When you look at the cast list for Captain America: Civil War – which includes Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) and, potentially, Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) – you’d be forgiven for thinking that Marvel was launching Phase Three of […]
The LEGO Movie director Phil Lord reacts to Oscar snub
The LEGO Movie was one of – if not the – most popular animated movies of 2014, so naturally it was assumed that the film would be a shoe-in for a Best Animated Feature nomination at the Oscars. Surprisingly it missed out on a nod and so co-director Phil Lord took to Twitter to express […]
Chuck Lorre talks Two and a Half Men finale and praises Charlie Sheen
Next month Two and a Half Men will finish after 12 seasons and there has been speculation that Charlie Sheen will return for the finale, having been fired from the show four years ago for after being outspoken about the show’s creator Chuck Lorre and the studio Warner Bros. During a recent Q&A, Lorre was […]
American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 12 Review
Alice Rush reviews the twelfth episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show… The penultimate episode of Freak Show, ‘Show Stoppers’, I feel represents my view on the whole series; it has some great moments but altogether loses out on a lack of fluidity and consistency. No doubt that it has some of the truly gory […]
Sundance London 2015 cancelled
Sad news for UK film fans – Sundance London 2015 has been cancelled. Starting in 2009, Sundance London was the off-shoot to the Sundance Film Festival and housed, what many thought to be, “the best of Sundance”. Last year saw UK premieres of movies like Frank, The Trip to Italy and Obvious Child. At the […]
Seth Grahame-Smith says Gremlins remake “ran out of steam”
A reboot of the classic eighties movie Gremlins has been in development for some time now, and last year it was reported that the remake was being fast-tracked by Warner Bros. However, it now looks like the project has run its course, with writer and producer Seth Grahame-Smith telling Entertainment Weekly that: “I think we […]
George Lucas slams all-white Oscar nominations, “it’s a political campaign”
Star Wars creator George Lucas is not a man known for mincing his words when it comes to the Academy. Having famously left the Directors Guild of America after being fined for not having a standard title sequence on Star Wars (which also meant he couldn’t get Steven Spielberg to direct one of the movies), […]
James Gunn says The LEGO Movie was “flat out snubbed” at the Oscars, also feels Guardians of the Galaxy should have received more nominations
As with every year of the Oscars, it was the movies that were “snubbed” that were talked about more than the films that actually got nominated. In the case of this year, it was The LEGO Movie that received the most attention when it wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Movie. Guardians of the Galaxy director […]
Zachary Levi joins Heroes Reborn
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about NBC’s upcoming Heroes reboot Heroes Reborn, but now we have some casting news, with Zachary Levi (Chuck, Thor: The Dark World) signing on for a role in the 13-part event series. “There are a few franchises I’ve always wanted to be a part of, and Heroes […]
Paul Thomas Anderson defends superhero movies, thinks they “get a bad rap”
With so many superhero movies on the horizon, there’s a growing concern in some quarters that the current comic book movie boom is leading to the death of cinema, but one person who definitely isn’t concerned is Paul Thomas Anderson, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the likes of Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, The Master […]
