With Tom Cruise’s contractual status now sorted, Mission: Impossible 6 is moving full steam ahead with pre-production ahead of a spring shoot. We know that Tom Cruise will be returning alongside Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Rebecca Ferguson, but as yet there’s been no further word on casting. It is expected that […]
Ewan McGregor almost turned down the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels
While George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy has come in for an enormous amount of criticism from fans of the saga, one aspect that most can agree is worthy of the Star Wars name is Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Well, as it turns out, despite being a huge fan of the franchise, McGregor almost […]
Captain America: Civil War VFX featurette explores the creation of Wakanda
The mid-credits scene of this year’s Captain America: Civil War gave us our very first look at Wakanda ahead of 2018’s Black Panther solo movie, and a new featurette from VFX studio Image Engine has arrived online, which details how they went about creating this tantalising glimpse at T’Challa’s homeland. Check it out here… Marvel’s […]
Stranger Things gets a LEGO makeover
YouTube channel Bookshelf Productions has helped to ease the wait until our return to Hawkins, Indiana for the second season of Stranger Things by painstakingly recreating a host of scenes from Netflix’s supernatural drama in LEGO form; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Shawn Levy talks Stranger Things season 2 The second season of Stranger […]
Doctor Strange holds on to top spot at the box office as it nears $500 million worldwide
Well, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has officially continued its run of box office successes, with Doctor Strange retaining top spot in North America in its second weekend, as well as pushing its global haul to $493 million. Domestically, Doctor Strange added another $43 million across the Friday to Sunday period, a drop of just 49%, […]
American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 9 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the ninth episode of American Horror Story: Roanoke season 6… And so we reach AHS: Roanoke’s climactic moments, and while a lot of promises are fulfilled in this episode, a whole load of questions are left unanswered, too. Episode 9 is much of the same of the previous episode – some great […]
Mel Gibson on directing Iron Man 4: “It might be fun”
Way back in October of 2014, Robert Downey Jr. suggested that he’d be keen to reprise the role of Tony Stark for Iron Man 4 if his good pal Mel Gibson was behind the camera, with Gibson subsequently stating that he’d be open to the idea. Well, in an interview with Total Film, the Hacksaw Ridge […]
Movie Review – Arrival (2016)
Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louise Banks, a celebrated linguist reeling from personal tragedy, is called in by the military to decode the language of an alien civilisation when a strange spacecraft lands in Montana… There’s a human […]
Movie Review – The Anatomy of Monsters (2014)
The Anatomy of Monsters, 2014. Directed by Byron C. Miller. Starring Tabitha Bastien, Jesse Lee Keeter, Conner Marx, Keiko Green and Asher Vast. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring murderer Andrew lures a seemingly innocent woman back to a room in a seedy motel intending to make her his latest victim. However, much to his surprise, his intended victim […]
What Donald Trump’s Favourite Film Says About Him
This week, Neil Calloway looks at the 45th US President’s favourite movie… If you haven’t been too busy watching and re-watching the international trailer for Rogue One, you may have noticed that there was a US Presidential election this week, resulting in Donald Trump being elected to the White House. During the election campaign, as […]
