American screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. – best known for his work as co-creator of the classic 1960s Batman television series – has passed away from natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, California, aged 91. Born in New York City in 1923, Semple began his career in the 1950s, writing short stories and stage […]

Muppets Most Wanted, 2014. Directed by James Bobin.Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Tony Bennett and Hugh Bonneville. SYNOPSIS: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the […]

The Daily Bugle’s editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson has continued his campaign against the wall-crawler in the latest viral article for the upcoming superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2,which you can read right here…. Spider-Man: Hero or Heel? An editorial from Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah JamesonIs social media a powerful tool to connect people around […]

Anghus Houvouras on the elevated structure of superhero films… We’re in a golden age of comic book adaptations.  A time where every major comic book icon is getting the cinematic treatment.  As these film types become more commonplace in our culture, patterns begin to emerge.  I talked before about my distaste of the super hero […]

Earlier in the week Latino-Review ran a story claiming that Disney could take a leaf out of the James Bond franchise’s book with Indiana Jones, suggesting that Lucasfilm has been considering recasting Harrison Ford if Indiana Jones 5 doesn’t start moving forward soon, with Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) said to be at the top of […]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 2014. Starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Robert Redford, Cobie Smulders, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell and George St-Pierre. SYNOPSIS: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet […]

It seems that Sylvester Stallone and producer Avi Lerner will be adding a former 007 to its roster for the inevitable The Expendables 4, with Pierce Brosnan revealing to Shortlist Magazine (via Expendables Premiere) that, “The offer has come in for the next Expendables. I just worked over in Bulgaria with Avi Lerner who makes […]

Villordsutch reviews Big Finish Audio Productions’ Blakes 7 – Drones… Written by Marc Platt.Directed by Ken Bentley. Starring Gareth Thomas (Roj Blake), Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal),Jan Chappell (Cally), Sally Knyvette (Jenna Stannis), Alistair Lock (Zen/Orac), Tim Treloar (Bru Renderson), Sara Powell (Dr Cara Petrus). It’s been a good few years since […]

Tom Jolliffe on the lost art of scaring children witless… There comes a time in every person’s life when the phrase “in my day” starts to gradually creep its way into your vernacular. The older you get the more common its usage becomes. Well, having crossed the threshold of 30 a couple of years ago, […]

MGM has just announced that it will be making a third Barbershop movie and Ice Cube is set to reprise his starring role as well as produce. It’s been 10 years since the second movie was released but MGM is hoping Cube’s recent success in movies such as 21 Jump Street and this year’s Ride Along will have […]