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 Jesus shown […]
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 can […]
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 future […]
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 […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Through Imperial Eyes’
Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – ‘Through Imperial Eyes’… David Oyelowo is what you might think of as a ‘proper’ actor. He ran a theatre company alongside his wife and has starred in Oscar-worthy films. He’s the real deal, so we’re very lucky to have him in Star Wars Rebels. This week we’re even […]
The LEGO Batman Movie director on the appeal of a live-action Nightwing movie
Last week it was announced that director Chris McKay is set to follow-up his animated DC adventure The LEGO Batman Movie by making the jump to the live-action DC Extended Universe to bring Dick Grayson’s Nightwing to the big screen. And speaking to the Shanlian on Batman podcast (via Screen Rant), McKay has been chatting about […]
Keanu Reeves offers John Wick: Chapter 3 story idea
With John Wick: Chapter 2 having pulled in $125 million and counting around the globe, it looks all but assured that Keanu Reeves will be back to close out the trilogy, and speaking to Empire, the star has offered his thoughts on what he’s like to see from John Wick: Chapter 3:“I think the opening of […]
AMC believes The Walking Dead “will have a long life”
Although ratings for The Walking Dead have taken a bit of a tumble in its current seventh season, the hit zombie drama remains the number one rated show on TV in the key 18-49 demographic, and AMC is confident that there’s plenty of life left yet in the comic book adaptation.“The show continues to have […]
