Critical darlings and awards favorites Call Me By Your Name and The Shape of Water proved to be heavy hitters within the Chicago Film Critics Association (of which yours truly is a fresh, honorary member). The former received eight nominations while the latter received seven. Meanwhile, in third place was a three-way tie between Lady Bird, […]
Promo for The Walking Dead Season 8 Episode 9
With The Walking Dead season 8 now on a break until February, a promo has arrived online for the returning episode of AMC’s zombie drama series; check it out here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh_kPQRg8wsSEE ALSO: Follow all of our coverage of The Walking Dead hereThe Walking Dead season 8 airs on Sundays on AMC in the US and on Mondays […]
Justice League star unhappy with theatrical cut, new Ready Player One trailer, Carrie Fisher’s script re-writes on The Last Jedi and more – Weekend News Roundup
MORE UNHAPPINESS IN THE LEAGUEWe’ve heard a lot from the cast and crew of Justice League since the film’s release, with a lot of people unhappy with the final theatrical cut that was released with Joss Whedon’s edits. Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has asked for Warner Bros. to release the Zack Snyder cut of the film, and […]
Hellboy’s David Harbour describes the reboot as a “monster movie that’s dark and scary”
As Lionsgate gears up to begin production on its R-rated Hellboy reboot, new lead David Harbour has been chatting to Variety about the film, describing it as a “monster movie that’s dark and scary” and explaining what drew him to the project.“Superhero movies are the mythos of modern America,” said the Stranger Things star. “The ancient Greeks […]
Simon Kinberg on course correcting the X-Men series with Dark Phoenix, confirms Genosha
After more than a decade serving as writer and producer on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, Simon Kinberg now finds himself behind the camera for the latest chapter of the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix.Earlier in the week we saw some first look images from the movie – Fox’s second attempt at adapting The Dark […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series.Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish sci-fi […]
Video Game Review – LocoRoco 2 Remastered
Shaun Munro reviews LocoRoco 2 Remastered…Cult classic PSP platformer LocoRoco was given a superbly shiny new 4K PS4 port back in May, and now its 2008 sequel has also gotten the glossy makeover treatment to similarly dazzling effect. LocoRoco 2 Remastered may not deviate much from the formula firmly established by its predecessor, largely succeeding and faltering […]
Hot Toys’ Justice League Movie Masterpiece Batman collectible figure available to pre-order now
Sideshow has revealed a batch of promotional images for Hot Toys’ sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series Batman figure which is based on the likeness of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight in the DC superhero team-up Justice League. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $266 and is expected to ship October-December 2018; check it […]
Second Opinion – Stronger (2017)
Stronger, 2017.Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr, Nate Richman, Lenny Clarke, Carlos Sanz, and Clancy Brown.SYNOPSIS:Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving […]
Universal developing Slaughterhouse-Five TV series
Variety is reporting that Universal Cable Productions is developing an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, which is being written and executive produced by Patrick Macmanus, showrunner on Happy!.The 1969 book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant in the U.S. Army survives the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, only to […]
