After a somewhat troubled production, Paramount’s big-budget zombie epic World War Z went on to become one the surprise hits of the year, banking a hefty $540 million worldwide, and now the studio has secured a director for the follow-up, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona has signed on the helm the sequel. According […]
Safe House screenwriter in talks for Bad Boys 3
It looks like Will Smith and Martin Lawrence could be set to reunite for the third instalment in the action comedy franchise Bad Boys, with Deadline revealing that Safe House screenwriter David Guggenheim has entered talks with Sony Pictures about writing the script for Bad Boys 3. According to the site, Michael Bay – director […]
Comic Book Review – Spawn #238
Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #238… “Jim’s struggle to control his new life is put into perspective as Cogliostro reveals the secrets of the Dead Zone. From the temptations of Eden to the wars of today, the whole of human history has been tainted with conflict. While Cogliostro’s motives may not be clear, his first lesson […]
Martin Scorsese retiring soon?
Martin Scorsese is a legendary film-maker, having brought us so many undeniably great films over the years such as GoodFellas, The King of Comedy, The Departed, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Shutter Island… the list goes on and on. The director had a few words to say at the Marrakech Film Festival, in which he briefly said […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 1 Episode 10 Review
Anghus Houvouras reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… I’m giving the first half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a B-Minus. It’s a good, solid series that is still getting by on the potential of what it could be. The show is an awful lot like “Lola”, Coulson’s flying car. It’s a great idea […]
Movie Review – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, […]
Comic Book Review – Amazing X-Men #2
Robb Ghag reviews Amazing X-Men #2… “The X-Men, on the search for Nightcrawler, find themselves separated! Wolverine and Northstar are mysteriously in… heaven?! But where does that leave the rest of the team?” This comic is clearly a throwback to the old Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends animated series. Where else would you see flying […]
Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #26
Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #26… “Batman works to contain a swarm of genetically altered killer bats, as well as She-Bat and other humans who have been mutated into bat-people” First and foremost, this issue of Detective Comics has one of the most memorable covers to a Batman comic in recent history. Jason Fabok does […]
Nicolas Cage talks Superman Lives
This year saw Henry Cavill joining the likes of George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Tom Welling and Brandon Routh by donning the red cape as Superman for Zack Snyder’s reboot Man of Steel. However, had Tim Burton had his way, we’d also be adding Nicolas Cage to that list, with the pair both attached to a […]
Thoughts on the first trailer for Godzilla
Luke Owen gives his thoughts on the first trailer for Gareth Edward’s Godzilla…. Having grown up a fan of kaiju cinema, the wait for the Godzilla trailer has been almost excruciating. While other movies coming out in 2014 were flaunting their bright and bombastic trailers and announcements of sequels, the Godzilla camp over at Legendary […]