Brooklyn, 2015. Directed by John Crowley. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Enory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters, Michael Zegen, and Jim Broadbent. SYNOPSIS: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) has nothing positive going for her at home in Ireland besides a loving […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 3 Review – ‘Cross-Channel Discount Buying’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams were tasked with buying a list of very specific products – in both Calais and Kent. Who would be able to negotiate the best prices? The negotiating task is always one of the highlights of The Apprentice and it’s unusual to see […]
Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4
Ricky Church with a review of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4… Concluding the first new-canon comic tale set between episodes VI and VII! • As the Empire Shatters around them, Rebel heroes fight for a better tomorrow! • Greg Rucka (Punisher, Cyclops, Wolverine) and Marco Checchetto (Punisher, Avengers World) take […]
David Goyer talks about being giddy following a screening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Following the news yesterday that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have set Warner Bros. back nearly half a billion dollars to make, writer David Goyer has been talking about his reaction to a screening of the film. “I think just the kind of giddiness in being a kid that grew up going to the […]
Mark Hamill wanted Luke Skywalker to go to the Dark Side – and he told J.J. Abrams about it
With all of the talk of Luke Skywalker being a bad guy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens [including Luke Owen’s theory that he’s actually Kylo Ren], The AV Club have unearthed this tremendously coincidental video. Filmed ten years ago, Dinner for Five on IFC featured directors and actors sitting around and talking about their projects. In […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens set for a $600 million opening weekend
Following the awesome new trailer and record breaking ticket sales, it looks like Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set for a rather large opening weekend. Experts are saying that the movie could have the biggest domestic opening of all-time with around $300 million (beating Jurassic World’s $208 million), which added to a worldwide taking of […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters UK records with highest number of ticket sales in 24 hours
Star Wars mania swept the globe this week as Disney and Lucasfilm unleashed the theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and advance tickets for the December release became available, crashing theater websites around the world as fans clamored to make sure they’d be among the first to see the hotly-anticipated film. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Restoration’
Jessie Robertson reviews the latest episode of Arrow… All good things to those who use a Lazarus Pit…. Can’t we all just get along? As I wrote last week, the problems between Diggle and Oliver continue to effect their work; now, before any of us complain too much, let’s dial our brains back to a […]
Ant-Man director Peyton Reed in negotiations to return for Ant-Man and the Wasp
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ant-Man director Peyton Reed is in negotiations to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to helm 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Earlier this month, Ant-Man and the Wasp was announced to be the title of the follow-up to this year’s Ant-Man; interestingly enough, it will be the first MCU film to […]
