From the very first moment it was announced that Sony is moving forward with its Spider-Man spinoffs Venom and Silver & Black, there’s been an immense amount of confusion as to their status alongside Spider-Man: Homecoming and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. A lot of this confusion has been self-inflicted, with producer Amy Pascal suggesting […]
Are we suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue?
Anghus Houvouras is suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue… We spend so much time analyzing franchises. That’s mainly because they make up such a high percentage of blockbuster cinema. If you look at the top 10 films of 2017 globally, only two films don’t fall under the franchise tag: The Boss Baby, an animated family film […]
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation could be heading to the small screen
Deadline is reporting that Isaac Asimov’s hugely influential Foundation series could be heading to the small screen, with Skydance Television tapping David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) to take a crack at adapting the books for TV. Originally launching as a series of short stories in Astounding […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Doctor Falls’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 12: The Doctor Falls… Directed by: Rachel Talalay Written by: Steven Moffat The Doctor – A Pity…No Stars…I’d hoped there would be stars. Following on from last week’s rather fantastic opener “World Enough and Time” the closing chapter of Series 10, sees the bowing out of long time showrunner Steven Moffat […]
Tom Holland teases the return of Marvel One-Shots
What makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel like a living, breathing universe isn’t just the 15 (soon to be 16) theatrically released feature films and multiple TV shows with constant references and tie-ins to one another, but the more obscure and less explored corners of the franchise as well. On top of prelude comics and […]
Blade in the MCU, Fast & Furious star quitting franchise, Deadpool 2 casting and more – Daily News Roundup
IT WOULD BE COOL Ever since Marvel Studios reaquired the rights to Blade, there has been a lot of chatter about the Day Walker entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some capacity, with rumours of a Netflix series and even a female-led version. Original Blade actor Wesley Snipes even hinted at a return. In a […]
Movie Review – A Man Called Ove (2015)
A Man Called Ove, 2015. Directed by Hannes Holm. Starring Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, and Tobias Elmborg. SYNOPSIS: Ove lives alone on a small housing development that he tries to rule with an iron fist. At 59, he’s lost his job and his role as chair of the residents’ committee – […]
Freida Pinto has joined The Path for season 3
Freida Pinto has joined the cast of The Path for the show’s third season. The Hulu drama revolves around a mysterious cult headed by Hugh Dancy’s Cal Roberts, and how Eddie, the father of a family wrapped up in its movement, begins to struggle with his faith in what the cult calls Meyerism. Pinto will […]
Netflix orders 90s coming-of-age dramedy Everything Sucks!
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has placed a ten-episode series order for Everything Sucks!, a half-hour coming-of-age dramedy set in the 1990s. The show hails from writers Ben York Jones (Like Crazy) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date) and is described as a quirky, funny coming-of-age story that follows two groups of high school misfits, an […]
6 Female-Led Superhero Movies We’d Like To See
Ricky Church with six female-led superhero movies we’d like to see post-Wonder Woman… It’s probably an understatement at this point to say Wonder Woman has done exceedingly well since its release earlier this month. The film has become one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters and disproved the notion that female-driven superhero films do not sell. […]
