Thomas Harris chats with Chris McKay and Dan Lin about The LEGO Batman Movie (some minor spoilers follow)… I had the pleasure to talk to Chris McKay and producer Dan Lin about the rather brilliant The LEGO Batman Movie. A quick note on director McKay who, looking like a Williamsburg hipster, had Batman and Marvel […]
DVD Review – Urban Hymn (2015)
Urban Hymn, 2015. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Starring Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Isabella Laughland, Steven Mackintosh, and Ian Hart. SYNOPSIS : Set against a backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, a determined social worker encourages a young offender to develop her singing talent. Urban Hymn is a drama certainly singing from a worthy enough […]
Full list of winners for the 2017 SAG Awards
With awards season in full swing ahead of next month’s Academy Awards, the Screen Actors Guild presented the 2017 SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles last night, with big wins for Fences, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Moonlight, The Crown, Stranger Things, Orange Is the New Black, Game of Thrones and more. […]
Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams hates spoilers
Game of Thrones is a highly eventful show from week to week, so it’s no surprise that Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) isn’t too thrilled when insiders or fans leak critical plot points. Talking to Radio Times, Maisie emphatically expressed: “It hurts. It’s just like, oh we wanted to tell this story, and yeah, lots of […]
Blu-ray Review – Raising Cain (1992)
Raising Cain, 1992. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, and Amanda Pombo. SYNOPSIS: The wife of a respected child psychologist starts to suspect that her husband’s obsession with their daughter’s behaviour may not be very healthy. Returning to the well of […]
Michael Keaton’s Batman Returns Batsuit sells for over $40,000
Michael Keaton’s batsuit from Batman Returns was up for auction on the Nate D. Sanders website and just sold for the hefty price tag of $41, 250. The Batsuit is set to come mounted on a Michael Keaton mannequin, mounted on a special Batman Returns base: Michael Keaton’s Batsuit from Tim Burton’s hit superhero film ”Batman […]
UFC’s Conor McGregor turned down a key role in Shane Black’s The Predator
Fan of MMA or not, there’s no denying that UFC star Conor McGregor is a hot commodity. WWE wants him in some sort of role, Game of Thrones showrunners have cast him in a bit part, and now it’s come to light that due to money and filming duration issues, he has turned down a […]
Blu-ray Review – Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Dirty Dancing, 1987. Directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Wayne Knight, Cynthia Rhodes, Kelly Bishop, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, and Lonny Price. SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 1963, teenager Baby Houseman goes on a family holiday and falls in love with a rebellious dance teacher. Nostalgia is a powerful thing, […]
Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace join kidnap thriller Stockholm
Deadline has revealed that Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace have joined the cast of Stockholm, a new thriller which will reunite Hawke with his Born to Be Blue writer-director Robert Budreau. The film will tell the true story of the 1973 Stockholm bank heist and hostage crisis, which gave rise to the psychological phenomenon Stockholm […]
Michelle Williams to star in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid-90s
Fresh from her Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars for Manchester by the Sea, Michelle Williams is now in talks to join Mid-90s, the upcoming directorial debut of Jonah Hill. The coming-of-age drama “follows a teenager named Stevie as he struggles with the various roles he must play in life: surrogate partner to his […]
