Martin Deer reviews The Treasures of Bruce Lee: The Official Story of the Legendary Martial Artist…. Paul Bowman, author of The Treasures of Bruce Lee, has written several books of which this is the third on Bruce Lee. The first two, Theorizing Bruce Lee and Beyond Bruce Lee, take analytic looks at the cultural impact […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Anthony Stokes with Attack the Block…Attack the Block is one of my favorite movies of 2011 simply because of how much it does with so little. All the actors are unknowns, it’s a first time director in Joe Cornish, the budget is incredibly […]

Anthony Stokes on whether movie geeks are too close-minded…James Gunn, director of the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, has received a lot of flack on Twitter for “forcing” Doctor Who star Karen Gillan to shave her head for the role of Nebula.  Never mind that this was almost certainly her decision, that she looks as […]

The recent Beverly Hills Cop TV pilot may have failed to make it to series, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of Axel Foley, with Deadline reporting that Eddie Murphy has signed on to reprise the role of the fast-talking, street-wise Detroit police detective for Beverly Hills Cop 4.The project is apparently “moving […]

Having rejuvenated the G.I. Joe franchise earlier this year with the sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation, director Jon M. Chu is currently prepping the third instalment in the Hasbro franchise, along with another cult 80s kid’s property in Masters of the Universe. During Comic-Con, we heard from Chu about the possibility of Scarlett (played by Rachel […]

Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s ‘Franchise Wars’…The franchise wars.  A phrase used by a young Sandra Bullock in the movie Demolition Man used  to explain why all restaurants are now Taco Bell.  It’s a clever idea:  The concept that massive conglomerates ended up in brutal combat eviscerating one another until only one bloody, battered survivor remained.  […]

Yesterday we brought you some news coming out of Star Wars Celebration Europe, with confirmation that John Williams is set to return to score Star Wars: Episode VII joined by some concept art from the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels [see here]. Now we have an update on the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel […]

Tom Jolliffe looks at what we can expect from the third instalment of The Expendables franchise…. With filming set to start in the fall, Slyvester Stallone – true to form – is keeping everyone guessing and second guessing as to who will be in The Expendables 3, and where the story may take us. When […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews The Superior Spider-Man #14…“It’s SUPERIOR SPIDER-MONTH as the biggest new book of the year brings you its biggest twist yet! The Superior Spider-Man takes down Shadowland. All of it. To the ground.“Writer Dan Slott has been making every effort to turn the very concept of Spider-Man on it’s ear. He hasn’t just […]

With the next generation of video game consoles fast approaching, Anthony Stokes has some suggestions as to how the industry can drag itself out of a slump…With all of the recent talk about Xbox One and PlayStation 4, my initial reaction was “really, already?”. I didn’t expect another next generation console for a few more […]