Tracy Morgan is set for a return to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that the comedian is set to star in a new pilot for FX Networks, which has been co-written by Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) and John Carcieri (Eastbound & Down). The pilot follows “a career criminal (Morgan) who is released from prison […]
7 badass tracks from Ennio Morricone’s The Hateful Eight score
Sean Wilson breaks down the Oscar nominated score for Quentin Tarantino’s blood-splattered epic… Proud recipient of an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe, Ennio Morricone’s spine-tingling score for Quentin Tarantino’s Western opus The Hateful Eight is rich with a sense of menace and paranoia. Morricone’s first Western soundtrack in over 30 years is also the first commissioned […]
Mad Max: Fury Road and 45 Years take top honours at the 2016 London Critics’ Circle Awards
It was another good night for Mad Max: Fury Road at the 36th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards tonight, with the action extravaganza picking up Film of the Year and Director of the Year (George Miller), while Tom Hardy was also named British/Irish Actor of the Year for his work in Fury Road, Legend, The […]
Jon Bernthal discusses his role as The Punisher in Daredevil season 2
With rumours swirling that Netflix is in development on his own solo series, Jon Bernthal has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about his upcoming role as Frank Castle – a.k.a. The Punisher – in the second season of Marvel’s Daredevil. “He’s a man who put his on the line and really went through the ultimate […]
Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “biggest X-Men film we’ve ever done”
It’s a big year for 20th Century Fox and its superhero movies. First up out of the gate is the R-rated Deadpool, followed by Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men adventure X-Men: Apocalypse – the first instalment in the “rebooted” timeline following the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. During a fan Q&A, writer-producer Simon Kinberg […]
The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman says Negan is “an atomic bomb that’s going to be dropped on the show”
During the season 6B prologue for The Walking Dead, we got our first mention of Negan, the hit zombie drama’s new big bad, who is set to be playing by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) [watch the prologue here]. As fans of the comic book will know, Negan will have a major impact on the world […]
Eye-Popping: The Year’s Best Visuals – The Revenant
Anghus Houvouras on the visuals of The Revenant… It’s hard to argue just how important technology has been come to the cinematic process. We’re living in an era where cinematographers can create mind-blowing visual set pieces through a combination of what is captured in the camera, then seamlessly integrated in post production creating amazing, eye-popping […]
Ridley Scott says Alien: Covenant will be “pretty hard R”
As Ridley Scott gears up to go into production on his Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant, the filmmaker spoke to Coming Soon about the project at the Golden Globes, stating that he is shooting for a “hard R” with the film, and is looking to top the chestburster scene in Alien with something […]
BFI Review – Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction, 1994. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Rosanna Arquette. SYNOPSIS: Three stories play out in expert fashion in LA, with drugs, money and guns all at play in Quentin Tarantino’s incredible second film. It truly is a testament to Pulp […]
Movie Review – Band of Robbers (2016)
Band of Robbers, 2016. Written and Directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee. Starring Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress, Daniel Edward Mora, Eric Christian Olsen, Johnny Pemberton, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, and Stephen Lang. SYNOPSIS: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure […]