Alex Garland’s second feature Annihilation opened in the U.S. this past weekend off the back of rave reviews from critics, including our own Robert Kojder who gave the film a ★★★★ review and described it as a “superbly crafted sci-fi designed to get viewers contemplating its themes rather than give a cut-and-dry story depicting what weirdness […]
Is it OK to be angry about Jared Leto’s Netflix Yakuza movie?
Anghus Houvouras on whether it’s okay to be angry about Jared Leto’s Yakuza movie The Outsider… No. It’s absolutely not you mewling children. Spare me your indignation you pathetic, easily offended politically correct windbags already looking for the next ‘controversy’ to feign outrage over. Thanks for clicking. Remember to like, subscribe and share with your […]
The Walking Dead showrunner says the season 8 finale is “almost too big” for audiences
The Walking Dead returned from its midseason break last night as the second half of season eight got underway, with the zombie drama now moving full steam ahead towards the climax of the ‘All Out War’ story arc. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Scott M. Gimple has teased the season 8 finale, describing it as […]
The Last of Us writer: “I don’t want that movie to be made”
Seemingly stuck in pre-production purgatory, an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s blockbusting video game, The Last of Us, has been talked about since the game was released in 2013. Now the game’s director, Neil Druckmann, who has also also written the script for Sony Pictures and Screen Gems adaptation, has said that he doesn’t want that […]
Where Art Thou? A look at 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders
Matt Rodgers on 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders… As Jimmy Kimmel steps out onto the Dolby Theatre stage to deliver his introduction to the 90th Academy Awards, spare a thought for those who still have their pre-ordered tuxedo hanging in the closet, or that dress they’d practiced the red carpet walk in still tagged for return, […]
Mark Hamill tweets James Gunn about potential Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 role
Twitter has become an increasingly volatile place to spend time, but every so often it can do some good, and that might just be the case for both audiences and Mark Hamill, if his Twitter exchange with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is anything to go by. When asked by a fan whether Gunn […]
Joss Whedon was planning on adapting ‘The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!’
Last week it was announced that Joss Whedon has vacated the director’s chair on the planned DC movie Batgirl, with The Avengers and Justice League director stating that: “Batgirl is such an exciting project, and Warners/DC such collaborative and supportive partners, that it took me months to realize I really didn’t have a story.” Well, it […]
Ruth Wilson turned down a Marvel role, wants to play a supervillain
During an interview with Time Out to promote her new film Dark River, British actress Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) has revealed that she had the opportunity to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but turned it down as she felt the role wasn’t big enough. “I did have an interview for a Marvel thing ages […]
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane gets a new UK trailer
With less than a month to go until the release of Unsane, a new UK trailer has arrived online for Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot thriller which stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy Irving; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Claire Foy featured in first clip from Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane A young woman […]
Stranger Things reportedly adding three key roles in season 3
With filming on the third season of Netflix’s acclaimed drama Stranger Things due to get underway this Spring, That Hashtag Show is reporting that The Duffer Brothers are looking to cast three new key roles for our latest visit to Hawkins, Indiana. As per the site, here’s the casting descriptions for the three newcomers: Mayor […]
