Last week, Marvel announced that The Punisher is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Jon Bernthal securing the role of Frank Castle in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Daredevil. Now, during a promotional interview with ABC News, the Fury and The Walking Dead star has briefly shared his excitement, say’s he’s “thrilled” with the […]
Movie Review – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, 2015. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Jon Bernthal, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, and Molly Shannon. SYNOPSIS: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a […]
Eli Roth to direct prehistoric shark thriller Meg
After close to twenty years in development hell, it looks like the adaptation of Steve Alten’s 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror is set to move ahead at Warner Bros., with Variety reporting that Eli Roth (Hostel) is in talks to direct. The book revolves around two men who attempt to track and […]
Movie Review – Accidental Love (2015)
Accidental Love, 2015. Directed by David O. Russell (as Stephen Greene). Starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin. SYNOPSIS: A clueless politician falls in love with a small-town waitress whose erratic behaviour is caused by a nail stuck in her head. Originally titled Nailed and shot way back […]
How Tomorrowland’s Bottom Line Informed My Viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road
Kat Kourbeti on how Tomorrowland’s bottom line informed her viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road… (SPOILER WARNING for both films within.) There’s something I need to get off my chest: I didn’t really like Mad Max: Fury Road. I mean, it’s not bad, it’s got things to say, and it’s got very interesting dystopian world-building […]
Comic Book Review – Southern Bastards #9
Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #9… The Summer of the Bastards begins with a new arc, as the Runnin’ Rebs are gearing up for the big homecoming game against arch-rival Wetumptka County. Southern Bastards #9 takes a look at one of Craw County’s biggest doormats, and what it took to make him into a hopeless […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #46
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #46… In “The Tholian Webs,” Part 1 of 2, The FIVE-YEAR MISSION of the Starship Enterprise continues! In this epic re-imagining of a classic Star Trek episode, the crew of the new movie timeline encounters a mysterious and deadly alien force… and not all of the crew will make it out […]
Jurassic World enjoys biggest opening at the UK box office since Skyfall
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June 2015… Having pulled in a record domestic and international debut, Jurassic World has stormed to the top of the box office here in the UK with a whopping £19,350,727 haul – the biggest opening weekend on these […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1… Introducing a very unique TMNT tale starring Casey Jones and April O’Neil, by acclaimed indie writer Mariko Tamaki (Skim, This One Summer)! The couple take a road trip to the southwest to dig up more clues about the mysterious Pantheon that has seemingly been pulling the […]
Kenneth Branagh to direct Murder on the Orient Express
Back in 2013, it was revealed that 20th Century Fox had tapped Ridley Scott (Prometheus), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class) and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) to produce a new version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express, and now it seems the project has found a director. According to The Wrap, […]
