Glee alum Chris Colfer is set to make his directorial debut with The Wishing Spell, an adaptation of the first book in his young adult series The Land of Stories, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to directing, Colfer will also write the script for 20th Century Fox and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps. Colfer began writing The Land of […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #8
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #8… Sally runs afoul of Hugo Friedkin and must rely on Dirk to come to her rescue! At the end of Issue #7 of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency we left “Big-haired” Dirk and Sally at the wrong end of Corporal Friedkin’s gun, as both delved further […]
Movie Review – Churchill (2017)
Churchill, 2017. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy, Julian Wadham, Danny Webb, Richard Durden and Ella Purnell. SYNOPSIS: Exhausted by years of war, the Allied forces plan an invasion of Normandy, but British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is not convinced! In the days leading up to the invasion […]
Black Mirror to be adapted into a book series
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror has made quite an impact since its inception in 2011. The show made waves domestically, as well as internationally, until it was eventually shipped over to Netflix streaming for a phenomenal third season. With a fourth season currently in the works, series creator Brooker certainly has his hands full. However, Brooker has […]
Movie Review – The Handmaiden (2016)
The Handmaiden, 2016. Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, and Jin-woong Jo. SYNOPSIS: Japanese heiress Hideko employs a new handmaiden, Sook-hee, but what she doesn’t know is that the girl is a pickpocket. She’s been recruited by a con artist who aims to marry her mistress and swindle her out […]
Movie Review – Dying Laughing (2016)
Dying Laughing, 2016. Directed by Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood. SYNOPSIS : A documentary film looking in detail at the highs and lows of being a stand-up comedian. Being a stand-up is bloody hard work. That’s the message that comes through loud and clear in this insightful documentary from British directors Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood. […]
Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 6 Review
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… Returns don’t have to mean the same thing but they’ve come to take on a certain form. Revisit old characters, see what their lives have been like, walk the familiar haunts. We’re a third of the way through Twin Peaks season three, and it […]
Jack Lowden joins Mary Queen of Scots as Lord Darnley
British actor Jack Lowden has joined the cast of Josie Rourke’s period piece Mary Queen of Scots. According to Deadline, he will play Lord Darnley, husband to Queen Mary. He joins Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, playing Mary and Queen Elizabeth I respectively, in the film. Mary Queen of Scots comes from a script by American House of […]
The Cleaners comes to TV from Black Fawn Films
Black Fawn Films, the minds behind horror films Antisocial, Bed of the Dead and The Heretics, are moving into the television market with a series The Cleaners. The series is being shown to various networks during the Banff World Media Festival. The Cleaners follows a crime scene cleaner who mops up after supernatural killings, hiding the truth from the world […]
Morgan Spurlock producing MMA origins documentary Tough Guys
Documentary maker Morgan Spurlock is set to produce an MMA origins film entitled Tough Guys. Spurlock will executive produce the doc along with filmmaker Ross Kauffman which will tell the origins of Mixed Martial Arts. Tough Guys will be directed by Henry Roosevelt and W.B. Zullo, and will showcase the sport’s early days in 1979 Pittsburgh […]
