Under the Shadow, 2016. Directed by Babak Anvari. Starring Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, and Arash Marandi. SYNOPSIS: As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home. People have always been very keen to […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character descriptions for Moroff, Pao and two new Stormtroopers
Thanks to the folks at Making Star Wars, we’ve got a few new character descriptions for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, featuring two of the film’s alien supporting characters, along with a couple of Imperial Stormtrooper classes; take a look… Moroff (Gigoran species) Moroff seeks out combat zones to sell his brawn and firepower to […]
Comic Book Review – Tank Girl: Gold #1
Kirsty Capes reviews Tank Girl: Gold #1… Picking up where the critically acclaimed hit series Two Girls One Tank left off – Tank Girl has lost one of her dearest friends, but inadvertently gained billions of dollars worth of Nazi Gold. What is she going to spend all that money on? Before we find out, […]
Blu-ray Review – Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition
Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition Directed by Jim Henson Starring Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie and Toby Froud. SYNOPSIS: Labyrinth arrives on Blu-ray again in a new 30th Anniversary Edition that ports over the materials from the 2009 release and adds some new supplements. The package resembles a hardback book, with a small booklet bound into it. […]
Valene Kane playing Jyn Erso’s mother in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
We’ve known for a while that Mads Mikkelsen is playing Galen Erso, the father of Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we know who’s playing her mother too, with actress Valene Kane (The Fall) revealing that she’s set to portray Lyra Erso in December’s Anthology movie. “I grew […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episodes 11 & 12 Review – ‘Chinese Algebra’ & ‘Rattus Rattus’
Mark Clark reviews the eleventh and twelfth episodes of Ray Donovan season 4… Well, that’s it, episodes 11 and 12 are done, season 4 is over, and it’s been a marked upgrade on season 3. With its smarts, viciousness, and dark humour, I may even go as far as putting it at the top of […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Premiere Review – ‘Steps Into Shadow’
Chris Cooper reviews the season three premiere of Star Wars Rebels… There’s a lot to be excited about with the return of Star Wars Rebels. New threats! More powerful heroes! Disney canon taking on hugely exciting aspects of Legends canon! It’s been an indeterminate but sizable period of time since Season 2 finished on Malachor […]
Austin Powers director Jay Roach on the potential future of the franchise
Next year will mark 20 years since the release of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and director Jay Roach has been speaking to Simon Thompson of Forbes about the anniversary of the hit spy series, and whether he and star Mike Myers have any plans to revisit the franchise. “We are always talking about how […]
Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki join Sony’s Peter Rabbit movie
Columbia Pictures and Frederick Warne & Co. have announced that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) have joined the upcoming live-action/CG hybrid Peter Rabbit movie, which is based upon the beloved book series by Beatrix Potter. The film is being directed by Will Gluck (Easy A) […]
R.I.P. Herschell Gordon Lewis (1929-2016)
American exploitation filmmaker and the ‘Godfather of Gore’ Herschell Gordon Lewis has passed away aged 87, distributors Something Weird Video have announced on Facebook. Begginning his career as a producer with 1959’s The Prime Time, Lewis then began directing, releasing a series of erotic “nudies” in the early 1960s before switching to horror for 1963’s Blood […]
