Brogan Morris continues our Al Pacino retrospective with Heat… On release, Michael Mann’s Heat was sold as a showdown between the two greatest actors of a generation. Al Pacino would play a driven, half-crazed detective named Vincent Hanna, while De Niro would be career criminal Neil McCauley, Hanna’s nemesis by circumstance. But the much-hyped coffee […]

Matt Smith reviews the thirteenth episode of Elementary season 2… Sherlock Holmes is obviously a character with a history. He’s one of the best-known characters in all of fiction, a character synonymous with his occupation, with the ability to be the best detective around with the aid of his friend Watson. The only trouble people […]

According to Latino-Review and The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, Non-Stop) has met with J.J. Abrams about the female lead in 2015’s eagerly-anticipated return to a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: Episode VII. Although there are no specific character details, the site speculates that the part could be that […]

Anghus Houvouras is drowning an ocean of media…. I’m drowning in media.  An ocean of movies, TV shows, video games, comic books, podcasts, webcasts, websidoes, and enough streaming media to choke Godzilla. My already fractured attention span is under assault from a dearth of high quality entertainment.  I can remember a time when you had […]

Andy Naylor reviews Judge Dredd #17… “‘Cold Cold Ground’ The morgue full of 13 dead Judges were only the beginning of the end! Dredd’s most vicious and unstoppable enemies the Dark Judges are clawing their way into Mega-City One, determined to transform it into a new city of the dead. That’s right: Judges Death! Mortis! […]

El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol, 2012. Directed by Sebastian del Amo.Starring Roberto Sosa, Gabriela de la Garza, Mauricio Galaz, Roger Cudney, Karin Burnett, Alfonso Borbolla and Juan Manuel Bernal. SYNOPSIS: A highly-stylized biopic chronicling the life of the Hispanic B-movie legend, Juan Orol. Many biopics act as a love-letter of sorts to the person […]

It looks like Terminator: Genesis has added another name to its expanding cast, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Spider-Man star J.K. Simmons is in negotiations with Skydance and Paramount about joining the upcoming reboot, with the site stating that he’s “play a weary and alcoholic detective who has followed a bizarre case involving Sarah […]

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014. Directed by Wes Anderson.Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, and Tony Revolori. SYNOPSIS: A layered retelling of the misadventures of the hotel’s flamboyant former concierge and […]

With Warner Bros. opting to push back the release of Batman vs. Superman ten months, Warner Bros.’ big Man of Steel sequel will now hit cinemas on May 6th 2016 – which puts it firmly up against another as-yet-unrevealed superhero movie from Marvel Studios (which looks likely to be either Thor 3 or Captain America […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the fifteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. Coulson’s trying to figure out the origins of the alien being whose blood is coursing through his veins. A rogue Asgardian Sorceress is being tracked down by one of Thor’s noble warrior friends.  And on top of that, there’s a mole on the team […]