Anghus Houvouras on the news that Gotham will follow a young Bruce Wayne on his path to donning the cape and cowl as Batman, and why the series has already lost him…. We’re living in a day and age where the comic book adapted superhero story is a staple of every discernible medium.  There’s the […]

Zachary Leeman chats with Jack Reher about the upcoming film Endangered, his adaptation of PIN, and the art of screenwriting… Zachary Leeman: Before we get to your upcoming movie Endangered, let’s talk about screenwriting in general. Walk me through the moment you went from aspiring writer to a paid screenwriter with people like Billy Bob Thornton […]

With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. struggling to reverse its ratings slide, Marvel has decided to bring in another big name guest star from the Cinematic Universe – and the first who isn’t associated with S.H.I.E.L.D. – with Thor and Thor: The Dark World star Jaimie Alexander set reprise the role of Lady Sif for another visit […]

We’re just a few months away from the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but Sony has already set out its stall for the future of the franchise, with 2016’s The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 2018’s The Amazing Spider-Man 4 set to be joined by spin-offs for Venom and The Sinister Six. Speaking to IGN, […]

The Academy Award nominations are imminent, so that can mean only one thing… it’s time of courrse for the nominees for the 34th annual Golden Raspberry Awards! It will come as little surprise to see that Razzie favourite Adam Sandler once again dominates the field with Grown Ups 2 garnering eight nods, including Worst Picture, […]

Bruce Wayne is heading back to the small screen in live-action form for the first time since 1968, with Fox chairman Kevin Reilly announcing that the upcoming Gotham TV series will focus on the exploits of the young billionaire prior to him donning the cape and cowl as Batman. Gotham has been created by Bruno […]

Anghus Houvouras with the five reasons why movie awards don’t matter…. Award season is almost upon us.  That sad time of year when art is reduced to political style jockeying where intelligent people abandon dignity and self respect to indulge a desperate need for validation.  Studios spend an ungodly sum trying to get their films […]

With Thor: The Dark World now behind him, director Alan Taylor has started assembling the cast of his upcoming Terminator reboot Terminator: Genesis, with Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) set to join Arnold Schwarzenegger in the cast as Sarah Connor and her future son John. While we’ve already heard […]

Last year, NBC announced it was to reboot Roman Polanski’s horror classic Rosemary’s Baby into a miniseries and Variety is now reporting that Star Trek Into Darkness and Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldana has been tapped to play the lead. The original is one of the great horror films of the 1960s and […]

Anthony Stokes on whether The Wolf of Wall Street can be regarded as the most gratuitous and self-indulgent movie of 2013…. In a way all films are self-indulgent.  Film would really be flat and boring if a movie was cut down to only what is necessary for the plot. I think the best directors manage […]