There’s a chance we should take this one with a healthy dose of salt, but according to industry tracking website It’s On The Grid, John Travolta is attached to the title role in the proposed remake of the 1984 cult comedy-horror The Toxic Avenger, which is set to be directed by Steve Pink (Hot Tub […]

Anghus Houvouras wonders if Peter Jackson has given in to excess with his three-part adaptation of The Hobbit… I’m not sure where the trend started exactly. I’ve traced it backwards like a piece of thread pinned to a cork board. You have a successful movie that evolves into a franchise. And in the efforts of […]

Rohan Morbey pays tribute to Tony Scott… The sad and shocking news of Tony Scott’s death on Sunday marked the end of a life of a true filmmaking visionary, responsible for some of the key films from the last 30 years. His filmography was undeniably hit and miss in terms of financial and critical success, […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Robert Pattinson keeps schtum about his relationship with Kristen Stewart. Amy Kaufman for the LA Times writes… “The actor’s manager would not allow Pattinson to sit alone for an interview with The Times, and even suggested that reporters not ask him about his personal life, or Twilight. But […]

Simon Moore reviews Ghost Stories: Classic Adaptations from the BBC – Volume 2… The Stalls of Barchester, 1971. Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. Starring Clive Swift, Will Leighton, Robert Hardy, Thelma Barlow and Harold Bennett. A Warning to the Curious, 1972. Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. Starring Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herrington, John Kearney, […]

Simon Moore reviews Ghost Stories: Classic Adaptations from the BBC – Volume 1… Whistle and I’ll Come To You, 1968. Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill, George Woodbridge, Nora Gordon and Freda Dowie. Whistle and I’ll Come To You, 2010. Directed by Andy de Emmony. Starring John Hurt, Gemma Jones, Lesley Sharp […]

British filmmaker Tony Scott committed suicide by jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California on Sunday after discovering he was suffering from inoperable brain cancer. He was 68. The younger brother of fellow film director Ridley Scott, Tony was born in North Shields in 1944 and made an on-screen appearance aged 16 […]

Two years ago Adam McKay discussed the possibility of bringing Garth Ennis’ The Boys comic book series to the big screen. Since that time there have been many rumours of the project being shut down. However, new information has emerged via a conversation between McKay and a fan on Twitter. The fan tweeted to the […]

Luke Owen takes a stroll down memory lane as he selects his Top 13 Kid’s TV Show Theme Tunes… If there is one thing I notice on the YouTube comments section (other than utter stupidity), it’s that “kids of today don’t have good cartoons like we did”. Is this really true? Perhaps. But I’m sure […]

Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Bruce Willis Rampage’… From bartender, to TV star, to the Nakatomi Plaza, Bruce Willis broke into the action genre in a big way, offering a more everyman alternative to the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger. […]