Coinciding with the release of today’s rather splendid action-packed fourth theatrical trailer for Man of Steel, The New York Times has posted an article featuring interviews with director Zack Snyder (Watchmen), producer Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises) and screenwriter David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), as the trio discuss how they intend to make ‘The World’s […]

It’s not often M. Night Shyamalan is able to generate much excitement these days (that’s what a run of Lady in the Water, The Happening and The Last Airbender will do for you), and while early reviews for the upcoming sci-fi After Earth are doing little to suggest his latest film will drag him out […]

Having surpassed the box office haul of The Dark Knight Rises late last week to become the highest-grossing solo superhero movie, Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has now moved above Skyfall, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Transformers: Dark of the Moon to crack the top five in the list of […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s Lars von Trier retrospective… Asked what type of filmmakers inspire and influence Lars von Trier, the last thing one would consider is Busby Berkeley and The Sound of Music. As unlikely as it sounds, these established Hollywood musicals are what contribute to Dancer in the Dark, a musical tragedy starring […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s Lars von Trier retrospective… Cubism, as an art movement, can be simplified as a style that depicts an object or person through distorting perspective and space. Cubism argued that, as an artist, if you look at an object, though you might depict what is observed, why not include what is […]

V/H/S, 2012. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillet, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Chad Villella, Ti West and Adam Wingard.Starring Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Mike Donlan, Hannah Fierman and Joe Swanberg. SYNOPSIS:When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s Rita Hayworth retrospective… Recently, Top Gun played at The Prince Charles Cinema and, writing a review of the film, it is clear that the success of Top Gun is in the aeriel sequences of brutal, streamline fighter-jets swooping and speeding across the sky. Both Top Gun and Only Angels Have […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Man of Steel, Justice League, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, The Avengers 2, Kick-Ass 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phineas […]

Luke Owen reviews the prequel comic for Pacific Rim… Don’t miss the exciting sci-fi prequel graphic novel of the highly anticipated movie, Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro! Chronicling the very first time Earth is menaced by incredible monsters known as Kaiju, these inhuman beasts rise from the ocean depths and threaten to extinguish […]

Earlier this week we heard that Marc Webb had decided to cut Shailene Woodley’s (The Descendants) scenes as Mary Jane Watson from the currently in production The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was followed by rumours that Sony were looking to recast the role for the recently announced third and fourth Spidey movies. Well, it seems […]