The Gambler. 2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students. There is such a […]
There was going to be a Batman store in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns
Holy Meta Batman! A brilliant find over at 1989Batman.com shows an unused set from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns which was – get this – a Batman store that sold merchandise from the 1989 Batman movie. Can’t get more meta than that! Here’s an excerpt from the Daniel Waters script: EXT. A STORE–EARLY EVENING OF THE CURRENT […]
Vladimir Putin busts out his dance moves in Iron Sky: The Coming Race clip
We got a barmy first trailer last month [see here], and now we have a clip from Iron Sky: The Coming Race, director Timo Vuorensola’s follow-up to his crowd-funded cult hit Iron Sky, which sees Vladimir Putin busting out his dance moves. Check it out below… Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the […]
X-Box Bargains – Naughty Bear
Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; first up is Naughty Bear… Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have come and gone and you may be patting yourself on the back that you queued all night and got the perfect bargain game but it got me thinking. There are loads of brilliant titles available […]
Book Review – Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler
Michelle Herbert reviews Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler… Nyctophobia is a book structured around darkness and light and its focus is on Hyperion House which is bathed in sunlight from dawn to dusk. Callie Shaw is looking to find the perfect house to share with her new husband Mateo Torres in the region of Spain he […]
Movie Review – The Grandmaster (2013)
The Grandmaster, 2013. Directed by Wong Kar Wai. Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Quinxiang Wang, Hye-Kyo Song, Shun Lao, Hoi Pang-Lo, Xiaofei Zhou and Benshan Zhao. SYNOPSIS: The poetically charged biographical story of Ip-Man, the martial arts expert and teacher , who went on to train Bruce Lee… Wong Kar Wai is a film-maker […]
Paddington topples The Hunger Games at the UK box office, Frozen re-enters the top ten
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th to Sunday 30th November 2014… After just one week atop the UK chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has been pushed down into second place, with new release Paddington taking top spot with a solid £5,125,519 opening weekend. Despite being […]
Maisie Williams is almost a lock to play Ellie in The Last Of Us adaptation
At the moment we know very little about Sony’s planned film adaptation of their massively successful apocalyptic survival horror video game, The Last Of Us. Neil Druckmann (he also wrote the game) is still currently writing the script that we know will have some changes to it in order to fit a 15 hour game […]
Doomsday, Joker and KGBeast “confirmed” for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hot off the heels of yesterday’s blockbuster announcement of the casting for Suicide Squad, we now have some possible news on plot details for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. According to Badass Digest – who are usually spot on with “scoops” – Doomsday will indeed be in the main villain of the piece. Not […]
Monica Bellucci and Andrew Scott tipped for Bond 24 roles
With the official title and cast of Bond 24 set to be announced tomorrow, we’ve got a couple of last minute rumours about potential stars for the latest chapter of the iconic spy series. According to Deadline, Monica Bellucci (Irreversible) “may be in the mix” for a part in the film, while The Daily Mirror […]
