Orson Welles’ is known as one of cinema’s most legendary actors, writers and directors, with a C.V, that includes directing Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, producing the War of the Worlds radio drama, adapting several Shakespeare plays into films and, as one of his final roles, voicing the evil and powerful planet eater Unicron in Transformers: The Movie. […]
Mad Men’s Jessica Pare joins Jim Caviezel in CBS Navy SEAL drama
Jessica Pare, best known for her role as Megan Draper in the later seasons of Mad Men, has been cast as a series regular in an untitled drama pilot about the Navy SEALs for CBS according to Deadline. The series also stars Person of Interest‘s Jim Caviezel and has been brought to the network by Justified executive producers […]
DVD Review – Romanzo Criminale: Season One
Romanzo Criminale Season One Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Francesco Montanari, Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Roja, Marco Bocci, Andrea Sartoretti, and Daniela Virgilio. SYNOPSIS: Lebanese’s desire to become ‘King of Rome’ carries out to it’s inevitable conclusion in the Italian series semi-based on the criminal organization, Banda della Magliana. Released for the first time in the US from Kino […]
The Flash Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Into the Speed Force’
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of The Flash season 3… Will the real Flash please stand up? Last season’s second to last episode “The Runaway Dinosaur” was our first look at being “inside” the Speed Force; it’s a nebulous entity really, it’s not time, or space, or a place, but a familiar setting to […]
Is Samuel L. Jackson hinting at a Red Skull return?
Samuel L. Jackson is still making his way around the press circuit participating in interviews for the recently released Kong: Skull Island [read our reviews here, here and here], and Hot 97 took the opportunity to field him a question about what Nick Fury is up to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Check out the video here… […]
Movie Review – The Devil’s Candy (2015)
The Devil’s Candy, 2015 Directed by Sean Byrne Starring Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince SYNOPSIS: A metalhead painter and his young family find themselves stalked by satanic forces after moving into a derelict house in the countryside. You only have to look as far as last year’s Deathgasm, Brutal Legend or […]
The Batman unlikely to begin production until 2018, rumoured for a page-one rewrite
After all the drama regarding Ben Affleck’s status behind the camera on The Batman (and whether he’d walk away from the project altogether or not) came the news that War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves would pick up the reins on the massive undertaking. Now, Variety is reporting that due to Reeves’ […]
The Matrix is perfect for rebooting and it’s the right time to do it
Luke Owen praises the news of the Matrix reboot… Back in 2014 I wrote an article titled Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is everything wrong with reboots. In it I argued that the idea behind rebooting the classic 1980s comedy was good in principle (it’s an easy enough premise to adapt and update) but the execution was […]
Movie Review – The Olive Tree (2016)
The Olive Tree, 2016. Directed by Icíar Bollaín. Starring Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala, Miguel Angel Aladren, and Carme Pla. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, along with her uncle and friends, embarks on a journey from rural Spain to Dusseldorf in order to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree, which is in the […]
Sleight director to remake The Fly for 20th Century Fox
According to Deadline there are plans in the works to remake the classic sci-fi horror The Fly. The new film is set to be helmed by director J.D. Dillard, an upcoming filmmaker generating positive buzz for his Sundance hit Sleight. He will be working from a script co-written with Alex Theurer. The Fly follows a brilliant but eccentric scientist […]
