20th Century Fox’s box office ambitions for Deadpool have taken a bit of a blow, with news that the X-Men spinoff has been denied a release in China owing to its graphic violence, nudity and bad language. The Hollywood Reporter notes that China’s censorship authorities often work alongside the Hollywood studios to create “cleaned up” […]
Heroes Reborn Episode 12 Review – ‘Company Woman’
Tai Freligh reviews the twelfth and penultimate episode of Heroes Reborn, ‘Company Woman’… So this week’s episode of Heroes Reborn was the last one before the season finale (and no, there won’t be another season of HR as confirmed by NBC) and I really wanted it to be chock-full of action and adventure. Entitled ‘Company Woman’, […]
Dredd sequel petition shifts gears, now calling for TV series
For the past few years, fans have been campaigning for a sequel to Dredd, the 2012 big screen reboot of the iconic 2000AD character Judge Dredd, which has earned the support of close to 140,000 signatures, not to mention the film’s stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. Well, with a movie sequel looking no closer to a […]
Blu-ray Review – Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
Aaaaaaaah!, 2015. Directed by Steve Oram. Starring Steve Oram, Toyah Wilcox, Noel Fielding, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lucy Honigman, Julian Barratt, Tom Meeten and Holli Dempsey. SYNOPSIS: I’m not sure… A quick look at the detailed plot synopsis above won’t give away anything but it also says a lot about Steve Oram’s directorial debut, because Aaaaaaaah! – […]
High School Musical cast to reunite for 10 year anniversary telecast
The Disney Channel has announced that it will celebrate the 10th anniversary of High School Musical by reuniting the cast for a special telecast of the movie. Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman will all feature in segments reflecting on their experience on the films, while Zac Efron will share a […]
Full list of winners from the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced the winners of the 2016 Critics Choice Awards last night. Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight named Best Picture, but the night belonged to Mad Max: Fury Road, which picked up nine gongs, including Best Director for George Miller. On the small screen side of things, there […]
Kylo Ren is an Undercover Boss on Starkiller Base in Saturday Night Live sketch
Over the weekend, Adam Driver hosted the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, during which he featured in a sketch where he revisited his Star Wars: The Force Awakens character Kylo Ren, as the Master of the Knights of Ren took part in Undercover Boss, posing as Matt the Radar Technician to find out how […]
Ride Along 2 races to top of US box office
Buddy cop comedy Ride Along 2 has ended Star Wars‘ month-long dominance of the US box office. The sequel to the 2014 hit, with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, raced to the top of the charts in its opening weekend. It knocked The Force Awakens into third place with a strong debut of $34 million. […]
Blu-ray Review – Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, 1970. Directed by Russ Meyer. Starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Duncan McLeod, Michael Blodgett, Erica Gavin, Phyllis Davis, Edy Williams, Harrison Page, David Gurian, Jim Inglehart, Charles Napier. SYNOPSIS: An all-girl rock band arrive in Hollywood with dreams of stardom but find themselves sucked into […]
Straight Outta Compton producer talks ‘white washing’ Oscar nominations, “we have to do better”
The Oscar nominations once again reared the Twitter trend of #OscarsSoWhite, noting that very few of the nominations were for people of colour. Straight Outta Compton producer Will Packer took to Facebook to write this empassioned speech asking for the Hollywood industry to “do better” in bringing more work from filmmakers of colour. “But who […]
