In the first of a three-part feature, Jackson Ball looks at the evolving Disney Princess…It is hard to see how young children could be “prepared” for women’s liberation by reading fairy tales; an analysis of those fairy tales that children actually read indicates instead that they serve to acculturate women to traditional social roles. (Lieberman, […]

Matt Smith reviews the third episode of The Following season 2…Some say that behind every great man, is a great woman. With the obvious implications the following question hints at, what happens when the great women turns out to be not so great and in fact goes against everything you stand for?That’s quite an extreme […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

That Awkward Moment, 2014. Written and Directed by Tom Gormican.Starring Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, and Mackenzie Davis. SYNOPSIS: Three best friends find themselves where we’ve all been – at that confusing moment in every dating relationship when you have to decide “So…where is this going?” Haters gonna hate, but it’s […]

RoboCop, 2014. Directed by José Padilha.Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: Police officer Alex Murphy suffers horrific injuries in an explosion and is rebuilt and part-robot, part-man in a bid to combat growing levels of crime in Detroit. But RoboCop is […]

Following District 9 and Elysium, Neill Blomkamp is currently piecing together his third South Africa based outing. Black comedy Chappie once again involves serious hardware, as Blomkamp’s go-to actor Sharlto Copley plays a robot used for nefarious purposes by gangsters. Two of the gangsters are set to be played by main vocalists Ninja and Yolandi […]

Seemingly stuck in development forever, the film adaptation of the highly successful Uncharted series of video games has a new director attached, with Horrible Bosses helmer Seth Gordon taking up the reins following the departures of David O. Russell and Neil Burger. Away from the big screen Gordon also directed 2007′s The King of Kong: A Fistful […]

He is playing very coy, but we know that The Rock has spoken with DC about starring in their burgeoning cinematic universe. But is he hinting at who he might be playing? Well known for his Twitter and Instagram accounts, Johnson recently posted an image of himself with producer Hiram Garcia. In amongst all this […]

Following on from yesterday’s batch of Imperial propaganda material, more and more details are being released regarding the latest from a galaxy far far away. Disney’s Chairman and CEO Bob Iger has revealed some of the plans regarding the release of Star Wars Rebels. This quarter’s letter to investors contains the following – “We’re introducing […]

Coming hot on the heels of the casting of Candice Patton (The Game) as Iris West, it’s been announced that Broadway star Carlos Valdes has been cast as Cisco Ramon, “a mechanical engineering genius and the youngest member of the team of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs.” Ramon is better known to DC Comics fans as […]