Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7: The Pyramid At The End Of The World… Directed by: Daniel Nettheim Written by: Peter Harness & Steven Moffat Doctor – “What do you depend on?” Nardole – “Air, Water, Food, Beer.” Following on from last week’s rather excellent Extremis – in which we discovered that not only was virtually the […]
Joker in The Batman rumours, X-23 solo movie, next Star Wars anthology movie and more – Daily News Roundup
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I’M JOKING? The long-gestating Batman solo movie got a new rumour yesterday via Reddit (the same people who gave us that Flash rumour) which is claiming that The Dark Knight will take on a trio of villains. We already know that Joe Manganiello will be playing Slade Wilson/Death Stroke, but this […]
Second Opinion – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017. Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Keira Knightley, Adam Brown, and Paul McCartney. SYNOPSIS: Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old nemesis, Armando […]
Movie Review – The Hippopotamus (2017)
The Hippopotamus, 2017. Directed by John Jencks. Starring Tim McInnerny, Roger Allam, Matthew Modine, Emily Berrington, Russell Tovey, and Lyne Renee. SYNOPSIS: Out of luck, out of cash and recently sacked theatre critic Ted Wallace (Roger Allam) has a chance encounter with relative Jane Swann. Creatively bereft and in need of money Wallace agrees to […]
Second Opinion – The Red Turtle (2016)
The Red Turtle, 2016. Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. Featuring the voice talents of Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, and Barbara Beretta. SYNOPSIS: A man is shipwrecked on an island, and his attempts to escape are thwarted by a giant red turtle. There were a couple of unusual nominees in the […]
Video Game Review – Farpoint
Shaun Munro reviews Farpoint… Impulse Gear’s much-anticipated VR shooter Farpoint has been touted as something of a killer app for the PSVR, which though swimming in dozens of titles and “experiences”, has served up few certifiable must-have AAA games so far, the most high-profile being the magnificent Resident Evil 7. Though Capcom’s terrifying VR jaunt remains […]
Oliver Stone heading to the small screen for Guantanamo TV series
Weinstein Television has announced that it has tapped Oliver Stone to direct the first season of the upcoming drama series Guantanamo, which will mark Stone’s first foray into TV directing. The show, which has been created by Daniel Voll (The Unit), is set to revolve around the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, which […]
Amazon to develop Cleopatra series from Black Sails trio
A few days ago Amazon acquired a TV series based on 2011’s film Hanna and now the streaming service has gained yet another show, Cleopatra. Based on the Egyptian queen who ruled Egypt and became the last active Pharaoh of the country before Rome’s rule, the series will come from the Black Sails team of Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine […]
Matthew Marsden making directorial debut with I Am That Man
Matthew Marsden (Black Hawk Down, Rambo) is making his directorial debut with the gritty thriller I Am That Man, which has just started production in Los Angeles. Struggling to come to terms with the break-up of his marriage and his reintegration into civilian life, former Navy SEAL John Beckett contemplates returning to what he knows […]
Book Review – Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett
Michelle Herbert reviews Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett… Some writers are good at writing about life, this was seen in Laura Barnett’s debut: Versions of Us. In which Barnett told a story with three versions of a life, each shaped by one chance encounter, being told three times with one minor change, this sent Barnett’s […]
