These Final Hours, 2013 Written and directed by Zak Hilditch Starring Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Katheryn Beck, Daniel Henshall, Jessica De Gouw, Lynette Curran SYNOPSIS: A self-obsessed young man makes his way to the party-to-end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship […]
Looking Back on the Summer Blockbusters of 2015
Matthew Lee takes a look back at the summer blockbusters of 2015… Last year, Forbes reported that last summer’s box office was down by a whopping $1.223 billion. Hollywood executives were undoubtedly shitting themselves. This was significantly more problematic considering last year’s summer held a number great critical surprises; Guardians of the Galaxy was a […]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1 Review
Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1… Shout! Factory has brought us full circle with their latest Mystery Science Theater 3000 release, taking us back to the first volume released way back when Rhino had the license for the series. MST3K Volume 1 includes the four movies included back then but tosses in […]
Film4 FrightFest 2015 Review – Banjo (2015)
Banjo, 2015 Written and directed by Liam Regan Starring James Hamer-Morton, Damien Morter, Dani Thompson, Vito Trigo, Clay von Carlowitz, Serena Chloe Gardner, Laurence R. Harvey, Dan Palmer, David Curtis SYNOPSIS: A young man becomes manipulated by his imaginary friend to exact revenge on his tormenting co-workers. Lifetime horror Liam Regan makes his directorial debut with […]
Film4 FrightFest 2015 Review – Most Likely to Die (2015)
Most Likely to Die, 2015 Directed by Anthony DiBlasi Starring Heather Morris, Chad Addison, Tess Christiansen, Ryan Doom, Marci Miller, Johnny Ramey, Jason Tobias, Tatum Miranda, Perez Hilton, Jake Busey SYNOPSIS: A group of former classmates gather for a pre-party at one of their homes the night before their 10-year high school reunion, and one by […]
Movie Review – No Escape (2015)
No Escape, 2015. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Sterling Jerins, and Claire Geare. SYNOPSIS: In Southeast Asia an American family get caught amidst a violent political uprising. Amongst the upheaval and unrest Jack (Owen Wilson) and Annie (Lake Bell) Dwyer spend forty-eight hours on the run. As protests […]
Andrew Garfield reflects on being Spider-Man
A few days ago we brought you some comments from Andrew Garfield about what Sony had in store for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 before the studio’s decision to reboot the series with Marvel Studios, and now Garfield has been speaking to Zaki’s Corner about his time as the wall-crawler, and what he might have learned […]
Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD
StudioCanal has announced that the wildly-successful Paddington has reached the 1 million sales mark in the quickest time ever for the distributor. Paddington reached the milestone of Blu-ray and DVD sales in just five months, and follows on from the film becoming StudioCanal’s highest-grossing cinema release of all time. It is also the fourth title […]
Nicholas Hoult to star as J.D. Salinger in Rebel in the Rye
Variety is reporting that Nicholas Hoult has signed on to play J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, in the upcoming biopic Rebel in the Rye. The film, which will be written and directed by Danny Strong (Empire), is based on Kenneth Slawenski’s biography J.D. Salinger: A Life and “will explore [Salinger’s] rebellious […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to shift $5 billion of merchandise in first year
We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to rake it in at the worldwide box office, with predictions of a $600 million + global opening weekend, and now analyst Tim Nollen has told The Hollywood Reporter that tie-in products for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster could pull in around $5 billion in sales […]
