Jackson Ball continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with Scarface…Some films are almost inexplicable watchable. Measured solely on their individual components – such as foul language, unrelenting gore and non-stop, start-to-finish intensity – these films ought to drive audiences away, or at least make them think twice about a second viewing. However, the ultimate sum of […]

With the animated movie Batman: Assault on Arkham set for release later this year, Anthony Stokes feels that Arkham Asylum would be better suited as a live-action movie….A lot of the time I find myself stuck in the middle of excitement and disappointment with news that is generally regarded as a reason to celebrate. For […]

Earlier this week it was announced that Ben McKenzie (Southland, Batman: Year One) will take on the role of Detective Jim Gordon in Fox’s upcoming Batman prequel series Gotham, and now McKenzie has received some words of advice from the last man to don the ‘tache, Gary Oldman, who starred as Gordon in Batman Begins, […]

Anghus Houvouras on the problem with remaking good movies….Lamenting about the woeful lack of originality in Hollywood is hardly novel.  Much like the politics or religion, it’s a topic that gets discussed often but rarely comes to any real resolution.  I’ve said it a dozen times in a dozen columns:Hollywood studios are averse to risk.  […]

Last month, it was announced that Jesse Eisenberg had secured the role of Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, and now long-time Lex voice actor Clancy Brown has shared his thoughts on Eisenberg’s casting during an interview with Comic Book Resources to promote his latest movie Sparks:“I think Jesse […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the ninth episode of The Walking Dead season 4….I opened my last review with this: “The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead’s fourth season is pivotal in shaking things up; paving the way for what will hopefully be a tense and exciting latter half.” From watching the ninth episode – the first […]

Last year it was announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars was one of the casualties of Disney’s Lucasfilm purchase, with the studio opting instead to plow its energy into new adventures in a galaxy far, far away with the likes of the upcoming Star Wars Rebels, not to mention a little movie by the […]

Gavin Logan reviews the first episode of Fleming…The name’s Fleming, Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, author of Casino Royale, wealthy politicians son, Army drop-out…you get the drift.I want to start off by saying I am in no way a Bond addict. Yes I enjoyed the movies growing up and have had mixed feelings on […]

John Singleton, the man behind 2 Fast 2 Furious and urban classic Boyz n the Hood has officially signed on to direct and produce a project very dear to his heart, the as yet untitled biopic of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Variety are reporting that he will also rewrite the script that has been floating […]

With production getting underway on The Avengers: Age of Ultron in South Africa this week, we should expect to hear plenty from the hotly-anticapted sequel over the coming weeks and months; we’ve already had a few words from Marvel chief Kevin Feige on Black Widow’s role in the film [see here], and now we’ve got […]