Over the past two seasons, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has tied in to both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and despite the separation between Marvel’s film and television divisions, Clark Gregg expects that to continue this season as Phase Three gets underway with Captain America: Civil War. “That’s one of […]
Guardians of the Galaxy animated series gets a second season
During the New York Comic Con, Marvel has announced Disney XD has placed an order for a second season of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series, which is set to premiere in 2017. “We’re pleased to give fans another season of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, taking them deeper into the Guardians’ universe,” states […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – The Companion (2015)
The Companion, 2015. Directed by Pavel Giroud. Starring Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gomez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vila, Jorge Molina. SYNOPSIS As HIV swept the globe throughout the 1980s, Cuban officials sent patients to a military facility for supervision, allowing detainees out once a week in the presence of an official “companion” sent to accompany them. Former boxing […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Bigger Splash (2015)
A Bigger Splash, 2015 Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes SYNOPSIS: The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. From the lush opening moments of A Bigger Splash, acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino’s […]
Four new cast additions for Marvel’s Agent Carter season 2, including the villain Madame Masque
With production underway on the second season of Marvel’s Agent Carter, Entertainment Weekly has revealed four cast additions to ABC series. Wynn Everett (The Newsroom) is set to play Whitney Frost, a.k.a. Madame Masque, with Currie Graham (Raising the Bar) as Frost’s husband Calvin Chadwick, Lotte Verbeek (Outlander) as Edwin Jarvis’ wife Ana, and Reggie […]
Henry Cavill and Luke Evans join the cast of Sand Castle
The cast of war drama Sand Castle has swelled this week with news from Deadline that Henry Cavill and Luke Evans have joined Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse) in the film. Directed by Netflix’s Narcos helmer Fernando Coimbra, Sand Castle is based on the experiences of screenwriter Chris Roessner, who was a machine gunner in Iraq around 2003 […]
Rumour: Marvel Studios scrapping Inhumans movie
Yesterday it was announced that Marvel Studios had rejigged some of its Phase Three plans, adding Ant-Man and the Wasp as well as three as-yet-unrevealed titles, as well as shifting release dates for Black Panther and Captain Marvel. Now a rumour has emerged regarding another Phase Three movie, with Bleeding Cool suggesting that the studio […]
Simon Kinberg on Fantastic Four: “I’m obviously disappointed with the way it turned out”
With Fantastic Four finishing up its North American box office run with a dismal $56 million, it’s fair to say that 20th Century Fox’s reboot of the Marvel comic book series has been an unmitigated disaster. Speaking to THR, writer-producer Simon Kinberg has revealed that he was “disappointed” by the reception of the film, as […]
Rumour: Wonder Woman movie to take place across three time periods
Way back in October of last year, a rumour surfaced suggesting that 2017’s Wonder Woman movie would take place in the 1920s, with an as-yet-unconfirmed sequel then bringing the action forward to present day. SEE ALSO: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice concept art featuring the Trinity Given that Wonder Woman is appearing in Batman […]
Countdown to Spectre – Diamonds Are Forever Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Diamonds Are Forever… After On Her Majesty’s Secret Service producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sought Sean Connery to come back to the role he made famous one last time (officially at least) in Diamonds Are Forever, the conclusion to the SPECTRE era of […]
