Anghus Houvouras reviews the thirteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (spoilers ahead)… Let me first say that I really liked the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a show that is rapidly losing both viewers and defenders.  As always, it’s far from perfect, but the pulpy low-stakes Marvel Universe based show still does enough […]

According to Variety, Lost star Evangeline Lilly has entered early talks with Marvel Studios about joining the cast of Edgar Wright’s upcoming Ant-Man adaptation, with the site reporting that she is being considered for the role of Hank Pym’s daughter, and Scott Lang’s love interest. Lilly, who appeared in last year’s The Hobbit: The Desolation […]

Last week Warner Bros. sent the internet into a frenzy – again – with its latest casting on the Man of Steel sequel as Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) was announced as the latest actor to portray Superman’s arch-enemy Lex Luthor on the big screen. Now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed some behind-the-scenes details […]

With its second season, The CW’s hit superhero show Arrow has already taken huge strides in expanding its ‘DC Universe’, introducing the likes of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), The Black Canary (Caity Lotz), Sin (Bex Taylor-Klaus), Brother Blood (Kevin Alejandro), Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai-White), Solomon Grundy (Graham Shiels), The Dollmaker (Michael Eklund), Anthony Ivo (Dylan […]

Despite it’s recent high-profile delay until the summer of 2016, the much-anticipated Batman vs. Superman film is still getting a huge chunk of publicity. With last week’s controversial casting of both Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred getting many a column written, as well as the cryptic tweets from Dwayne Johnson […]

After the recent “controversy” over the plot and casting of the Fantastic Four reboot, for which our very own site received a nasty email from a legal team representing 20th Century Fox over certain changes to the characters’ origins [see story here], the studio behind the new version haven’t let it keep them down in […]

In the first of a three-part feature, Jackson Ball looks at the evolving Disney Princess… It is hard to see how young children could be “prepared” for women’s liberation by reading fairy tales; an analysis of those fairy tales that children actually read indicates instead that they serve to acculturate women to traditional social roles. […]

Matt Smith reviews the third episode of The Following season 2… Some say that behind every great man, is a great woman. With the obvious implications the following question hints at, what happens when the great women turns out to be not so great and in fact goes against everything you stand for? That’s quite […]

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 […]

Following District 9 and Elysium, Neill Blomkamp is currently piecing together his third South Africa based outing. Black comedy Chappie once again involves serious hardware, as Blomkamp’s go-to actor Sharlto Copley plays a robot used for nefarious purposes by gangsters. Two of the gangsters are set to be played by main vocalists Ninja and Yolandi […]