Back in April of last year it was announced that Zack Snyder’s frequent collaborator Larry Fong would not be behind the camera on Justice League due to a scheduling conflict with Kong: Skull Island, with Snyder then enlisting Game of Thrones cinematographer Fabian Wagner to shoot the DC team-up. Posting on his Instagram page, Wagner has […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Good Night, and Good Luck. for Best Picture over Crash
Graeme Robertson on why Good Night, and Good Luck. should have won Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 2005 are probably among the most controversial and divisive on record. For it was Paul Haggis’s race-based ensemble drama Crash that received the Best Picture trophy, beating the favourite to win […]
Stranger Things star Matthew Modine teases his return for season 2
Full Metal Jacket actor Matthew Modine has taken to social media to tease his character’s return for the much anticipated season two of Netflix’s Stranger Things. We have been unsure if the actor who portrayed character Dr. Brenner, the season’s creepy antagonist, would be returning for the second season, adding to the deep layer of […]
HBO’s Alan Ball series casts Tim Robbins
Veteran actor Tim Robbins has joined the cast of Alan Ball’s latest series for HBO. Joining actress Holly Hunter, the Academy Award-winning actor best known for his performance in the classic prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, will star in the 10 episode family drama from the man behind Six Feet Under. Robbins will play a […]
Joss Whedon talks about his rejected Wonder Woman movie
Back before Joss Whedon hit the big time with his colossal Marvel hits The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, the director had his heart set on helming a Wonder Woman movie which Warner Bros. ultimately rejected. One can’t imagine Whedon gets many projects rejected nowadays, considering the considerable success of his work on Marvel’s […]
Star Wars Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni talks Obi-Wan appearance
The man behind Disney animated series Star Wars Rebels, Dave Filoni, has spoken about the much anticipated appearance of Obi-Wan Kenobi, as glimpsed in the midseason trailer. The series, which is set before the events of Rogue One and the Original Trilogy, sees a group of Rebels undertake various missions against the Empire. At this […]
Book Review – Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End… It’s been a long time coming, but the saga between the Rebel Alliance/New Republic and the Galactic Empire ends at last in Chuck Wendig’s final Aftermath novel, Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End. Wendig crafts a tale full of suspense, political intrigue, character dynamics that payoff […]
U.S.Avengers and Batman top bestselling comics and graphic novels of January 2017
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the sales figures for January 2017’s comic books and graphic novels, led by Marvel’s U.S.Avengers #1 and DC’s Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham. Marvel proved to be the month’s top publisher with a 37.09% dollar share and a 42.62% unit share, followed by DC Entertainment with a 28.93% dollar […]
It’s official: Hellboy 3 is NOT happening
Where do you even begin with this story? Over the last few years we’ve heard from Ron Pearlman and director Guillermo del Toro about a third movie in their Hellboy series. Sometimes its moving forward, sometimes its not. Sometimes Pearlman wants to do it, sometimes he doesn’t. Well, we can now officially say that it’s done […]
Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]
