House of Cards star Molly Parker has signed on to play the female lead of Maureen Robinson in Netflix’s upcoming remake of the classic TV sci-fi Lost in Space. Parker joins a cast that includes Toby Stephens (Black Sails) as Maureen’s husband and expedition leader John Robinson, with Maxwell Jenkins (Sense8) and Taylor Russell (Falling Skies) as […]
Movie Review – Masterminds (2016)
Masterminds, 2016.Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis.SYNOPSIS:A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those plans fell through due […]
Why is everyone so upset about the live-action Lion King remake?
Luke Owen looks at the backlash to Disney’s live-action Lion King remake…Since Tim Burton re-imagined Alice in Wonderland in a live-action format in 2010 to an incredible box office return (the film earned over $1 billion), Disney have their new mission statement: re-telling animated classics for a new generation in live-action. This success continued with 2014’s Maleficent […]
Video Game Review – Destiny: Rise of Iron
Scott Watson reviews Destiny: Rise of Iron… I know to many that Destiny is very much a marmite game. You either love the grind or you don’t. What I don’t think can ever be argued is the quality of the gunplay the game provides through its environments, enemies and challenges. Rise of Iron may not […]
J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon
Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal.There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now the […]
American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 3 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the third episode of American Horror Story season 6… Season 6 continues, and we are now falling in to the familiarity of the My Roanoke Nightmare premise of this latest offering from American Horror Story. It’s clear that the show-within-a-show format is here to stay, to my dismay as you’ll know if you’ve read […]
Simone Missick will return as Misty Knight for Marvel’s The Defenders
With Luke Cage set to arrive on Netflix in a few short hours, actress Simone Missick has revealed that we’ll be seeing more of Misty Knight next year, as she’ll be reprising the role for Marvel’s big team-up The Defenders.“I believe I’m safe to say that I will be on The Defenders,” said Missick during […]
Winston Duke joins Marvel’s Black Panther as villain Man-Ape
Marvel’s Black Panther has added another villain to its ranks, with Variety reporting that Person of Interest star Winston Duke is set to play the character of M’Baku, a.k.a. Man-Ape.Created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, M’Baku made his comic book debut in Avengers #62 in 1969 and is one of Wakanda’s most powerful warriors, […]
Movie Review – Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Deepwater Horizon, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriquez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. By all accounts, it would have been far easier for […]
Movie Review – Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Kickboxer: Vengeance, 2016. Directed by John Stockwell. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Sara Malakul Lane, T.J. Storm, Gina Carano, George St-Pierre, Matthew Ziff and Sam Medina. SYNOPSIS: A martial arts fighter seeks revenge after his brother is killed in the ring. It’s been a long time coming and now it is finally […]
