Lucasfilm dropped some major Star Wars: Episode VIII news today, revealing the title for the Rian Johnson-directed sequel to be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and in a case of rather great timing, the Associated Press were interviewing Mark Hamill just after the reveal. So, what does the last Jedi think of The Last Jedi […]
Video Game Review – Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Emma Cockroft reviews Resident Evil 7: Biohazard… I have been a long term fan of Resident Evil since its origins in the 90’s and am glad to say it played a prominent role in my childhood that would help cement my love for video games. (I even met my fiance on a Resident Evil forum […]
Class Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Brave-ish Heart’
With Doctor Who spinoff Class returning for a BBC One airing, Alex Moreland continues his reviews of this YA hit… When your entire people are being killed before your very eyes, then you can talk to me about monsters! In many ways, this is a chessboard episode; it feels almost like a perfunctory piece, dedicated more […]
Marvel announces Black Panther & The Crew ongoing series
Marvel has announced the upcoming launch of a brand new ongoing series entitled Black Panther & The Crew, which will see T’Challa teaming up with Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold to take on a dangerous wave of threats. “There’s this concept in comic books of street characters—characters who mostly deal with street-level stories—those […]
The Death of Good Screenwriting in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the death of good screenwriting in Hollywood… Awards season is in full swing, so it seems somewhat ironic to come and bemoan the dearth of good screenwriting within the modern studio system, but I’m going to anyway. Putting aside the award nominated films, my focus is more on those films that are […]
Hollywood pays tribute to film producer Matthew Lamothe
Hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers gathered in Connecticut today for the funeral service of film producer Matthew Lamothe, who died last week at the young age 30 in Manhattan, New York. His employer, film financier Tommy Vlahopoulos of Tommy V Films, was one of the first contacted last Monday with the devastating news. “It has been […]
Stranger Things was originally envisioned as R-rated
Netflix hit the jackpot with Stranger Things. It’s a show with mass appeal that has garnered heavy comparisons to the early films of Steven Spielberg. However, things were originally intended to be much darker. In an interview with Vulture, show creators The Duffer Brothers touched on this, with Ross saying: “The Eleven character, the kind […]
Logan officially rated R for strong brutal violence, language and brief nudity
Last year it was revealed that Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine would be following in the footsteps of Deadpool by shooting for an R-rating, and now director James Mangold has announced that Logan has officially received that rating, for “strong brutal violence and language throughout, and for brief nudity.” Official: Please be advised that […]
The Flash / Supergirl musical crossover casts Glee star Darren Criss as Music Meister
The long-awaited and recently-confirmed musical crossover episode for The Flash and Supergirl has finally cast its villain, the melodic Music Meister, and it’s in the form of a Glee reunion, as TVLine reports that Darren Criss will be lending his signing chops to the villainous role. While many fans hoped that Neil Patrick Harris would reprise his Batman: The Brave and the […]
Star Wars: Episode VIII officially titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Well, it’s official. We have a title for Star Wars: Episode VIII, and it’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check out the tweet below: It's official. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is the next chapter of the Skywalker saga. This December. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/ySkVwQcMTP pic.twitter.com/eHrPgbsRJq — Star Wars (@starwars) January 23, 2017 “We have the greatest […]
