Luke Owen looks back at Red smegging Dwarf… With Red Dwarf back on TV screens once again [read our review of the first episode here], I’ve been revisiting one of my all-time favourite British sitcoms featuring the adventures of the last human alive David Lister, his evolved feline partner The Cat, mechanoid Kryten, holographic smeghead Rimmer […]
Movie Review – De Palma (2016)
De Palma, 2016 Directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life, work and influences behind the films of Brian De Palma Brian De Palma may be popular among cineliterate enthusiasts but he’s never had the same popularity elsewhere. When you list his movies, it’s easy to imagine audiences being taken aback […]
Comic Book Review – 2000 AD Prog #1999
Mark Allen reviews 2000 AD Prog #1999… The penultimate issue of 2000 AD’s second millennium rockets along, concluding many of the comic’s current storylines and offering a gloopy, cautionary Judge Dredd one-off. Most of the prog’s content is full of none-more-goth pessimism, from Jaegir: Warchild’s rabid child-monsters to both Scarlet Traces and Outlier’s world-shattering endings. […]
Nicolas Cage to star in thriller Looking Glass
Variety is reporting that Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the indie thriller Looking Glass, which is being helmed by music video and commercials director Dori Oskowitz from a script by Jerry Rapp (Mojave Phone Booth) and Matthew Wilder (Dog Eat Dog). The film will follow a couple “who, after experiencing a tragic […]
Archie to launch Reggie and Me ongoing series in December
Following hot on the heels of the blockbuster ‘New Riverdale’ re-launches Archie, Jughead, Betty & Veronica and Josie and the Pussycats, Archie Comics has announced Tom DeFalco, Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Jack Morelli are to look at the life of the handsome and hilarious Reggie Mantle with the December launch of the new ongoing […]
Bob Iger reveals that Disney is already planning Star Wars movies for 2021 and beyond
Are you sitting down? Because this one’s a real shocker… In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that while the Star Wars franchise has been mapped out through to 2020 – with annual releases including Rogue One, Episode VIII, Episode IX, Han Solo and an as-yet-unrevealed Anthology film – […]
Movie Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Since breaking out way back in 2001 with the […]
The Dark Tower TV series announced, will adapt Wizard and Glass
Coinciding with Stephen King’s 69th birthday today, Sony and Media Rights Capital – the production company behind the upcoming movie – have announced that the companion TV series to The Dark Tower is officially a go. EW is reporting that Sony and MRC have committed to financing a run of between 10 and 13 episodes […]
Gotham executive producer explains why they recast Poison Ivy
Back in June, Fox announced that it was recasting the role of Ivy Pepper / Poison Ivy for the third season of Gotham, with Maggie Geha (Ted 2) taking over the role played by Clare Foley in the first two seasons. In the show, Ivy will undergo her sudden aging thanks to one of Hugo […]
Interview: Uncharted and Firefly composer Greg Edmonson on the art of the soundtrack
Sean Wilson talks to the BAFTA-award-winning film, TV and video game composer about his celebrated soundtrack work… In today’s pop culture climate, no longer are composers limited to one genre or field of speciality. Increasingly our greatest musicians are diversifying across a host of different platforms, and one of the greatest is Greg Edmonson whose […]
