Wolf Warrior 2 may have been knocked off the top spot in China by the release of Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but the hit action film managed to add another $15.8 million to its haul, pushing its takings in the Middle Kingdom to an incredible $810 million.The film, which […]
Horror Channel FrightFest Review – Double Date (2017)
Double Date, 2017Directed by Benjamin Barfoot Starring Danny Morgan, Michael Socha, Georgia Groome, Kelly Wenham, Dexter FletcherSYNOPSIS:Cripplingly shy Jim attempts to lose his virginity before the clock strikes midnight and he turns 30, sending he and his best-friend turned wingman into the path of a pair of murderous sisters. Storming onto the British horror scene with […]
First look at Smallville’s Tom Welling in Lucifer
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got our first look at Tom Welling in Fox’s DC/Vertigo series Lucifer, where he plays the character of Marcus Pierce, described as “an accomplished police lieutenant who strikes up a potential romance with Decker (Lauren German), much to Lucifer’s (Tom Ellis) chagrin.”SEE ALSO: Lucifer season 3 promo reveals new time […]
On Movie Piracy
Henry Bevan investigates movie piracy…“DOWNLOADING PIRATED FILMS IS STEALING” screams the infamous anti-piracy advert that was seemingly attached to every single DVD released in the mid-noughties. Showing various scenes of thievery accompanied with some grungy font, the advert sledgehammers its point into your brain. If you illegally stream or download media content, you are no […]
Orlando Bloom to lead Amazon’s fantasy series Carnival Row
Back in May it was announced that Amazon has given an eight-episode order to Carnival Row, a new fantasy-noir series from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), and now comes word that Orlando Bloom has signed on to lead the cast of the show.Variety reports that Bloom […]
Transformers: Bumblebee set photo features the classic VW Beetle
As production on Paramount Pictures and Habsro’s Transformers spinoff movie Bumblebee continues in California, a set photo has arrived online showing the fan favourite Autobot is his classic 80s VW Beetle design; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BYHf2fUjdNt/ On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian […]
The LEGO Ninjago Movie promo features Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Unikitty cameos
With less than a month to go until The LEGO Ninjago Movie arrives in cinemas, Warner Bros. has released three promos for the upcoming animated feature, the first of which contains brief cameos/Easter eggs from Unikitty, Batgirl and Wonder Woman; check them out here…SEE ALSO: Jackie Chan explains the fight choreography in The LEGO Ninjago […]
Starz picks up Black Samurai from Common and RZA
Last year it was announced that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2) and RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) are producing a TV adaptation of Marc Olden’s novel Black Samurai, with Common set to take on the lead role of Robert Sand, and now Starz has announced that it has boarded the action-drama series.“We cannot […]
Second Opinion – American Made (2017)
American Made, 2017.Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Caleb Landry Jones, and Alejandro Edda.SYNOPSIS:A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.American Made is the best performance from Tom Cruise in a long time. Reteaming with Live Die Repeat/Edge of Tomorrow director […]
Video Game Review – Nidhogg 2
Sam Thorne reviews Nidhogg 2…Nidhogg is a pick-up-and-play 2D fencer that harps back to the nostalgic days of 80’s arcade and NES games. It offers an enjoyable local multiplayer alternative to fighting games, primarily because your friends won’t need to know button layouts or move sets and the controls are incredibly simple. That being said, […]
