Last year Ian McShane drew the ire of Game of Thrones fans, firstly by revealing a pretty big spoiler surrounding the return of fan favourite character The Hound, before responding to online complaints by describing the epic fantasy series as “only tits and wizards”. Well, he’s probably not going to endear himself to fans too much […]
Bryce Dallas Howard announces that production is underway on the Jurassic World sequel
Cameras are now rolling on the sequel to 2015’s mega-blockbuster Jurassic World, with star Bryce Dallas Howard taking to Twitter to announce that production is underway with the following tweet: "We have an asset out of containment. Put ACU on alert. This not a drill." Day 1.#jurassicworld #jurassicworld2 #thisisnotadrill pic.twitter.com/Rend3l0PxZ — Bryce Dallas Howard (@BryceDHoward) February […]
Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint
Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]
The Week in Spandex – The Batman, Nightwing, Wonder Woman, Logan, X-Force, Deadpool 2, Gambit, Fantastic Four 2, Phase Three Preview, Captain Marvel and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at The Batman, Nightwing, The LEGO Batman Movie, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman, Black Adam, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Black Lightning, Vixen, Powerless, Logan, X-Men: Supernova, Deadpool 2, X-Men: The New Mutants, Gambit, Fantastic Four 2, Legion, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians […]
Is April 2017 Promising To Be One of TV’s Greatest Ever Months?
Yes. That’s the short answer to the question posed above, but if you would like some form of explanation then please, do keep reading. TV has frustrated me endlessly in recent years. 2016 saw a downward trend as it pertained to the medium’s quality. The golden age had ended, led by the utter mediocrity of […]
Patrick Stewart says Logan will be his last outing as Professor X
We’ve known for a long while now that Hugh Jackman intends on hanging up the claws and retiring from the role of Wolverine with the release of next week’s Logan, but while Patrick Stewart had previously suggested he wasn’t ready to call time on the X-Men franchise, he’s now revealed that the Wolverine solo sequel […]
Why John Wick director Chad Stahelski is the perfect choice to reboot Highlander
Tom Jolliffe on why John Wick director Chad Stahelski is the perfect choice to helm the Highlander reboot… Stunt-man turned director Chad Stahelski has certainly had a good start to his burgeoning career as an action auteur. John Wick began what is now in the process of becoming a hugely successful franchise. Two films in, […]
The CW planning “true four-way crossover” between Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Although the heroes of Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl joined forces last year to battle the Dominators in the ‘Invasion’ story arc, the main story didn’t really kick in until the final scenes of Supergirl, something that the producers hope to rectify next time around with “a true four-way crossover” between the […]
Simon Kinberg on X-Men: The New Mutants, Deadpool 2, Gambit and the future of the X-Men franchise
Yesterday we brought you some comments from writer-producer Simon Kinberg about the possibility of 20th Century Fox producing another Fantastic Four movie, as well as rumours linking him to the director’s chair on X-Men: Supernova. Well, as the press tour for Logan continues, Kinberg has now been speaking more about the X-Men franchise, offering updates on X-Men: […]
Why We Need Contrarians
Henry Bevan on why we need contrarians… Sometimes falling in love with a movie is like falling in love with a partner who isn’t right for you. At first, your love blinds you to the flaws. Then, when you break up, you say the meanest things. When things cool down you’ll find the truth: was […]
