Hercules, 2014 Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Ian McShane, Peter Mullan, Joseph Fiennes, Rebecca Ferguson, Aksel Hennie, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Reece Ritchie, Tobias Santelmann, and Irina Shayk. SYNOPSIS After completing his twelve labours, Hercules, the Son of Zeus, is a mercenary for hire and he’s called to train the […]

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Harlan Ellison’s City on the Edge of Forever #2… Harlan Ellison’s WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Yeoman Rand return to the Enterprise following their first encounter with the Guardians of Forever, only to find a darker, more vicious crew of renegades awaiting them! […]

Honour, 2014. Written and Directed by Shan Khan. Starring Paddy Considine, Aiysha Hart, Faraz Ayub, Shubham Saraf, Harvey Virdi and Nikesh Patel. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an “honour killing” and the bounty hunter who takes the job. Let’s take a cursory look at the headlines: […]

If you were hoping to get a first look at Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell as the Fantastic Four at Comic-Con this weekend, then I’m afraid you’re out of luck. The Josh Trank-directed reboot was absent from 20th Century Fox’s schedule for its Hall H presentation on Friday, and now […]

A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Directed by Richard Lester. Starring Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell and Norman Rossington. SYNOPSIS: A look into the (hard) day and night adventures of The Beatles. Many who haven’t yet seen A Hard Day’s Night will still be familiar with some of the 50 year-old […]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 2014. Directed by Matt Reeves. StarringAndy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Judy Greer, Kirk Acevedo, Enrique Murciano, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. SYNOPSIS: Set ten years after the outbreak of a deadly virus, we find ape leader Caesar and his group living peacefully outside San Francisco. […]

A live-action adaptation of the Katsuhiro Otomo manga Akira has been in the works for quite some time now, and has even fallen off the rails once or twice. The project is officially underway once more at Warner Brothers, from Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra, and a new report claims that Edge of Tomorrow screenwriter Dante Harper is working on the […]

Matt Smith reviews the first episode of Veep season three… Veep’s back, and it’s making up for lost time as quick as it can. With Selina stuck at a book signing, the series sets itself up quickly to lampoon the modern politician. A president is nothing without new issues to be solved and new problems to […]

Thomas Roach wonders whether Andy Serkis could be Marvel’s Doctor Strange… By now you will have heard the news that actor Andy Serkis – best known for his motion capture roles in The Lord of the Rings and the rebooted Planet of the Apes will now have a role in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It […]

Anghus Houvouras on what we can expect from a shared Universal Monsters universe… The franchise wars continue. Every studio is rummaging through their intellectual property library looking for anything they can turn into a multi-picture franchise or a shared cinematic universe. Enter Universal Studios with their announcement this week that their most famous Monsters will […]