Earlier this year, HBO Max signed off on a 10-episode order of a new Gossip Girl reboot. The huge hit that launched the careers of Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, and Chace Crawford, originally ran on The CW for six seasons between 2007 and 2012. Little is known about the reboot except that it will introduce […]
Movie Review – Playing with Fire (2019)
Playing with Fire, 2019. Directed by Andy Fickman. Starring John Cena, Brianna Hildebrand, Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, John Leguizamo, Tyler Mane, Christian Convery, Finley Rose Slater, and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS: A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids. Playing with Fire is a dumpster fire. I’m also willing […]
Nicolas Cage stars in trailer for southern gothic thriller Grand Isle
If yesterday’s trailer for the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of Space wasn’t enough to satisfy your Nic Cage thirst for the week then you’re in luck, as Screen Media has unveiled a trailer for director Stephen S. Campanelli’s southern gothic thriller Grand Isle, which sees Cage starring alongside Kelsey Grammer, Luke Benward, and KaDee […]
Jordan Peele comments on Marvel debate, says he wants more original movies
Jordan Peele is the latest director to jump into the Marvel debate, stemming from Martin Scorsese’s original criticisms of the genre. Since Martin Scorsese expressed his thoughts about Marvel movies not being cinema, a number of directors, from Francis Ford Coppola to James Gunn have had their say on the merits – or lack thereof […]
Latinx-led Revenge reboot planned by ABC
Revenge, which starred Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne and Madeleine Stowe as Victoria Grayson, was a huge hit on ABC and ran for four seasons from 2011 – 2015. Based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Revenge followed Thorne as she returned to her childhood home in The Hamptons under a new […]
Movie Review – Good Girls Get High (2019)
Good Girls Get High, 2019. Directed by Laura Terruso. Starring Abby Quinn, Stefanie Scott, Lauren Lapkus, Matt Besser, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Danny Pudi. SYNOPSIS: After winning the title of ‘Biggest Good Girls’ in their high-school yearbook, Sam and Danielle are determined to show that there’s more to them than simply being good. On the final […]
The iconic 1989 Batmobile gets the LEGO treatment with new LEGO DC Batman set
As part of the Dark Knight’s 80th anniversary celebrations LEGO has unveiled its LEGO DC Batman 1989 Batmobile from Tim Burton’s classic superhero movie Batman, a 3306-piece set which comes with minifigures for Batman, Vicki Vale, and The Joker. The set goes on sale on November 29th, priced at $249.99/£219.99; check out the promotional images […]
Chris Evans isn’t happy about James Dean being brought back through CGI, calls decision “shameful”
Chris Evans, star of Avengers: Endgame, says that recreating James Dean in CGI for a new film is “awful” and “shameful”. This week we heard the bizarre news that the family of acting icon James Dean has given permission to use the deceased legend’s likeness for a new film that will act as the fourth […]
South Park Season 23 Episode 6 Review – ‘Season Finale’
Liam Hoofe reviews the sixth episode of South Park season 23… Season 23 of South Park has been one of the show’s strongest in recent years with Trey Parker and Matt Stone deviating away from their typical structure and switching the focus to Randy Marsh and Tegridy Farms, even to the point where they’ve changed […]
Universal and Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer, poster and images for director Leigh Whannell’s reboot of the Universal Monsters’ classic The Invisible Man which stars Elisabeth Moss as woman who believes her recently deceased abusive ex has faked his own death when she is terrorised by an unseen force. Joining Moss in the cast is […]
