Since the birth of cinema, the stars of the big screen have been drawn to poker and the evocative world that surrounds it. Suave and glamorous protagonists from James Bond to Justin Timberlake in the recent Runner Runner know their way around a deck of cards better than a Monte Carlo croupier with a coolness […]

In a sea of horror remakes and reboots, it was a change of pace to see Don Mancini carry on his Child’s Play series in the direct-to-DVD sixth entry Curse of Chucky. The reaction to the film was very positive from fans and critics (read Luke Owen’s ★★★★ review here and Thomas Harris’ ★★★ review […]

Anthony Stokes on The Amazing Spider-Man franchise… As a film blogger, sometimes I wonder “am I too cynical?”.  The sheer frustration I feel when reading certain things or watching certain trailers, like Michael Bay promising no goofiness in Transformers: Age of Extinction, is something that should belong to somebody past their mid-life crisis, not somebody […]

Bleeding Cool has been dropping plenty of DC Comics stories today; we’ve already covered the rumoured Young Justice live-action series and potential plot details for Hourman and Gotham, and now we have something relating to Warner Bros.’ DC Cinematic Universe, with the site reporting that the studio is looking to adopt the Marvel Studios blueprint […]

Yesterday Warner Bros. unveiled its plans for a DC Cinematic Universe by announcing a slate of superhero movies set to arrive between 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2020. Among the films was an adaptation of Suicide Squad, DC Comics’ team of supervillains coerced into working for the government in order to shave […]

Fresh from their news about a rumoured live-action Young Justice series, Bleeding Cool has also posted a couple of nuggets of potential info about two other DC pilots currently in development – Fox’s planned Jim Gordon series Gotham and The CW’s forthcoming Hourman adaptation. According to their source, “the pilot script for Gotham has Detective […]

There was an outcry last year when Cartoon Network made the decision to cancel the popular animated series Young Justice, but if a new rumour from Bleeding Cool is to be believed, fans might soon be able to see a new version of the adolescent superhero team in live-action form. According to the site, The […]

Following on from the record-breaking box office run of The Inbetweeners Movie, Bwark Productions has announced that filming on the sequel is set to get underway in Australia this weekend, before shifting to the UK in early 2014. The Inbetweeners Movie 2 will reunite Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison), Simon (Joe Thomas) and Will […]

Earlier today we reported on the sad news about Paul Walker’s death yesterday in Southern California, when a car he was traveling in crashed, killing him and the driver. The accident happened while Walker and the cast and crew of Fast & Furious 7 were on a Thanksgiving break from filming the latest chapter in […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. As it continues to be screened nationwide, Charles Gant highlights the importance of Judi Dench’s casting in Philomena – and the impact on its box-office – in the recent January 2014 edition of Sight & Sound: “Steve Coogan may be a producer, co-writer and star of Philomena, but […]