Walt Disney Pictures’ fairy tale sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil dethroned Joker from the top of the box office this weekend, but its soft domestic opening weekend of $36 million was down 48% on the $69.4 million debut of its 2014 predecessor. The film – which sees Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprising their roles […]
First-look preview of DC Black Label’s The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1
Next month sees the launch of The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage, and you can take a look at an unlettered preview of the first issue of the DC Black Label miniseries here… Vic Sage knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 20 – The Greasy Strangler (2016)
The Greasy Strangler, 2016. Directed by Jim Hosking. Starring Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo. SYNOPSIS: Ronnie and his son Brayden run a disco walking tour in a small town. When the pair meet Janet on one of these tours, the father and son find themselves in an increasingly vicious competition for […]
Watch the official press conference for The Mandalorian
Less than a month out from its premiere, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau, executive producer Dave Filoni and stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano and Carl Weathers gathered in Los Angeles this pas week for the official press conference for the first live-action Star Wars series, and you can watch video of the full discussion and […]
Bloodshot teaser reveals first trailer for Vin Diesel comic book movie will arrive on Monday
Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel is set to bring Raymond Garrison, a.k.a. the super soldier Bloodshot, to the big screen next year, and Sony has announced that we’ll be getting our first look at the Valiant Entertainment comic book adaptation this Monday with the release of a first trailer. Sony made the announcement on […]
Stranger Things season 3 delivers Netflix’s highest ever viewing figures
As part of its quarterly shareholder update, Netflix has announced that the third season of its acclaimed supernatural drama series Stranger Things delivered record viewing figures for the streaming service, having been viewed by 64 million households in its first four weeks of release. In addition to Stranger Things, Netflix also touted the success of […]
Jurassic World 3 adds DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie, filming to get underway February 2020
Following last month’s news that Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are set to reprise their roles alongside Jurassic World’s Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, we now have word of two new additions to the cast of the as-yet-untitled Jurassic World 3. According to Variety, DeWanda Wise, star of Netflix’s […]
Comic Book Preview – The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1
Marvel releases The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; take a look… A summons from SHIELD leads Peter Parker into a globe-spanning adventure that will test him as never before, one in which the future of all mankind lies in his gloved, webbed […]
It’s Time to Give the Horror Genre More Respect
As Halloween approaches, Tom Jolliffe looks at the Horror genre, and why it needs more respect… As a movie lover with a wide ranging taste in films I’ve long been fairly open to an array of genres. It was recently though, and perhaps in part this stems from writing a few horror features of late, […]
Michael Caine, Lena Headey and Rita Ora to star in modern-day Oliver Twist adaptation
Michael Caine (King of Thieves), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and pop star Rita Ora (Fifty Shades of Grey) have signed on to appear in Twist, a “modern-day, gender-bending” adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. The Sky-produced movie will see Jude Law’s son Raff Law taking on the title role of Oliver, a streetwise kid […]
