Last week it was reported that The CW’s upcoming TV adaptation of the 80s classic The Lost Boys will be gender-swapping the vampire-hunting siblings Edgar and Alan Frog, and now comes word from Deadline that the pilot has cast Cheyenne Haynes (Camping) and Haley Tju (Bella and the Bulldogs) as Liza and Cassie, the Frog […]
Movie Review – Climax (2019)
Climax, 2018. Written and Directed by Gaspar Noe. Starring Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Claude Gajan Maude, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, Thea Carla Schøtt, Sharleen Temple, Lea Vlamos, Alaïa Alsafir, Kendall Mugler, Lakdhar Dridi, Adrien Sissoko, Mamadou Bathily, Alou Sidibé, Ashley Biscette, Mounia Nassangar, Tiphanie Au, Sarah Belala, Alexandre Moreau, Naab, Strauss […]
Finn Wolfhard and Carrie Coon in talks for Ghostbusters 3
After being announced back in January, we now have our first piece of casting news on the new Ghostbusters movie from director Jason Reitman, with THR revealing that Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Carrie Coon (Fargo) are in talks to join the film. According to the site, the sequel will focus on a single mom […]
Funcom to bring us three games based on cult sci-fi Dune
Funcom, the developer responsible for hit games such as Anarchy and 2017’s Conan Exiles, has signed a deal with Legendary Entertainment to produce at least three games based on the cult sci-fi Dune, which is set for a new film adaptation in 2020. Development of the first of these three games is set to start later […]
Video Game Review – ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove
Shaun Munro reviews ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove… There are few video games more emblematic of the 1990s than Mega Drive cult classic ToeJam & Earl, an early entry into the roguelike genre which dropped players into the sneakers of two alien rappers after they crash-land on Earth. This Kickstarter-funded “sequel”, effectively a re-imagining […]
Keanu Reeves turned down Jude Law’s Captain Marvel role for John Wick 3
Keanu Reeves is a name that’s long been linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (see Doctor Strange, for example), and if a report from Charles Murphy at That Hashtag Show is to be believed, it almost came to fruition this year… if not for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. According to Murphy, Reeves was […]
Gotham Season 5 Episode 8 Review – ‘Nothing’s Shocking’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Gotham season 5… Chameleons with an identity crisis, fumbled police cases and precincts in lock down feature quite heavily this week as Gotham gains momentum. For the moment interchangeable alliances and comedic asides take an all important back seat, as Gordon digs into Bullock’s seedy past.Ventriloquism also features […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – The Public
The Public, 2018. Directed by Emilio Estevez. Starring Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright, Michael K. Williams, Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith, and Jacob Vargas. SYNOPSIS: For his 6th feature behind the camera, Emilio Estevez explores homelessness on the coldest night of the year in Cincinnati, Ohio. Playing public […]
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage to play Brothers in Twins-style comedy
THR is reporting that Avengers: Infinity War co-stars Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage are set to team up for the comedy Brothers, which is in development at Legendary Entertainment. Scripted by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Get Hard), the film will see Brolin and Dinklage starring as two unlikely brothers, in a similar vein to the […]
Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Graphic Novel Adaptation
IDW Publishing brings Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back to comic book stores this Wednesday with a graphic novel adaptation of the 1980 classic; check out a preview here… Faithfully bringing events from the series’ defining installment to the comics page, read along as Luke Skywalker confronts the legacy of the Jedi; […]
