It was a big night for the German comedy-drama Toni Erdmann at the 2016 European Film Awards last night, with the film collecting five awards in Best European Film, Best European Director and Screenwriter (Maren Ade), Best European Actress (Sandra Huller) and Best European Actor (Peter Simonischek). “It’s the first time a film made by […]
The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One tracking massive global opening, major cameos rumoured, Star Wars: Episode VIII title possibly revealed and more
Gary Collinson rounds up all the latest Star Wars news ahead of Rogue One’s release this coming week… Well, here we are. The next time you read a Week in Star Wars, we’ll have a brand new Star Wars movie! Yes, following its premiere on Saturday night, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story rolls out around […]
Ryan Reynolds wants to convince Hugh Jackman to do a Deadpool/Wolverine movie
Hugh Jackman is set to hang up the claws after 15 years of playing Wolverine with the release of Logan in March, meaning the only time we’ll have seen his character sharing the screen with the Merc with a Mouth was in 2009’s forgettable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Well, now that Fox has got the Deadpool […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Visions and Voices’
Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Mid-season finales. It’s that time of year. If you watch any major series that airs around this time of year you’ll know the drill. The last episode before Christmas essentially sets up the back end of the season. The major characters have been […]
Transformers star Isabela Moner joins Sicario sequel Soldado
Casting continues on Lionsgate’s Sicario sequel Soldado, with Deadline reporting that Transformers: The Last Knight star Isabela Moner has joined the film, which is being directed by Stefano Sollima (Gomorra) from a script by Taylor Sheridan. Moner is set to portray the daughter of a drug cartel leader who becomes the centre of Matt (Josh […]
Trolls director developing Puff the Magic Dragon live-action/animated hybrid movie
Fox Animation is in development on a movie adaptation of Peter, Paul and Mary’s 1963 folk song Puff, the Magic Dragon, with Trolls helmer Mike Mitchell attached to direct a live-action/animation hybrid feature. Puff, the Magic Dragon tells of an ageless dragon called Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a young boy who grows up […]
Can Superhero Movies Be More Than Superhero Movies?
Henry Bevan on whether superhero movies can be more than just superhero movies… When the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer superhero landed on the web, it seemed Marvel had delivered their promise to make this Spidey flick a teen movie. Until the Vulture appeared and it swerved into the required superhero CGI action. The difference was — […]
Video Game Review – Z-Exemplar on PC Steam
Villordsutch reviews Z-Exemplar on the Steam… Back in 1987 Irem released a side-scrolling shooter called R-Type upon the arcade houses across the world, and this caused Gaming Waves that are still being felt today. It was a glorious game, with swarms of enemies, bosses so huge and grotesque that they were in fact morbidly beautiful at the […]
The 5 Best TV Shows of 2016
Samuel Brace with the five best TV shows of 2016… 2016 has been an odd year for television. Netflix has continued its ascension, the golden age has dissipated, and all the trends of 2015 have repeated and progressed. But there is still no doubt TV has figured things out while film simply has not. TV […]
Rogue’s Gallery: Star Wars actor Ben Mendelsohn’s greatest villains
With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story imminent, Sean Wilson explores the litany of memorable bad guys from Orson Krennic actor Ben Mendelsohn… There are many reasons to be intergalactically excited about the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, not least because it will reveal the events leading up to Darth Vader’s majestic […]
