt politicians takes dangerous turns when ego pushes them in to places they shouldn’t be. A brilliant cast of actors […]

American Hustle, 2013.Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner.SYNOPSIS:A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.On the surface, American […]

Anghus Houvouras on the Anchorman 2 publicity campaign and how it challenges the idea that there is no bad publicity…Somebody, somewhere once said there’s no such thing as bad publicity.   I don’t know who it was.  In my mind it’s some well dressed, finely coiffed advertising executive from the Mad Men era with a drink […]

The Drop, 2014. Directed by Michaël R. Roskam Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, Elizabeth Rodriguez, James Frecheville and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry. As the investigation deepens, horrors and enemies from the past come to the surface. The Drop opens with […]

Anghus Houvouras on Idris Elba’s recent comments about working on Thor: The Dark World…Most real actors would rather do a West End play than appear in a major Hollywood blockbuster.Does that surprise anyone? Is this a statement that would normally send cold shivers down the spine of those who read it? Idris Elba dropped a […]

A second series of the mega-popular ITV drama Broadchurch will air in January 2015 according to a new teaser that was released yesterday. Olivia Colman (Hyde Park on Hudson) and David Tennant (Doctor Who) will reprise their roles as DS Ellie Miller and DI Alex Hardy – who in the first series was tasked with […]

It was bound to happen sooner or later and with all the remakes/reboots of classic 80’s action movies in recent years The Running Man seemed ripe for the picking. At his recent Q&A session in London, Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke about some of his upcoming projects which feature a host of sequels and one that he […]