The idea of a sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 breakthrough hit Beetlejuice has been floating around Hollywood for nigh on quarter of a century now, with the ultimately aborted Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian passing through the hands of writers such as Jonathan Gems (Mars Attacks!), Daniel Waters (Batman Returns) and Pamela Norris (Troop Beverly Hills) during […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of The Mimic…. If there is one thing in this world that I find incredibly entertaining, it’s someone who can do impressions. In fact, it’s the one skill I wish I had. I can do a fairly decent Arnie, but then who can’t? The problem impressionists have is that […]

Anghus Houvouras explains why the success of Damon Lindelof is troubling for the future of science fiction… I’ve been struggling with the work of Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus) for some time.  He comes across like a passionate, energetic guy.  As a writer and a creative force, I’m beginning to wonder if he hasn’t done some […]

They may not be hits with critics but action fans have responded in their droves for The Expendables movies. The first film brought in an impressive $274.5 million and last year’s sequel improved on that with $300 million. So it came as no surprise that creator Sylvester Stallone was planning a third one. Rumours have been circulating […]

We’ve known for some time that Peter Jackson plans to step in to direct a sequel to Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, but despite the fact that the filmmaker is currently preoccupied with the remaining two instalments in his Hobbit trilogy – with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug […]

In this day and age, it seems incredible to think that a film as big as Star Trek Into Darkness has a villain with a secret identity. We’ve had set photos, trailers, posters, on-set reports, comics and a plethora of rumours and yet we’re still in the dark on who John Harrison is (or should […]

The constantly delayed, it’s happening / it’s not happening theatrical film for the TV show 24 is, according to possible director Antoine Fuqua, deal and buried. Speaking to The Playlist, the director of the upcoming Olympus Has Fallen had this to say about the project: “Yeah, that’s not happening. I don’t think it’s gonna happen at […]

It seems as though some people didn’t take to kindly to Ben Affleck’s award winning Argo… Several Iranian media outlets are saying that the Iranian Authorities are planning on suing Hollywood because of Argo’s “unrealistic portrayal” of their country, according to The Associated Press. Outlets including pro-reform Shargh Daily said that French lawyer Isabelle Countant-Peyre […]

Robb Ghag reviews Before Watchmen: Rorschach #4… “Before The End was Nigh.Before Watchmen, there was Rorschach.” In the final issue of Before Watchmen: Rorschach, we start where we left off, as our anti-hero gets blindsided by Lucky P., one of Rawhead’s henchmen, who obviously has military training as he pummels Rorschach with punches and kicks. […]

The Flickering Myth writing team cast their views over the “epic conclusion” to the Hangover franchise….Many people claimed the first instalment of the Hangover franchise to be a ‘groundbreaking’ movie in the comedy genre. It made a massive amount of money at the Box Office so a sequel was planned and came out a couple […]