Walt Disney Pictures’ Zootopia has continued its fine box office run, cracking the $900 million mark this weekend as its pushes its worldwide haul to $907 million and counting. Zootopia is the highest-grossing movie of the year so far, and Disney’s third biggest animated movie of all time behind Frozen ($1.276 billion) and The Lion King […]
Going Against the Critical Grain: When Expressing An Opinion Takes Bravery
Sean Wilson explores the difficulties writers face when their opinion flies in the face of the popular consensus… Film journalists such as myself frequently get slammed for daring to criticise a movie we hated: we didn’t make it, we had no idea of the stress involved in organising a small army of cast and technicians […]
Sigourney Weaver says Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie “will be worth the wait”
Last year, it was announced that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp would be relaunching the Alien franchise with a fifth instalment that would see Sigourney Weaver back as Ripley – and potentially alongside her Aliens co-star Michael Biehn as Hicks. The project really seemed to be picking up steam, until Ridley Scott decided to bring […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist (76050) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist… With Captain America: Civil War launching Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it opens in UK cinemas this coming Friday, LEGO has unleashed three tie-in sets as part of its Marvel Super Heroes theme: Super Hero Airport Battle (76051), Black Panther Pursuit […]
A New Lore: Are Podcasts TV’s Next Goldmine?
Tony Black on whether podcasts are TV’s next goldmine… The fascinating announcement this week that Gale Ann Hurd, longtime producing partner of James Cameron and most recently one of the spearheading forces of the massively successful The Walking Dead franchise, is intending to produce a live-action anthology series out of Lore, one of the most […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 4 Review – ‘Innocent Might Be A Bit Of A Stretch’
Kris Wall reviews the fourth episode of Banshee season 4… We’re at the halfway point of Banshee’s final run now, and I’ll be honest I’m getting a little worried. While I have nothing but faith in this creative team, the pace of these final episodes has been so relentless that nothing is being given time […]
The Captain America Movie You Haven’t Seen (And Probably Don’t Want To)
This week Neil Calloway looks at a forgotten Marvel comic book film from 1990… With the release next week of Captain America: Civil War, it’s time to look back when Marvel Films weren’t blockbuster event movies with bottomless budgets and huge all star casts. The 1990s were an odd time for superhero movies; the Batman […]
New Star Trek TV series to shoot in Toronto in September
CBS is set to boldly go to Toronto this September, with Pop Goes the News reporting that the network has booked out studio space for its new Star Trek series. The show “will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of […]
Karl Urban wants to bring Dredd to Netflix or Amazon
While 2012’s Dredd movie firmly established itself as a favourite among fans of the Mega-City One lawman (and with good reason, as it was excellent), the poor box office performance of the film meant that plans for a sequel were left in tatters. Over the past couple of years, the Bring Back Dredd campaign has been lobbying […]
PlayStation Neo, a Middle Finger to Fans & Future Customers
Samuel Brace on the PlayStation Neo… Earlier in the year, word started to come through via Kotaku, that Sony are working on a new PlayStation, not a PS5, but an interstitial, a half step, a PS4.5. On the 18th, Giant Bomb sources confirmed details of the new project, which has been given the name ‘Neo’. […]
