Earlier this week it was revealed that composer Hans Zimmer (Man of Steel) is set to collaborate with singer / songwriter / record producer Pharrell Williams on the score for next year’s superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but it seems that Pharrell isn’t the musician on board, with Sony announcing today that Johnny Marr […]

Last week it was revealed that screenwriter Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) had been replaced on Star Wars: Episode VII by director J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Lucasfilm regular Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi), raising question marks about whether the […]

A pool party for Halloween? Not the most traditional of celebrations for the spookiest night of the year, it must be said. Unless of course you’re giffgaff, who decided to mark the occasion with a rather different approach, inviting 150 guests to an abandoned swimming pool for a pool party like no other, with sweets […]

As pointed out in a previous news story, it’s a good time to be a Star Wars fan. We have J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII currently being filmed, Godzilla director Gareth Edwards directing a spin-off movie and Chronicle‘s Josh Trank doing another. But one Star Wars spin-off that looks like we’ll never see is the […]

After helming the rather excellent ‘Blackwater’ in season two, British filmmaker Neil Marshall returns to the world of Game of Thrones as he takes on the director’s chair for the penultimate episode of the upcoming fourth season, which promises to deliver shocks to rival last season’s ‘The Rains of Castamere’. During a chat with FlicksAndTheCity, […]

Villordsutch reviews Witchblade #170… “Sara Pezzini has been a cop, a mother, a girlfriend, and a private investigator. She is none of those things anymore. The only thing tying Sara to her past and preventing her from forging a new chapter in life is the Witchblade. But with everything else gone, who will Sara Pezzini […]

Matt Smith reviews the second episode of Veep season two… When the table’s laid, whether at the White House or in your own house, there’s always that introductory small talk you go through with people if you haven’t seen them in a while. Before the dinner gets put out, before festivities begin, everyone plays catch […]

Having made the jump to big budget filmmaker with Thor: The Dark World after honing his skills on the small screen with shows such as Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Man Men and Boardwalk Empire, director Alan Taylor is currently gearing up for the upcoming Terminator reboot, and with Chris Hemsworth signed on to reprise […]

Anghus Houvouras on the marketing campaign for Ender’s Game and how it’s the perfect example of how not to launch a four quadrant franchise…. I hate box office prognostication.  This isn’t a column whose goal is to handicap or accurately guess how much Ender’s Game is going to make.  Our collective fascination with the balance […]

For the past few months it’s been all but official that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2, Godzilla) has been lined up to join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the role of Quicksilver, and now it finally is official. The Wrap is reporting that Taylor-Johnson has finally closed a deal with Marvel Studios to portray Quicksilver in Joss […]