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 of the […]
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 actually […]
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 heavily […]
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 librarian Stuart Goodson, […]
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 1988 […]
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; Han, […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade, 2018.Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson and Jake Ryan.SYNOPSIS:With one week of eighth grade left, an introverted 13-year-old girl tries to make it to the end.1986’s Stand By Me sees four young boys on a cross-country hike to find a dead body. The story is quite grim, but […]
Comic Book Preview – Domino: Hotshots #1
Marvel launches its new series Domino: Hotshots from Gail Simone and David Baldeón this coming Wednesday; take a look at a preview of the first issue here…BULLY, BRAWLER, MERCENARY, SPIES: THE MARVEL UNIVERSE’S HOTTEST TEAM IS HERE! Domino and her pals Outlaw and Diamondback are caught between warring nations! And it’ll take a whole new crew […]
Movie Review – Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
Ruben Brandt, Collector, 2018.Directed by Milorad Krstic Featuring the voice talents of Iván Kamarás, Gabriella Hámori, Zalán Makranczi, Csaba Márton, Katalin Dombi, and Paul Bellantoni.SYNOPSIS:A psychotherapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works, since he believes that once he owns them, the […]
Frank Grillo joins The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Variety is reporting that Frank Grillo (Captain America: Civil War, Donnybrook) has signed on to star in the action comedy sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, joining returning cast members Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek.Directed once again by Patrick Hughes, the sequel will see Reynolds’ bodyguard Michael Bryce enlisted by hitman Darius Kincaid […]
