Universal’s reboot of The Mummy hits cinemas this summer, launching the studio’s shared universe centred around its stable of classic Monsters. Over the next few years, we can look forward to new versions of The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon, but it won’t only be the […]
Movie Review – Broken (2016)
Broken, 2016. Directed by Shaun Robert Smith. Starring Morjana Alaoui, Mel Raido, and Craig Conway. SYNOPSIS: Evie, full-time live-in carer to crippled rock star Jonathan, finds the darkness of her past returning to haunt her as the pressures of her new job begin to take control… Following several short films and a career as a make-up […]
Brie Larson says Captain Marvel is the bridge between Earth and Space in the MCU
In a new interview with Yahoo Movies (via ScreenRant), Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson (Room) was asked where Captain Marvel will fit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – on Earth with the likes of Iron Man and Captain America or somewhere up in space with Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Well, it turns out […]
J.J. Abrams discusses showing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to terminally ill fans
Throughout the lead up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens it was repeatedly noted, and rightfully so, that Disney and director J.J. Abrams made a touching decision to screen the film prior to the general public for terminally ill fans who would possibly unfortunately pass away by the time the monumentally anticipated next […]
Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence
Henry Bevan on Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence… A ultra-violent pacifist movie. That’s the oxymoron greeting you when you watch Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson’s film about Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a conscientious objector involved in the Battle of Okinawa. The film is open to multiple readings. Some are obvious, with Doss’s comparison with […]
David Ayer congratulates makeup and hairstyling team for Suicide Squad Oscar win, new behind-the-scenes image of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn
There are some things one must get used to in the year 2017, and one of them is referring to Suicide Squad as the Oscar-winning film Suicide Squad. The DC Extended Universe blockbuster won an award last night for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, an accomplishment that saw director David Ayer taking to Twitter to offer his […]
Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]
Fox and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps adapting fantasy series Three Dark Crowns
Variety has revealed that Kendare Blake’s four-volume fantasy book series Three Dark Crowns is heading to the big screen, with 20th Century Fox snapping up the movie rights and enlisting Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps to produce. Three Dark Crowns follows “triplets who are all equal heirs to the crown and have magical powers — one […]
Captain Fantastic director to adapt sci-fi novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Having been rumoured as a potential candidate to succeed Ben Affleck on The Batman (a role now filled by Matt Reeves), THR is reporting that Captain Fantastic helmer Matt Ross has lined up his next project with an adaptation of Tom Sweterlitsch’s 2014 sci-fi novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The story takes place in “a near […]
Summer of the Piranha in development, 2018 release planned
If you’ve been itching for a new instalment of the Piranha series, then we have some good news for you, as Bloody Disgusting has revealed that a new film is in development, titled Summer of the Piranha. It would seem the new instalment is being targeted at the Japanese market; it has the alternative title Piranha […]
