Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine has passed away at her home in Carmel, California on Sunday aged 96, it has been announced. Born in 1917 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents and the younger sister of fellow Academy Award-winner Olivia de Havilland, Fontaine began her acting career in 1935 and soon signed a contract with RKO […]

Continuing his look at the Most Disappointing Films of All Time, Anghus Houvouras turns his attention to The Hobbit; warning – spoilers ahead…. I was discussing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with some friends, and one remarked how much he enjoyed the movie.  He immediately followed that statement by asking for some clarification on […]

Screen legend Peter O’Toole has passed away today aged 81 after battling a long illness, his agent has revealed. The star, who received an honorary Oscar in 2003, enjoyed a career that spanned seven decades and saw him receiving eight Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (making him the most-nominated actor never to win the […]

20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to Agatha Christie’s classic 1934 murder-mystery Murder on the Orient Express, hiring Ridley Scott (Prometheus), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class) and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) to produce. Murder on the Orient Express first reached the screen in 1974 under director Sidney Lumet and saw Albert Finney […]

Back in December Sony announced that it is to spin-off the main Amazing Spider-Man franchise with Venom and The Sinister Six, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinker signing on to write the symbiote’s solo movie, and Drew Goddard tackling villainous ensemble. Well, it’s now been revealed that Goddard will also handle directing duties […]

After indicating last month that it planned to expand its Spider-Man franchise, Sony Pictures has today announced that it’s developing a Venom solo movie, as well as bringing the villains of its Spidey universe together for a spin-off featuring The Sinister Six. Making the announcement, Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad revealed that The Amazing Spider-Man […]

Last week Bryan Singer dropped a big surprise with the announcement that he’s set to follow up X-Men: Days of Future Past by adapting another popular X-Men arc in 2016 with X-Men: Apocalypse. However, it seems that the fans weren’t the only ones in the dark about the film, with James McAvoy revealing that he’d […]

We know that Joss Whedon is expanding the roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for The Avengers: Age of Ultron with the addition of Godzilla duo Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, but it seems that Colonel James Rhodes will also be providing back-up, with reports suggesting that the Iron Man 2 […]

After shutting down production on Fast & Furious 7 in the wake of Paul Walker’s tragic death, it’s now been announced that Universal Pictures is looking to honour the late star with a fitting send-off in the seventh instalment of the blockbuster franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Chris Morgan is currently revising the […]

Robb Ghag reviews Amazing X-Men #2… “The X-Men, on the search for Nightcrawler, find themselves separated! Wolverine and Northstar are mysteriously in… heaven?! But where does that leave the rest of the team?” This comic is clearly a throwback to the old Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends animated series. Where else would you see flying […]