The Burning (El Ardor), 2014. Directed by Pablo Fendrik. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Diaz, Claudio Tolcachir, Jorge Sesan, Ivan Steinhardt, Julian Tello and Lautaro Vilo. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer after mercenaries murder her father and take over his […]
Hannibal Season 3 – Episode 10 Review
Ricky Church reviews the tenth episode of Hannibal season 3… ‘And The Woman Clothed In The Sun’ was another great addition to Hannibal‘s final season and the continuing hunt for the Tooth Fairy. It stayed true to the original story in Red Dragon yet also found room to be inventive and take liberties with the source […]
Blu-ray Review – Blame It on Rio (1984)
Blame It on Rio, 1984. Directed by Stanley Donen. Starring Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper and José Lewgoy. SYNOPSIS: A married middle-aged man begins an affair with his best friend’s teenage daughter whilst on holiday in Rio. Michael Caine is an unusual choice for a romantic lead but Blame It […]
Movie Review – Pixels (2015)
Pixels. 2015 Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Brian Cox, Sean Bean and Jane Krakowski. SYNOPSIS: When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games. Another year goes by and […]
Wonder Woman enlists Oscar-winning VFX supervisor
As Warner Bros. gears up to go into production on Wonder Woman this autumn, Variety is reporting that the film has enlisted an Oscar-winning VFX supervisor in Bill Westenhofer. Westenhofer and his team at Rhythm and Hues Studios received the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual effects for both The Golden Compass and Life of […]
Ice Age 5 titled Ice Age: Collision Course
20th Century Fox has revealed the title for the fifth instalment in its and Blue Sky Studios’ CG-animated Ice Age series, with Deadline reporting that the film is going by the name Ice Age: Collision Course. Accompanying the title reveal is news that the film has been pushed back a week to July 22nd 2016, […]
UPDATE: Fantastic Four clobbered at the box office, opens behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
It was predicted on Friday, and now it’s official: 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four has been clobbered at the North American box office, pulling in just $26.2 million on its debut weekend to place second behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on $29.4 million. SEE ALSO: Josh Trank places blame for poor Fantastic […]
Movie Review – The Runner (2015)
The Runner, 2015. Written and Directed Austin Stark. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Wendell Pierce and Bryan Batt. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Whether they […]
Katey Sagal says original cast are up for Married… with Children spinoff
During the premiere of Vacation, Married… with Children star David Faustino spoke about the long-rumoured spinoff to the hit Fox sitcom, suggesting that the original cast were keen to appear alongside him in the planned Bud Bundy series. Well, speaking a the Television Critics Assocation panel for The Bastard Executioner, Faustino’s on-screen mother Katey Sagal […]
To Live and Die in TV
Moments before Frank Underwood became President in House of Cards, it happened. It happened at the end of the second season of Hannibal too. Suffice to say, this brief article will spoil up to (but not including) the third season of both Hannibal and House of Cards. I have a sneaking suspicion that it’ll happen […]
