Gotham’s Poison Ivy is set to undergo another transformation, with Deadline reporting that Peyton List (Mad Men, Frequency) has signed on to portray the character as a recurring guest star, either later in season four, or in season five. “In the continuing evolution of Poison Ivy’s origin story, Ivy Pepper has been transformed once again […]
Get Out and Girls star Allison Williams to headline horror The Perfection
One of the best things about Jordan Peele’s film of the year contender, Get Out, was how Allison Williams (HBO’s Girls) lulled both Daniel Kaluuya and the audience into a false sense of security, before pulling the old switcheroo. She was integral to that film working. The good news is that according to Deadline, Williams […]
Watch an exclusive clip from Lifeline episode 6
Thanks to YouTube Red, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the sixth episode of the Dwayne Johnson-produced sci-fi series Lifeline; watch it here, or over on our YouTube channel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcqYVgR4Br4 “Lifeline”, set in the not-too-distant future, centers around a little known life insurance company that sends its agents forward 33 days in time to prevent […]
Fight Your Way Out with first poster and trailer for A Prayer Before Dawn
The first trailer and a new poster have arrived online for the acclaimed biographical action drama A Prayer Before Dawn. Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, the film received its world premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Joe Cole as Billy Moore, a young boxer and criminal who finds himself incarcerated in […]
The human cast of previous Thor films were never considered for Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok is, by most accounts, a rousing success. Director Taika Waititi has created a film that breathes new life into the titular character, pushing the franchise forward in fascinating ways. However, as hard as it is to remember at this point, Thor: Ragnarok is the third film in the Thor solo franchise. Thor, and […]
Movie Review – Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris and the voice of Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: Now happily living with the Brown family in London, Paddington realises his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday is approaching and goes looking for the perfect present. When he […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad’
Alex Moreland reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery… Just as repetition reinforces repetition, change begets change… Here, admittedly, I’m beginning to have my doubts about the choice to build Discovery around one central character in a way that previous iterations of Trek didn’t. The time loop is a staple of Trek, an idea […]
Preview of The Shadow/Batman #2
Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics releases The Shadow/Batman #2 this coming Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue here; check it out… The truth of what the Shadow doesn’t know threatens to destroy his partnership with Batman and Robin just when they need him the most. Three generations of heroes stand at a crossroads […]
The Crow reboot to start pre-production in 2018
“It can’t rain all the time”. That is unless you’re trying to reboot cult Brandon Lee property The Crow, and the downpour in question is bad luck. There have been rights issues, the shutdown of Relativity Media, a revolving door of potential leads – Luke Evans, Jack Huston, Jason Momoa – and a roll-call of directors, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Byung-gil Jung. Starring Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, and Seo-hyeong Kim. SYNOPSIS: A female assassin seeks revenge on the man that killed her father, unaware of the consequences that await her. Opening with possibly the greatest five minutes of first-person action ever filmed, The Villainess follows in the tradition […]
