After news of Helen Slater (the original Supergirl) and Dean Cain’s (The New Adventures of Lois and Clark) involvement in the new CBS show Supergirl, as well as last week’s official reveal of Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) in her Supergirl costume, word has broke about who will play Kara Zor-El in her formative years. Malina Weissman, […]
Freddie Highmore “would love to be considered” for new Spider-Man
Since the huge news that Sony and Marvel will be rebooting the Spider-Man series once more to allow for the character’s introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve heard a whole host of names linked to the role of the new wall-crawler. We recently heard from rumoured front-runner Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner), who denied […]
Marvel won’t be at the San Diego Comic-Con this year, according to James Gunn
Over the past few years, Marvel Studios has firmly established its Hall H panel as one of – if not the – highlights of the San Diego Comic-Con, and with Phase Three beckoning, they’re sure to have something exciting in store for us this year, right? Well, maybe not. According to Guardians of the Galaxy […]
Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato teaming up for Secret Wars series Guardians of Knowhere
Marvel Comics has announced that Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato are reuniting for a new Secret Wars tie-in series entitled Guardians of Knowhere, which will take place on the disembodied Celestial head as it orbits Battleworld. “We’re gonna open up on a mystery in Knowhere,” Brian Michael Bendis tells EW. “And that mystery is going […]
American Sniper becomes the highest-grossing U.S. release of 2014
After opening in a handful of U.S. theaters in December in order to qualify for awards contention, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper has now become the highest-grossing domestic release of 2014 with $337.2 million to date, knocking The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 down into second place. “The heroic story of Chris Kyle just hit […]
DVD Review – Assassin (2015)
Assassin, 2015. Directed by J.K. Amalou. Starring Danny Dyer, Anouska Mond, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Holly Weston and Eddie Webber. SYNOPSIS: A hitman falls for a beautiful exotic dancer before discovering that his last hit was her dodgy businessman father, forcing him to turn against his ruthless employers to try and save her life. Is […]
Unfinished Business bombs at the box office, lowest opening of Vince Vaughn’s career
Unfinished Business, the latest gross-out comedy from Vince Vaughn, was not press screened for critics in fear that poor reviews would deter people from going to see it. Well, it looks like that didn’t matter all that much. The movie only managed to pull in a pathetic $4.8 million domestically, and an even worse $2.6 million […]
Hate Crime director speaks on BBFC ban
Last week it was announced that the British Board of Film Classification has refused a certificate for Hate Crime, a home invasion horror about a Jewish family tormented by a group of cyrstal meth crazed neo-Nazi lunatics during a birthday celebration. Now director James Cullen Bressack has responded to the ban, and an article from […]
DVD Review – American Ghost Story (2015)
American Ghost Story, 2015. Directed by Joseph O’Brien. Starring David Hayter, Maria del Mar, Casey Hudecki, Frank Moore, Amanda Joy Lim, Adrienne Kress and Shara Kim. SYNOPSIS: A trio of kidnappers delivering their hostages to their boss take a detour along a deserted highway and incur the wrath of the demonic forces that dwell there. […]
DVD Review – Continuum [aka I’ll Follow You Down] (2013)
Continuum, 2013 Written and directed by Richie Mehta Starring Gillian Anderson, Haley Joel Osment, Victor Garber, Rufus Sewel, Susanna Fournier SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home. Time travel […]