While the X-Men may appear out of bounds given 20th Century Fox’s success with the franchise, there’s been a lot of speculation from fans as to whether Marvel’s First Family could find themselves back home at Marvel Studios at some point, particularly following 2015’s disastrous Fantastic Four reboot.Seeing Mister Fantastic and company alongside Earth’s Mightiest […]
Movie Review – Gold (2016)
Gold, 2016.Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Bill Camp, Joshua Harto, Timothy Simons, Craig T Nelson, Stacy Keach, and Bruce Greenwood.SYNOPSIS:GOLD is the story of Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey), a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells […]
Movie Review – Christine (2016)
Christine, 2016. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, Timothy Simons, J. Smith-Cameron and Kim Shaw. SYNOPSIS: The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career. On July 15th 1974, Christine Chubbuck – a newsreader […]
Interview: Simon Barrett talks Blair Witch backlash, the challenges of writing a sequel and more
Luke Owen gets on the phone with writer Simon Barrett…Last year I spoke with Adam Wingard just a couple of months after his project The Woods had been revealed as a sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project and a few weeks before the film was released [read that interview here]. At the time Wingard […]
Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed: Templars #9
Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed: Templars #9…With the reality of his situation now almost preternaturally clear to Dre, there is only one possible course of action… he needs to get away from Abstergo.With no clue how to do this, he lets his instincts take over, and finds that he has hidden depths he never knew […]
Are we still interested in Unbreakable 2?
Anghus Houvouras on whether there’s still interest in an Unbreakable sequel…In the year 2000 there might not have been a bigger M. Night Shyamalan fan than yours truly. The Sixth Sense was a sucker punch of a movie; I didn’t see the quality or the cultural zeitgeist coming. I remember buying a ticket with zero […]
Rumour: Marvel casts Cloak and Dagger for Freeform series
With Freeform reportedly set to go into production on Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger next month, it seems we may have our two leads for the straight-to-series show, with MCU Exchange reporting that Noah Gray-Cabey (Heroes) and Debby Ryan (Jessie) have been cast as Tyrone ‘Ty’ Johnson and Tandy Bowen.Meanwhile, The Hashtag Show claims to have […]
Movie Review – iBoy (2017)
iBoy, 2017.Directed by Adam Randall. Starring Bill Millner, Maisie Williams, Miranda Richardson and Rory Kinnear.SYNOPSIS:When geeky Tom (Bill Milner) discovers his friend Lucy (Maisie Williams) being viciously attacked, the thugs turn their attention to him and he’s badly beaten up. As he recovers, he learns that fragments from his mobile phone are embedded in his […]
Movie Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2017.Written and Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, William Levy, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Rola, Ever Anderson, and Ruby Rose.SYNOPSIS:Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be […]
UK film production hits record high
The UK film industry is going from strength to strength — the nation acting as a hub for some of the world’s biggest blockbusters with franchises like Star Wars being filmed on its shores. And the strength of the UK’s production sector has now driven spending to new highs according to BFI’s annual statistic report. […]
