It’s your annual post-Celebration edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got everything you need to catch up on… …First off, congratulations to The Fate of the Furious for beating Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ opening weekend record… …But let’s really start with the obvious thing to talk about: our first look at […]
Five Things I Still Like About the DC Extended Universe
Anghus Houvouras with five things he likes about the DC Extended Universe… I’ll tell you what I don’t like: having to type the words ‘DC Extended Universe’. It just sounds stupid. That really has nothing to do with the following column, but I always wonder who the hell coined that awkward franchise phrase every time […]
Future Alien prequels could feature a ‘de-aged’ Sigourney Weaver
Ridley Scott has recently confirmed that he is working on a series of prequels that will lead up to the first Alien film. This begs the question: what about Ellen Ripley? The latest issue of Empire magazine features a slew of information about Alien: Covenant, and also includes a very interesting response to a question about […]
Two newly-unearthed videos see Sam Raimi defending The Evil Dead on a 1980s talk show
Someone on Reddit found two videos, circa 1987, that show Sam Raimi on a British talk show called Central Weekend defending The Evil Dead to the “concerned public” in the wake of the UK’s video nasty scare. You can see both of them below… The ’80s were arguably the best decade for horror. It felt […]
DVD Review – Ballerina (2016)
Ballerina, 2016. Directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin Featuring the voice talents of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler, Carly Rae Jepsen, Terrence Scammell, and Julie Khaner. SYNOPSIS: An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of […]
Ricky Gervais to narrate animated feature The Willoughbys
THR has revealed that Ricky Gervais has signed on to narrate The Willoughbys, a new animated feature from Bron Animation, which is based upon Lois Lowry’s children’s book of the same name and is written and directed by Kris Pearn (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2). “Ricky has such a distinctive voice, and his […]
DVD Review – Mine (2016)
Mine, 2016. Directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinario. Starring Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen and Clint Dyer. SYNOPSIS: After aborting his mission, an army sniper is stranded in the middle of the desert. One small movement could kill him, so he has to fight against the elements and the psychological toll of the […]
The Fate of the Furious writer discusses the importance of Paul Walker references
Although Paul Walker’s Brian was written out of the Fast and Furious franchise due to the tragic death of the actor, Chris Morgan’s script for The Fate of the Furious does make references to the all-important family member. Speaking to Collider to promote the blockbuster’s much-hyped release, Morgan explained the importance in doing so by […]
Unbreakable sequel ending is apparently so terrifying M. Night Shyamalan had to walk away from writing it
A while back, director M. Night Shyamalan teased audiences that he is already currently writing his follow-up project to the critically and financially successful multiple personality disorder thriller Split, which he also confirmed will also be a sequel to arguably his greatest effort, Unbreakable, which we learned is also set in the same universe as […]
Rian Johnson playing coy about possible Prince William and Harry cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
With Daniel Craig making a stealth appearance in 2015’s The Force Awakens, there has been a lot of rumors going around regarding celebrity cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We know that Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) will have some sort of cameo, and Tom Hardy has been rumored for some time. That’s not all, however, […]
