Graeme Robertson continues his series looking at directors who damaged their careers; next up is George Lucas… This entry may raise a few eyebrows among readers, with some of you possibly saying “but George Lucas is a successful director” or “George Lucas created Star Wars, how did he damage his career?” The answer can be summed up […]
John Hurt, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn and Kristin Scott Thomas join Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour, synopsis released
Back in April it was announced that Gary Oldman is set to play British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, and now it has been announced that Focus Features and Working Title that the Joe Wright-directed drama is set for release on November 24th in the U.S., followed by a U.K. release on December 29th. […]
UPDATE: Angela Lansbury reportedly set for Game of Thrones season 7
Last week it was announced that Jim Broadbent has joined the cast of Game of Thrones, and now comes word that another British acting legend may have signed on to appear in the seventh season of HBO’s epic fantasy series.According to a report from German news website Bild (via GamesRadar), Murder She Wrote star Angela […]
Netflix renews Narcos for third and fourth seasons
Coming hot on the heels of the release of season two, Netflix has announced that it has renewed the hit crime drama Narcos for two additional seasons, which will see José Padilha (Elite Squad, RoboCop) and Eric Newman (Children of Men) continuing to serve as executive producers. Check out the announcement video here… The first […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘Goodbye Beautiful’
Mark Clark reviews the ninth episode of Ray Donovan season 4… If this was a movie Ray would be deep in the mire of Act 2 – where everything has gone to hell. As it happens that’s pretty much where he’s going, and he’s not going alone. And apologies to Ray et al, but I’m […]
MiniDOOM, the fan made DOOM game that takes Hell into 2D
DOOM from id Software has been making a mess across people’s monitors and television screens now for over twenty years. Just this year we witnessed the latest bloody chapter from Bethesda Softworks [you can read our review of that here] and now a fan made game has surfaced upon the web and it’s taken DOOM into the […]
Stephen Amell “would not be upset” if Green Arrow was recast in the DC Extended Universe
Despite speaking out in support of Grant Gustin when it was announced that Ezra Miller would be portraying Barry Allen in the DC Extended Universe, Stephen Amell has revealed that he “would not be upset” if another actor portrayed Oliver Queen on the big screen – although he’s heard that there are no plans to […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016.Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones.SYNOPSIS:A small group of resistance fighters undertake a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, head of security in Czechoslovakia and number three in Hitler’s chain of command. Based on true events from World War II.The poster’s a giveaway but, […]
Exclusive interview with Sean Ellis, director of Anthropoid
Anthropoid, the true story of the mission to assassinate Hitler’s third in command, Reinhard Heydrich, arrives in cinemas this week [read our review here]. Freda Cooper talked to its director, Sean Ellis, about the film and how it sheds light on a lesser known corner of World War II history.On the 27th of May 1942, […]
Ron Howard on bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the screen
After spending years developing the project, producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are now less than half a year away from realising their dream of bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the big screen. However, as we’ve seen and heard, director Nikolaj Arcel’s film is not going to be a direct adaptation of King’s fantasy […]
