Spurred on by an impressive $70.8 million opening weekend in China – the third-biggest for a superhero movie – Spider-Man: Homecoming has pushed its global haul to $822.8 million today, surpassing fellow superhero blockbuster Wonder Woman, which has earned $816.3 million to date. Homecoming has now passed the $821 million grossed by Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man […]
Video Game Review – Knack 2
Shaun Munro reviews Knack 2… Ignoring Knack‘s status as an enduring Internet meme over the last four years, there were surely few gamers angling for a sequel to 2013’s critically-pounded PS4 launch title, and yet, free from the constraints of a tight production window, Knack II is arguably the year’s most pleasant surprise; an addictive, content-rich platformer […]
Antonio Banderas to play Pablo Picasso in Genius season 2
National Geographic has announced that Antonio Banderas has signed on to the second season of its anthology drama series Genius, where he will portray the legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The first season of Genius saw Geoffrey Rush taking on the role of scientist Albert Einstein. It received ten Emmy Award nominations, and has been […]
Netflix releases trailer for anime series Neo Yokio starring Jaden Smith
Netflix has released the first trailer for Neo Yokio, a new six-episode anime series from Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), which sees Jaden Smith leading a voice cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi, Tavi Gevinson, Jason Schwartzman and Jude Law. Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwc6fTnsdBI Welcome to Neo Yokio, the greatest city in the world. It’s […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Gypsy Boy
Screen Daily is reporting that Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in Gypsy Boy, an adaptation of Mikey Walsh’s bestselling memoirs, which is being produced by BBC Films and Protagonist Pictures. It will reunite the X&Y writing and directing team of James Graham and Morgan Matthews, while Dee Koppang O’Leary (The Crown) and Kevin […]
Poster and images for Roman J. Israel, Esq. starring Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first poster has arrived online for Roman J. Israel, Esq. along with five new images from the upcoming dramatic thriller featuring stars Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell, and director Dan Gilroy; take a look below… Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a dramatic thriller set in […]
Morgan Freeman to star in cat-and-mouse thriller The Manuscript
According to Screen Daily, Morgan Freeman has joined the cast of The Manuscript, a high-concept cat-and-mouse thriller from director John Moore (A Good Day to Die Hard, Behind Enemy Lines). Based on a script by Louis Rosenberg and Joe Rosenbaum, The Manuscript follows “an imprisoned genius (Freeman) who uses clues in the manuscript of his […]
The Purge: The Island will depict “the first experimental Purge”
Although he’s handing over directing duties on the upcoming fourth instalment to Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands), franchise creator James DeMonaco will be penning the script for The Purge: The Island, and during an interview with Vulture, the filmmaker has revealed some plot details for the prequel. “I said it’s the first experimental Purge, which I […]
Movie Review – It (2017)
It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. After the appalling adaptation of The Dark […]
New banner for Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok released
We’ve seen an awful lot of promotional material for Thor: Ragnarok lately, and now Marvel has unveiled a new banner for the Phase Three blockbuster which sees Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder flanked by Heimdall (Idris Elba), Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Hela (Cate Blanchett), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum), and Odin (Anthony […]
