Martin Deer looks back on the career of martial arts icon Bruce Lee… Today would have marked the 72nd birthday of one of history’s most influential figures. His influence was was not felt just in the world of cinema – his impact was felt in Western cinema, Asian cinema, Martial Arts and health & nutrition. He […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Peep Show series 8… There is a theory within television that the longer a TV show goes the less funny it becomes. After all, it’s hard to keep something fresh and original after a lengthy amount of time. While some American sitcoms seem to be able to get […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Charlie Lyne writes for The Guardian about how found footage films are dominating cinema – and the functional problems with this… “The central conceit of the found footage genre – fictional characters, be they priests, partygoers or palaeontologists, suddenly being struck by the inexplicable urge to immortalise the […]

American actor Larry Hagman, best known for his iconic role as the scheming oil tycoon J. R. Ewing in the US TV series Dallas, has passed away at a hospital in Dallas, Texas after battling throat cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. He was 81. The son of Broadway star Mary Martin, Hagman was born […]

Overnight Productions, the producers of Robert Rodriguez’s 2010 Grindhouse spin-off Machete, has filed a $2 million lawsuit against Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions that could ultimately block the release of the upcoming sequel Machete Kills. According to Deadline, “Overnight claims that… they were not provided with Texas tax credit information as required under the agreement with […]

UK filmmaker Julian Richards (Shiver) has announced that he’s developing a sequel to his 2003 cult hit The Last Horror Movie. Entitled Murder on Demand, the found footage follow-up will see the murderous sociopath Max Parry hitting the streets of Los Angeles to continue his serial killing ways and “deliver a quintessentially English view of […]

In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer on the alleged power struggle within Warner Bros., and its impact on the studio’s DC Comics superhero movie output… On November 10th The LA Times reported some rather disconcerting news that things are not well at Warner Bros. Ben Fritz and Meg James report – […]

Following the recent news that director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) has signed on to Disney’s remake of the 80s family sci-fi adventure Flight of the Navigator, the rumoured shortlist for the Mouse House’s first foray to a galaxy far, far away continues to dwindle; Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and […]

Taking a break from all the speculation surrounding possible directors for Star Wars Episode VII for a moment, and Deadline has revealed that Disney has approached screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg to tackle the scripts for Episode VIII and Episode IX, which will presumably be based upon the three-film outline already penned by Episode […]

In what should surprise no one, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opened up to monster numbers in it’s opening weekend with an amazing $141 million opening weekend,  shy of the franchise record New Moon by just $1 million.  Worldwide the final installment brought in nearly $340 million. It’s been a banner year […]