Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham has added a new villain to its cast, with Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix Revolutions, Madagascar) set to play newly-created mobster Fish Mooney, who Deadline describes as “an imposing, hotheaded and notoriously sadistic gangster boss and nightclub owner with street smarts and almost extra-sensory abilities to read people like an […]

Last week we heard that the race for the role of Kyle Reese in Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor’s Terminator: Genesis was down to two contenders and now we have a winner, with Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard) securing the part of the time-travelling hero against competition from Boyd Holbrook […]

20th Century Fox and Chronicle director Josh Trank have finally found their roster for next year’s superhero reboot The Fantastic Four, and if you’ve been following the casting rumours closely, there’ll be little surprise in three quarters of the names. As rumoured, Michael B. Jordan (Chronicle, Fruitvale Station) is set to play Johnny Storm / […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy…. It’s had a mostly positive reaction (apart from that one guy on our Facebook page who hated it), but the Guardians of the Galaxy has taken the world by storm. People who had no idea of who or what the Guardians […]

Since his controversial casting as The Dark Knight in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, we’ve heard a lot of people coming out in support of Ben Affleck as the latest incarnation of the Caped Crusader. However, it seems that not everyone in Hollywood is on board with Batfleck, with Robot Chicken […]

It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything about The Irishman, which would tell the story of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, a trade union official suspected of over 25 mob murders, including – allegedly – that of Jimmy Hoffa. The project has Robert De Niro attached in the lead role, with Martin Scorsese linked to the director’s chair […]

Andy Naylor assesses the current state of the Next-Gen War… It’s now been 3 months since the launch of the next generation of console gaming. So far, the PS4 leads the way with 5.3 million sales worldwide, compared to the Xbox One back on 3.6 million. The differences between the two consoles and how they […]

Now, at this point we’re all a little jaded with Star Wars: Episode VII casting rumours, what with virtually every name in Hollywood linked to the film at one point or another. But, with filming set for May, we’re going to have to tough it through another couple of months as director J.J. Abrams assembles […]

Tom Jolliffe on the must-see straight-to-video action films of 2014… If you’re a little fed up of the never ending stream of remakes, kid friendly PG13 (12A or 15 here) CGI heavy theatrics and Marvel/DC action films that fill up the multiplexes, or you’re no stranger to the unrepentant, simple delights of a bit of […]