Coinciding with last night’s screening of the first episode of Doctor Who series 8 in Cardiff, it is being reported that Peter Capaldi has extended his contract as the Twelfth Doctor to take in a second series of the long-running British sci-fi institution. According to a “source” for British tabloid The Sun ,” Peter is […]

Ahead of the series 8 premiere of Doctor Who this coming Saturday, the BBC has released a list of episode titles for the upcoming series, as well as details of writers and directors; take a look… Episode 1: Deep Breath. Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Ben Wheatley Episode 2: Into The Dalek Written by […]

Wakolda (a.k.a. The German Doctor), 2013. Written and Directed by Lucía Puenzo Starring Àlex Brendemühl, Diego Peretti, Guillermo Pfening, Natalia Oreiro, Florencia Bado and Elena Roger. SYNOPSIS: The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of […]

The Deer Hunter, 1978. Directed by Michael Cimino. Starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, George Dzundza and Chuck Aspegren. SYNOPSIS: A group of men celebrate their last night of freedom before they are drafted to fight in Vietnam. In Vietnam, they experience and witness horrors that will haunt them and change […]

Villordsutch reviews Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods… Who could tell the origin stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? Percy Jackson provides an insider’s view with plenty of ‘tude in this illustrated collection. A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, […]

Starred Up, 2013. Directed by David Mackenzie. Starring Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend. SYNOPSIS: When a young man is ‘starred up’ (moved from juvenile holdings into a full blown prison environment) and winds up on the same wing as his father, he must learn what must be done to protect himself. On the […]

Having rose to fame performing skits on Saturday Night Live featuring songs like “I’m on a Boat” and “Dick in a Box”, comedy trio Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone – better known as The Lonely Island – will now be taking their music parody project to the big screen. Universal have bought the […]

Anghus Houvouras with five Marvel movies that Guardians of the Galaxy proves could work…. Guardians of the Galaxy is the first Marvel film based on relatively unknown characters. The misfit crew of the Milano like Star-Lord, Rocket, and Groot has shown that audiences are willing to embrace the fun and crazy side of the Marvel […]

The upcoming reboot of the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Kickboxer has added a couple of martial arts experts to its cast, with Scott Adkins (The Legend of Hercules) and Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak) signing on to appear in the new film. The remake is being directed by Stephen Fung (Tai Chi Zero) and will follow […]

This past weekend Marvel brought the curtain down on 2014’s superhero season with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy (unless you’re counting Disney’s upcoming animated feature Big Hero 6, of course). Not only has this year seen Marvel Studios expanding the cosmic side of the Cinematic Universe with Guardians, but its also continued the […]