Tickled, 2016. Directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve. SYNOPSIS: Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. Before going into Tickled, I was aware only of the controversy […]
Movie Review – The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
The Childhood of a Leader,2015. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin. SYNOPSIS: Against the backdrop of the end of World War I, a young boy is growing up in a shabby mansion in the French countryside. His American father is heavily involved in peace treaty […]
Clue is getting another movie adaptation
Back in 1985, board game Clue – or Cluedo as its known here in the UK – got a feature film adaptation starring Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean that didn’t fare too well at the box office, but became somewhat of a cult classic on video. Well now it looks like 20th Century […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration… Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration issue is a collectors piece. Anyone who has picked up their IDW Star Trek comic book or looked at it on their eReader and the first thing they’ve said before they even open a page is, “Wow!”, this is for you. […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #11 – Sim City
One day you’re fighting international terrorists who stole from right under your noses a high-tech, aircraft carrier – in Carrier Command – and the next you contemplating whether you should be building a residential area so close to a coal burning power station. The worries of a ZX Spectrum gamer! In the Your Sinclair Top 100 today […]
Rian Johnson shares photo from the Star Wars: Episode VIII edit
Rian Johnson has shared the first image from the edit of Star Wars: Episode VIII – although it doesn’t really show an awful lot. The director shared the image via Instagram with the post, “day one!” Check it out below: Day one! A photo posted by Rian Johnson (@riancjohnson) on Aug 15, 2016 at 7:15pm […]
Movie Review – Cosmos (2015)
Cosmos, 2015. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring: Sabine Azéma, Jean-Francois Balmer, Jonathan Genet and Johan Libéreau. SYNOPSIS: Cosmos follows two young men who arrive at a family-run guesthouse in rural France. Their anticipation of a few days peace and quiet is undermined by a variety of sinister occurrences. Do all these signs comprise a portent […]
UPDATE: Jared Leto says “f*ck ’em” to Warner Bros., reportedly felt “tricked” into Suicide Squad
Jared Leto has again distanced himself from Suicide Squad, reportedly telling fans at a Q&A that he was “sort of tricked” into the movie and about his general unhappiness about having scenes cut. An excerpt from a Jared Leto Tumblr fansite report from Camp Mars (via Batman-News) reads “He was very honest about the film this […]
FX orders sci-fi comedy pilot Singularity from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sonny Lee
Deadline is reporting that following a bidding war, FX has snapped up the sci-fi comedy project Singularity, placing a pilot order for the show, which has been developed by Sonny Lee (Silicon Valley) and producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Preacher). Based on an idea by Lee, the pilot is reportedly similar in tone to […]
Shakespeare-inspired psychological thriller A Midsummer’s Nightmare revived by Lifetime
Deadline is reporting that Lifetime has revived its plans for A Midsummer’s Nightmare, a psychological thriller take on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is being produced by Jeff Kwatinez (Royal Pains) and Josh Barry (Salem) from a script by Anthony Jaswinski (The Shallows). The first season of the anthology series is described as […]
