We’re just a week away from the release of the DC Extended Universe blockbuster Wonder Woman, which sees director Patty Jenkins becoming the first female filmmaker to helm a movie with a budget in excess of $100 million. However, Jenkins could have taken that honour back in 2013, had she not chosen to depart Marvel Studios’ […]
5 Cult TV Shows That Deserve A Reboot
Ben Robins with 5 cult TV shows that deserve a reboot… Despite something of a critical bollocking, Dwayne Johnson’s tongue-in-cheek Baywatch reboot is set to take on a huge portion of the summer box office takings. And considering that it’s very much following in the footsteps of similar cult TV reboot success stories like 21 […]
Critical Thinking: Why Do People Care So Much About Canon?
Anghus Houvouras on canon… Movies are such an integral part of the creative experience. As children, when we’re first introduced to the medium, we don’t understand the complexities of cinema. We are simply awed by the amalgamation of vision and sound that brings us stories in a new and exciting way. It is the ultimate […]
Star Wars: Episode IX to begin shooting in January
The latest issue of Vanity Fair has offered up plenty of juicy Star Wars details; we’ve had a rather splendid batch of character images from December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi [see here], confirmation from Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy that the next Anthology movie will be decided in June [see here], and comments from Mark Hamill as […]
Chad Stahelski talks John Wick: Chapter 3, could shoot this year
It looks like we may not have long to wait for the return of Keanu Reeves’ John Wick, as director Chad Stahelski has told Collider that the third instalment in the action franchise could go into production by the end of the year. “We’re currently in the middle of writing it right now,” said Stahelski. […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Pyramid At The End Of The World’
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 […]
