An Insignificant Man, 2016. Directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla Starring Arvind Kejriwal, Yogendra Yadav and Santosh Koli. SYNOPSIS: An enthralling documentary following the political career of activist Arvind Kejriwal around the 2013 Delhi election, and his battle with two long standing political parties in India, the world’s largest democracy. An Insignificant Man chronicles […]
Boom! Studios’ Polarity heading to the small screen
According to The Wrap, Boom! Studios’ comic book series Polarity is heading to the small screen, with Max Winkler and Matt Spicer penning a script for a pilot, which will be directed by Winkler. Created by Max Bemis, lead singer of Say Anything, Polarity follows Timothy Woods, “a bi-polar artist living in Brooklyn who discovers […]
Nicholas Hoult to play Nikola Tesla in The Current War
The Wrap is reporting that Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse) is in talks to play inventor Nikola Tesla in director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War. The film explores the feud between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as the two battle over the best way to power the United States. Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) is set to play […]
Green Day’s American Idiot reportedly greenlighted by HBO
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed to NME that their long-gestating movie adaptation of American Idiot has received the green light from HBO, and will see Armstrong reprising his role as St. Jimmy from the Broadway production. “That’s the plan right now, yeah,” said Armstrong. “We’ve got a green light from HBO, and the […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Original’
Tony Black reviews the first episode of Westworld… Given the end of Game of Thrones is a year or two at most away around the corner, HBO is banking a lot on Westworld to fill a void, not just of multi-million dollar, event series television, but also that heightened level of mythology and intrigue the […]
Luke Cage: Things That Worked and Things That Didn’t
Samuel Brace on what worked and what didn’t in Marvel’s Luke Cage… To see something through to the end with the energy and vigour with which one started is something quite rare indeed. Television is often blighted with this very problem, a lot of shows start off replete with quality but like buckets of water […]
Emily Mortimer joins Mary Poppins Returns
Variety is reporting that Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) has signed on to the cast of Mary Poppins Returns, and will play the now adult Jane Banks, who was one of the two children in the classic 1964 original. Mary Poppins Returns sees Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow) as the magical nanny alongside Meryl Streep (Into […]
TV adaptation of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in development
It looks like Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the latest movie in line for a TV adaptation, with THR reporting that Anonymous Content and Universal Cable Productions are developing a remake of the romantic drama. According to the site, Zev Borow (Chuck) is close to signing a deal […]
October Horrors Day 8 – Psycho (1960)
Psycho, 1960 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam and Janet Leigh SYNOPSIS: Marion Crane has just stolen thousands of dollars from her former employer in order to clear the debts of her soon-to-be-husband and build a new life for them. Making a quick getaway, Marion stops in at […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – La La Land (2016)
La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and J.K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: In Los Angeles, aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) works in the coffee shop on the Warner Brothers’ lot and goes to auditions. Jazz devotee and struggling musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) resorts to playing at weddings, parties […]
