Rounding up the big news stories from the weekend… LANDO CALRISSIAN AND DARTH VADER JOIN THE LION KING Director Jon Favreau has revealed the first casting for his upcoming remake of the animated Disney classic The Lion King, with Donald Glover set to voice Simba and James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original […]
Cary Fukunaga in talks for Atomic Bomb drama Shockwave
According to Deadline, director Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive) are in talks with Universal Pictures for an adaptation of Stephen Walker’s non-fiction book Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima. Here’s the official description of the book: On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb—dubbed Little Boy by its […]
Five Michael Shannon Performances To Watch
First making his mark in our collective consciousness’ opposite Bill Murray in the cult classic Groundhog Day, over the past few years the supremely talented Michael Shannon is securing roles that showcase his range earning him much deserved recognition. He’s been nominated for Academy Awards, SAG Awards, Golden Globes, and his intense brooding style has […]
A Movie Marathon for Sports Films Lovers
Some of the quintessential movies of all time are sports themed, and they are memorable for a good reason. Many of these films include suspense, excitement, and a good moral lesson to tug on the heartstrings. Below you will find a good place to start your next sports movie marathon, a list of some iconic […]
Michelle Rodriguez joins Steve McQueen’s Widows
According to Empire, Fast & Furious star Michelle Rodriguez has joins the cast of Steve McQueen’s (12 Years a Slave) next film Widows, where she will join the previously announced Viola Davis (Fences) and Cynthia Erivo, star of Broadway’s The Color Purple musical. Widows has been scripted by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), and […]
Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan and Mark Gatiss join the BBC’s Guy Fawkes series Gunpowder
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Liv Tyler (The Leftovers), Peter Mullan (Top of the Lake) and Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) have signed on to star in the upcoming three-part historical thriller series Gunpowder from the BBC. Scripted by Ronan Bennett (Top Boy), who devised the project with Harington and Daniel West, the series will explore the […]
Sam Raimi is heading to the Bermuda Triangle
THR is reporting that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct a mystery thriller based around the Bermuda Triangle, which is being produced by Skydance Productions and has been written by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). The project is one of three competing Bermuda Triangle projects in development, […]
Amblin picks up “female John Wick” project Ruthless
Following the box office success of Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 2, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is getting into the assassin game, picking up the script for the action thriller Ruthless. The project is being dubbed a “female John Wick” and follows “a retired assassin who returns to the game after being diagnosed with terminal brain […]
Logan tracking a $60 million domestic opening weekend
The reviews are in, with many hailing it as one of the best superhero movies of all time (read Rob Kojder’s ★★★★ review here), and with just two weeks to go before it opens in cinemas, the first box office tracking numbers for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swan song Logan have now arrived online. According to Forbes, […]
Critical Thinking: What You Like vs. What Is ‘Good’
I’ve been writing about film for a long time. To quote Nicki Minaj; I’ve been hot since flip phones. In another couple of years I’ll be at the point where I can describe the span of time I’ve spent reviewing and writing about movies as ‘decades’. When you’ve been doing anything that long, you notice […]
