Luke Owen looks at Adam Sandler’s latest box office bomb… “It’s the cinematic equivalent of receiving a supermarket brand deodorant gift set on Christmas morning: you don’t want it, you’ll never use it, and frankly, it stinks.” – Chris Blohm, Little White Lies “Some movies are so interminable that it seems they might never end, […]
2015 Awards Race: Spotlight championed as Best Picture by Boston and Los Angeles Film Critics
Robert Kojder looks at the 2015 Awards Race… If you have been following along with my awards race musings, Spotlight taking home some major wins should not come as much of a surprise. I told you not to count this one out. despite the National Board of Review hailing Mad Max: Fury Road as the […]
Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 12 Review – ‘Hell Bent’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 12 – ‘Hell Bent’… The General – The Hybrid is a creature thought to be crossbred from two warrior races. Doctor – Which races? The General – The Daleks and the Time Lords it is supposed. Doctor – Oh, it must be well hard, then. With an already quite […]
Marvel announces Disney Kingdoms limited series The Haunted Mansion
Marvel Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering have announced The Haunted Mansion #1, a new Disney Kingdoms limited series from Joshua Williamson (Illuminati, Ghosted) and Jorge Coelho (Loki: Agent of Asgard, Polarity). “There are running themes throughout the whole series that we’re going to be doing, but I think when people read all five issues, I want them to have that […]
Jar Jar Binks and Ewoks will NOT be in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Well this should come as a surprise to literally no one, but Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that some of the most hated characters in the Star Wars Saga will not be present for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “Jar Jar is definitely not in the movie. Ewoks are not in the movie.” Kennedy joked when […]
Anthony Russo says it’s “possible” for the Defenders to appear in Avengers: Infinity War
With a reported budget of $1 billion, Marvel and Disney appear to be throwing everything and the kitchen sink into Avengers: Infinity War. Many have speculated that this full-on war will bring together The Avengers universe with Guardians of the Galaxy and the Netflix series Defenders – made up of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage […]
Stephen Amell says The Joker could show up in Arrow
During a Q&A session at Heroes & Villains Fan Fest, Arrow‘s Stephen Amell was asked about the possibility of other DC characters – specifically The Joker – crossing over into the television series for appearances. “Well, I mean, the short answer is yes, of course,” Amell answered. “Within the DC Universe, if they are in the DC Universe, if […]
BFI Review – A Room with a View (1985)
A Room with a View, 1985. Directed by James Ivory. Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis, Fabia Drake, Patrick Godfrey, Rupert Graves, Joan Henley and Rosemary Leach. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, Lucy, falls for a man while in Florence. Returning home, she is due to marry another until she realises that the Florentine romance is due to […]
Quentin Tarantino offers update on Kill Bill Vol. 3
Quentin Tarantino has been talking about the possibility of completing Kill Bill as a trilogy. Fans have expressed a desire (along with Tarantino himself) for a Kill Bill Vol. 3 that would see the daughter of Vivica A. Fox’s character enacting revenge on The Bride, finishing off a seemingly destined fate of “What comes around, goes […]
J.J. Abrams confirms no post-credit scene for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Earlier today at a press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams stated that the hotly anticipated next entry into the worldwide revered saga contains no post-credits sequence whatsoever. There isn’t even a middle-credits stinger. Basically, once the movie is over, you can feel free to leave the theater, provided sticking around […]
