Anghus Houvouras on whether the solo superhero movie can survive…. It’s been an interesting year for comic book films. Captain America: The Winter Soldier has doubled the take of the The First Avenger while Spider-Man has been anything but Amazing at the US Box Office looking to take in less than the first film in […]

Grudge Match, 2013 Directed by Peter Segal Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout — 30 years after their last match. Grudge Match is built on one simple premise – it’s […]

Hugh Jackman is set to make his seventh appearance as Wolverine this week with the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past [read our review here] and it looks more than likely that he’ll be back as Logan for X-Men: Apocalypse, as well as the next Wolverine sequel. After hinting that he could be ready […]

With so many rumours circulating about Disney’s various Star Wars projects, it’s hard to distinguish between those with a shred of truth to them, and those which have just been plucked from thin air. However, this past week threw up a new rumour about a potential spin-off movie which may belong to the former camp, […]

Enemy, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon. SYNOPSIS: Whilst watching a film recommended by a work colleague, a man inexplicably sees himself in the movie. Discovering an actor who looks exactly like himself, he goes in search of the man, with unexpected results. Doing the rounds in the […]

Total Film have been talking to X-Men: Days of Future Past producer Lauren Shuler Donner at the X-Men X-Perience Global Tour, and got themselves quite the scoop. Long rumoured to be in contention for the role of Gambit, Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street) has on multiple occasions espoused his love for the character. Well now he’ll have […]

One of the oldest and most famous theme park rides ever is set to become a movie. Disney announced yesterday that it would be developing the movie with Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure) signing on as director, Jared Stern (Wreck-It Ralph) to write the script and Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie) producing. The announcement comes on […]

Robb Ghag reviews American Vampire: Second Cycle #2… “Pearl has made The Preston House a place of peace. But when something comes to threaten that peace, she’ll do anything to protect her young strays. The blockbuster return of AMERICAN VAMPIRE continues here!” In this Second Cycle of the American Vampire series, we once again catch […]

Last year, Sony set a September 2014 release date for the sixth instalment in the Resident Evil series, with director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich both set to return, before things fell deathly silent on the sequel front. Obviously that date is now out of the question, but Anderson has offered a brief […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Already a comment on critics, author Tom Shone (writer of the brilliant book Blockbuster: How the Jaws and Jedi Generation Turned Hollywood into a Boom-town) writes for The Guardian about the different approaches to film criticism highlighted in the past week: “Hollywood needs policing on its weaknesses, not […]