When Disney completed its shock purchase of Lucasfilm back in October, the studio announced that it would relaunch the Star Wars saga with a new sequel trilogy, as well as expanding the franchise with standalone features based upon the various inhabitants of the galaxy far, far away.Of course, with Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. […]

Paul Risker begins a retrospective on the films of Terry Gilliam… Before we begin I’d like to take the opportunity to briefly talk a little about the history of this ‘Retrospective’ feature series. I originally started out intending only to re-evaluate the career of ‘Master of Horror’ John Carpenter, an idea that was first implanted […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third and final issue of The Crow: Skinning the Wolves… The Crow is one of those endearing concepts capable of creating some truly memorable stories – a supernatural revenge scenario that has yielded some really good comics over the years (and even a couple of good movies).  There are, however, times […]

The classic British TV series Thunderbirds is set to return fifty years after it first graced television screens, with ITV announcing that it has placed an order for 26 half-hour episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go! to air in 2015. The new series will be co-produced by New Zealand’s Pukeko Pictures and Weta Workshop, the visual […]

There’s little doubt that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk was one of the highlights of Joss Whedon’s blockbuster superhero ensemble The Avengers, but with the Green Goliath absent from Marvel’s Phase Two line-up of Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, it seemed that the cinematic future […]

Hollywood is set to reboot a number of 80s classics over the next few years, including the likes of Flight of the Navigator, Highlander, RoboCop and Short Circuit, and now according to Vulture we might soon be able to add another to the list, with Warner Bros. said to be in negotiations with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment […]

Kirsty Capes reviews the fifth episode of Downton Abbey season 3… After the tragic climax of the most recent episode of Downton, this episode pauses for some reflection on the death of Sybil, something which many fans never suspected in a million years. The result is a contemplative episode where the writing focuses very much […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Dawn C. Chmielewski writes on February 1st, 2013 (the first day of release for House of Cards) about the change in viewing habits for TV:“House of Cards is sparking thousands of mentions every hour, according to analysis by social media research firm Fizziology. About 62% of the remarks […]

david j. moore chats with composer Imran Ahmad about his work on the Ford Brothers’ The Dead…Classic zombie films don’t always produce classic scores, but occasionally a classic zombie opus features music that helps define the film. Imagine George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead or Day of the Dead without the iconic source music or […]

Anghus Houvouras picks his top five five directors whose output is getting progressively worse and rates their chances of redemption… Some filmmakers age like fine wine.  Others ferment.  Every filmmaker has an occasional miscue or a film that doesn’t live up to expectations.  But there are others who consistently work and yet seem to be […]