Poltergeist, 2015. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett and Kennedi Clements. SYNOPSIS: A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive. Just a heads up, there is not much positive to say about […]
Lou Ferrigno to dish out ‘Instant Death’
Bodybuilding legend, and star of the hit 70’s TV show The Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno is to star in Instant Death, the latest film from Raging Pictures. The gritty, revenge thriller will be directed by Ara Paiaya, whose previous film Skin Traffik (known in the UK as A Hitman In London) is currently being released […]
Did Avengers: Age of Ultron negate the one thing that makes Ant-Man special?
James Garcia on how Avengers: Age of Ultron accidentally eliminated the one thing that makes Ant-Man stand apart from the crowd. Be warned, Age of Ultron spoilers abound… For Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was faced with several enormously difficult tasks; he had to make a riveting follow-up to his much beloved first Avengers team-up, give each of the film’s […]
Movie Review – The Fugitive Kind (1959)
The Fugitive Kind, 1959. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton and Joanne Woodward. SYNOPSIS: Val Xavier is on the run, and stumbling into a small town, he decides to change his ways. Employed as a clerk in a shop, he takes the attention of the manager, Lady Torrence… Marlon Brando […]
Blu-ray Review – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, 1981. Directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Starring Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee and Howard Vernon. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant doctor’s engagement party livens up a bit when the guests start getting raped and murdered, and every time there’s a murder the doctor is nowhere to be found. […]
John C. McGinley joins James Gunn’s latest project The Belko Experiment
Following on from the casting of John Gallagher Jr. (The Newsroom, Short Term 12), James Gunn has taken to Facebook to announce that John C. McGinley (Office Space, Scrubs) has signed on for a role in his latest project The Belko Experiment. “John will play Wendell Dukes, one of the top execs at Belko, and […]
Peter Sarsgaard to play the villain in The Magnificent Seven
MGM’s upcoming remake of The Magnificent Seven has found its villain, with Variety reporting that Peter Sarsgaard (Garden State, The Slap) has signed on to play Bartholomew Bogue, the leader of the group of outlaws terrorising a Mexican village. The Magnificent Seven is being directed by Antoine Fuqua and features al all-star cast that includes […]
The Croods 2 adds Leslie Mann and Kat Dennings
The Croods 2, the sequel to Dreamworks Animation’s 2013 hit, has added a few new members to its voice cast. According to THR, Thor alum Kat Dennings and This is 40 star Leslie Mann have jumped on board the film, as members of a new upscale family that competes against the titular cro magnons. Mann will play the matriarch of the […]
Michael Kaplan on designing the costumes for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
This December, costume designer Michael Kaplan is set to add b to an impressive CV that includes the likes of Blade Runner, Se7en, Fight Club, Star Trek and Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and during an in depth interview with Vanity Fair, the BAFTA Award winner has spoken about his work on December’s hugely-anticipated Star […]
George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead heading to the small screen
It looks like another zombie series is heading to the small screen, and this time it’s from the mind of George A. Romero, granddaddy of the genre. Demarest Films has snapped up the rights to Romero’s Empire of the Dead, a Marvel Comics series which serves as a loose continuation of his Night of the […]
