Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2 with an overdose of explosive action cinema, beginning with ‘The Dolph Lundgren Rampage’… Over the course of the next 6 weeks, I will be getting myself ready for the action spectacular that is The Expendables 2. This will be possibly the manliest film ever made, […]

Martin Deer chats with Marius Holst, director of King of Devil’s Island, ahead of the film’s UK release tomorrow… Martin Deer: Hi Marius, thank you for talking to me today. I just watched King of Devil’s Island last week. It’s a very touching and emotive film, what interested you in telling this story? Marius Holst: […]

Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Sylvester Stallone Rampage’… Slyvester Stallone’s story has become Hollywood legend. His rise to prominence from someone struggling in the doldrums in his chosen profession mirrored that of his star-making creation, Rocky. Sly’s insistence to take […]

Luke Owen gives us the lowdown on Marvel Studios’ newest superhero team, the Guardians of the Galaxy… It had been rumoured for some time but at Saturday’s Marvel Comi-Con panel it was officially announced – in 2014, the world will get a big screen adaptation of The Guardians of the Galaxy. While the news was […]

Paul Tanter, the writer/producer/director behind the Jack Says trilogy and new film The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan, talks to Flickering Myth’s Luke Graham about breaking into the industry, making movies and violence in films… Luke Graham: Hi Paul, thanks for agreeing to answer a few questions. I saw The Rise and […]

Luke Owen isn’t ready to be forced over to the Blu-Ray format… This may sound like sacrilege coming from someone who claims to love film, but I’ve not moved over to Blu-Ray yet and don’t intend to do so soon. I don’t think the picture quality is *that* much of an improvement to warrant spending […]

Hugh Laurie (House) is in negotiations to play the villain in RoboCop, MGM’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic, which will be distributed by Sony Pictures. Jose Padilha (Elite Squad) is directing the origin story from a script by Josh Zetumer. Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) is set to star as the titular character, a decorated […]

Last week Marvel Animation Studios confirmed that the axe would fall on The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes when show’s second season comes to an end this year, although the news was accompanied by the official announcement of a new animated series entitled Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. It’s hardly a surprising move given the success of Joss […]

Marc Forster’s (Quantum of Solace) film adaptation of Max Brooks’ cult 2006 novel, World War Z, seems to be in a bit of a pickle. Last month it was announced the film would need extensive reshooting, and now The Hollywood Reporter has broken that Damon Lindelof has been brought in to rewrite the film’s final […]

Michael Bay’s big-budget Transformers series may have made an absolute fortune for Paramount Pictures, but it’s also left many long-time fans of the Autobots and Decepticons feeling somewhat disenchanted. So, it’s probably fair to say that there wasn’t too much excitement within the Transformers fan-base when Bay was announced as returning to helm the fourth […]