The Comedian, 2012. Directed by Tom Shkolnik.Starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Elisa Lasowski and Edward Hogg. SYNOPSIS: A struggling stand up comedian becomes entangled in a love triangle. Maybe the most surprising feature of debut feature director Tom Shkolnik’s The Comedian is its title. Nominally the film is about thirtysomething comedian Ed (Edward Hogg). Living in London, […]

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, 2012. Directed by Callum Waddell. Featuring Corey Feldman, Christopher Smith, Adam Green, Tobe Hooper, Tom Holland, Eduardo Sánchez and Felissa Rose. SYNOPSIS: A celebration of slasher cinema – from the early 1960’s beginnings  to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre’s forgotten cult […]

A Hijacking (Danish: Kapringen), 2012. Written and Directed Tobias Lindholm.Starring Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling and Dar Salim. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. Modern films, regardless of budget, star power, or country of origin rarely come close […]

After the huge success of 2012’s Pitch Perfect, it seems Universal are pushing ahead with the long-rumoured sequel. A few weeks ago, it was confirmed that Elizabeth Banks, who co-starred and produced the original, is to make her directorial debut on the sequel, as well as possibly reappearing herself. Now the studio have confirmed via […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Phedon Papamichael about creating cinematic art with George Clooney… “George Clooney approached me during the filming of Descendants [2011] at the halfway party on the dance floor and nonchalantly asked me if I wanted to shoot his movie The Ides of March [2011],” recalls Phedon Papamichael who was shooting his second […]

Well, here’s more evidence that creativity is dying a slow, painful death… producer Luc Besson is set to reboot The Transporter with a view to launching a new trilogy beginning with Transporter 4. Jason Statham will not reprise his role as Frank Martin in the new films, which will instead explore the character’s origin story. […]

It looks like we’ll have a little longer to wait before we catch up with Dante, Randall and the rest of the View Askewniverse. During a Reddit AMA yesterday, filmmaker Kevin Smith has revealed that he’s decided to put Clerks III on hold in order to focus on his recently announced holiday horror anthology Comes […]

Well, any Marvel fans hoping that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Phil Coulson would eventually turn into The Vision are out of luck, with The Daily Mail and Variety revealing that Iron Man star Paul Bettany will transform from Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) A.I. system J.A.R.V.I.S. into the android superhero in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age […]

If there’s one person who knows a thing or two about Batman movies it’s Michael Uslan, executive producer on each of The Dark Knight’s big screen adventures from Tim Burton’s 1989 film through to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (not to mention countless animated movies featuring the Caped Crusader). And of course he’s continuing […]

Last week it was confirmed that Marvel Studios are actively developing both Thor 3 and Captain America 3, with the two Avengers looking likely to join Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man as part of Marvel’s Phase Three, which kicks off in July 2015 after the dust has settled on Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now […]