Earlier this month The Lion King topped the live-action Beauty and the Beast and animated smash hit Frozen to become Walt Disney Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever (and the biggest animated release of all time, despite Disney itself pushing it as live-action), and now the Jon Favreau-directed remake has become only the ninth movie ever to […]
Comic Book Preview – Red Sonja & Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica #4
Dynamite Entertainment and Archie Comics continue their Red Sonja & Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica crossover this week with the release of issue #4; feast your eyes on a preview here…With the investigation at a dead end, Betty and Veronica split over what to do next. Red Sonja decides to take matters into her own […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Eat, Brains, Love
Eat Brains Love, 2019.Directed by Rodman Flender. Starring Jake Cannavale, Angelique Rivera, Sarah Yarkin and Alex Stage.SYNOPSIS:The good news: Jake’s dream girl, Amanda Blake, finally knows his name. The bad news: it is because they both contracted a mysterious zombie virus and devoured the brains of half their senior class. Now Jake and Amanda are […]
Elena Satine joins live-action Cowboy Bebop series
Netflix has announced that Elena Satine (Revenge, The Gifted) has been cast in its upcoming live-action adaptation of the cult anime series Cowboy Bebop.Satine – whose other credits include Smallville, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Twin Peaks and Strange Angel – is set to portray Julia, “a mysterious woman from lead character Spike Spiegel’s past [who] is described […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Ready or Not
Ready or Not, 2019.Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Mark O’Brien, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Nicky Guadagni, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, and Elyse Levesque.SYNOPSIS:A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.If you were left disappointed […]
Robert Rodriguez announces kid-focused superhero film We Can Be Heroes
Sin City and Alita: Battle Angel helmer is teaming with Netflix to write, direct and produce the kid-focused superhero feature We Can Be Heroes, which will follow a group of children who have to team up to save the world after their superhero parents are kidnapped by alien invaders.Set to feature in the cast of […]
Walt Disney Animation sets Raya and the Last Dragon for Thanksgiving 2020
During yesterday’s Walt Disney Animation section of the Disney Showcase presentation at D23, the studio announced the fantasy adventure feature Raya and the Last Dragon, which is set for release next year.Directed by Paul Briggs and Dean Wellins (Big Hero 6) and written by Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians), Raya and the Last Dragon will […]
Comic Book Preview – Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #1
Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #1 hits comic book stores on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics…When he was last seen, John Jameson was being recovered from the scene of a massacre in Doverton, Colorado, by Misty Knight. Since then, they’ve both been MIA. […]
Tony Hale’s new animated series Archibald’s Next Big Thing gets a trailer
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, DreamWorks has released a trailer and images for the upcoming animated comedy series Archibald’s Next Big Thing which has created by two0-time Emmy Award-winner Tony Hale and features an all-star voice cast including Hale, Adam Pally, Chelsea Kane, Jordan Fisher, Kari Wahlgren, and Rosamund Pike; take a […]
Preacher Season 4 Episode 5 Review – ‘Bleak City’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Preacher season 4…There are a number of creative contradictions which relegate any mediocrity from episode four to the realm of bad memory. Combinations of pathos and villainy combine with endless invention making Preacher essential viewing, as the outcome can sometimes hinder rather than help. Joseph Gilgun, Ruth Negga […]
