Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Joey King, Sela Ward, Vivica A. Fox, Angelababy, Nicolas Wright, Travis Tope, Judd Hirsch, and Deobia Opare. SYNOPSIS: Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with […]
Movie Review – The Colony (2015)
The Colony, 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Watson, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Michael Nyqvist, Jeanne Werner, Martin Wuttke and August Zirner. SYNOPSIS: After the 1973 Chilean coup d’état against President Salvador Allende, a young German political activist is kidnapped, and deported to the sealed-off hamlet ‘Colonia Dignidad.’ His wife voluntarily enters the […]
Star Trek: Beyond Awful Marketing
Tony Black on the marketing campaign for Star Trek Beyond… So did you notice this week that a third, albeit fairly brief trailer for Star Trek Beyond went online? Probably not. If you’re in the UK, you’ve been too busy watching Game of Thrones or England disgrace themselves in Europe in more ways than one, […]
Marvel Television’s San Diego Comic-Con plans revealed
We know that Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are set to feature as part of Marvel Studios’ Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con next month, and now Marvel Television has released details of its full line-up, which includes the first ever appearance from the cast of Luke Cage. Here’s the […]
TV Review – Orange Is the New Black Season 4
Kirsty Capes reviews Orange Is the New Black season 4… Where to even begin with season 4 of Orange Is the New Black? The credits rolled on that final episode, LP’s uplifting track Muddy Waters permeating the visual of Samira Wiley’s character Poussey Washington looking over the Hudson River, turning to the camera and breaking the fourth […]
AMC renews Preacher for a second season
Following strong ratings which has been it as the #2 new series on cable, AMC has announced that it has renewed Preacher for a thirteen-episode second second, which will get underway next year. “Preacher is a special television program and we’re eager to share with fans the rest of this wild first season and, now, an […]
The Legends of Tomorrow to encounter Albert Einstein in season 2
TV Line is reporting that the Legends of Tomorrow are set to encounter the legendary theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in the second season of The CW’s time-travelling Arrowverse spinoff. “Look for the Legends crew to cross paths with a circa-1942 Albert Einstein in season 2, but they’re disillusioned to discover that the legendary scientist is […]
Tyne Daly joins Spider-Man: Homecoming
Despite the fact that filming is well underway, Spider-Man: Homecoming continues to add to its cast, with Tyne Daly – best known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey – signing on to appear in the Marvel and Sony reboot. As with the rest of the newcomers to […]
Video Game Review – Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival
Scott Watson reviews Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival… Nostalgia – a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time. When Dino Dini’s Kick Off […]
James Cameron critiques Star Wars: The Force Awakens, felt it lacked “visual imagination”
He may have shifted Avatar 2 to avoid Star Wars: Episode VIII, but it seems that James Cameron wasn’t overly impressed by Disney’s take on Star Wars, with the filmmaker suggesting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens lacked “visual imagination” and that “the jury’s out” on the Sequel Trilogy. “I don’t want to say too much about the […]
