Having first been linked to the project back in 2017, Angelina Jolie is now set to move forward with her next directorial project Without Blood, with the Oscar-winner set to direct the film as part of a new deal with Fremantle. Jolie, whose previous directing credits include In the Land of Blood and Honey and […]
Comic Book Preview – Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2
DC releases Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 this Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here… THE GOLD LANTERN SAGA, PART TWO Who is the Gold Lantern? And what does his power source have to do with the Great Darkness? Is the Gold Lantern everything it promises […]
Movie Review – Monday (2021)
Monday, 2021. Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. Starring Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Dominique Tipper, Vangelis Mourikis, Andreas Konstantinou, Elli Tringou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Alexandros Logothetis, Sofia Kokkali, Chloe Sirene, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Dimitris Kouroubalis, and Grigoris Sarantis. SYNOPSIS: A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when […]
TV Review – The Tourist
Martin Carr reviews The Tourist… This off-kilter thriller from the creators of Baptiste and The Missing, may feel like a Western with road movie tropes, but also sits squarely in Coen Brothers country. Trying to pressgang The Tourist into any traditional genre soon becomes an exercise in futility, as events begin to escalate quite quickly. Quirky encounters and an […]
The Death of DVD?
Tom Jolliffe on the latest nails in the coffin for physical media… 2020 begins. The movie going landscape sees a theatrical distribution model propped up by Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Meanwhile, streaming services are on the up with Disney+ on the way and a host of other streamers vying to move into original […]
Raymond Lee to lead NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot
NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot has found its lead, with Raymond Lee (Here and Now, Kevin Can F**k Himself) signing on to headline the upcoming pilot in the role of Dr. Ben Seong, the “spiritual successor” to Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett. A follow-up to the beloved original, the pilot for the potential series picks up “30 […]
More Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie adaptations incoming with third Poirot movie already written
Having been delayed for multiple reasons, Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie sequel Death on the Nile finally set sail to middling reviews (read our take here) and so-so box-office ($103M worldwide), but it appears it’s enough for 20th Century Studios money-men to confirm further mysteries for Hercule Poirot to solve on the big-screen. During an interview […]
The Batman tracks down $128.5 million domestic opening weekend, $240 million total worldwide
Matt Reeves’ The Batman has capitalised on the great reviews (read our ★★★★ critique here), stellar word-of-mouth, and moviegoers reinvigorated appetite for big screen fare, by tracking down $128.5M at the North American box office this weekend. According to Deadline the number could rise to $130M when the dust has settled on the return of […]
Robert Downey Jr. and Shane Black to Play Dirty for Amazon
Robert Downey Jr. is set to reunite with his Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black on Play Dirty, the first of what is planned to be a number film and TV projects centred on the character of Parker, a professional thief and the protagonist of Donald E. Westlake’s book series. […]
Trailer for SXSW horror-comedy Sissy
Ahead of its premiere at SXSW later this month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for Sissy, the upcoming horror-comedy from writer-directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes which follows Cecilia (Aisha Dee), a successful social media influencer as she finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully during a bachelorette […]
