Last week Warner Bros. sent the internet into a frenzy – again – with its latest casting on the Man of Steel sequel as Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) was announced as the latest actor to portray Superman’s arch-enemy Lex Luthor on the big screen. Now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed some behind-the-scenes details […]
Arrow executive producer says more DC Universe surprises to come this season
With its second season, The CW’s hit superhero show Arrow has already taken huge strides in expanding its ‘DC Universe’, introducing the likes of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), The Black Canary (Caity Lotz), Sin (Bex Taylor-Klaus), Brother Blood (Kevin Alejandro), Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai-White), Solomon Grundy (Graham Shiels), The Dollmaker (Michael Eklund), Anthony Ivo (Dylan […]
Matt Damon has seen the new Batsuit and knows the Batman vs. Superman plot
Despite it’s recent high-profile delay until the summer of 2016, the much-anticipated Batman vs. Superman film is still getting a huge chunk of publicity. With last week’s controversial casting of both Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred getting many a column written, as well as the cryptic tweets from Dwayne Johnson […]
More names testing for The Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom undergoing a sex change?
After the recent “controversy” over the plot and casting of the Fantastic Four reboot, for which our very own site received a nasty email from a legal team representing 20th Century Fox over certain changes to the characters’ origins [see story here], the studio behind the new version haven’t let it keep them down in […]
Comic Book Review – The Twilight Zone #2
Luke Owen reviews The Twilight Zone #2… Wall Street magnate Trevor Richmond has succeeded in finding a way to avoid going to prison for embezzling millions from investors. He has a new life, a new name, a new face and a new past. No one can ever come looking for him. It’s everything he could […]
The Evolving Princess: The Progressive Feminism in Disney Films: Part One – Snow White
In the first of a three-part feature, Jackson Ball looks at the evolving Disney Princess… It is hard to see how young children could be “prepared” for women’s liberation by reading fairy tales; an analysis of those fairy tales that children actually read indicates instead that they serve to acculturate women to traditional social roles. […]
The Following Season 2 – Episode 3 Review
Matt Smith reviews the third episode of The Following season 2… Some say that behind every great man, is a great woman. With the obvious implications the following question hints at, what happens when the great women turns out to be not so great and in fact goes against everything you stand for? That’s quite […]
Woody Allen Wednesdays – Shadows and Fog & Sleeper
Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]
Second Opinion – That Awkward Moment (2014)
That Awkward Moment, 2014. Written and Directed by Tom Gormican.Starring Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, and Mackenzie Davis. SYNOPSIS: Three best friends find themselves where we’ve all been – at that confusing moment in every dating relationship when you have to decide “So…where is this going?” Haters gonna hate, but it’s […]
Movie Review – RoboCop (2014)
RoboCop, 2014. Directed by José Padilha.Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: Police officer Alex Murphy suffers horrific injuries in an explosion and is rebuilt and part-robot, part-man in a bid to combat growing levels of crime in Detroit. But RoboCop is […]