There had been some rumours floating around that Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray could be next in line to helm Black Panther now that Ava DuVernary has stepped aside. In an interview to promote the N.W.A biopic, Grey was asked about these rumours, which he dismissed, but noted that it would be something […]
Vacation disappoints at the US box office with just $14.8 million
It hasn’t had the best time with reviews (read our review here), but tracking for the reboot/sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation was looking to be quite promising. The movie had a three-day release prior to its opening weekend, but it still couldn’t bring in the big bucks. Shown in just over 3,400 screens in the […]
James Gunn reflects on Guardians of the Galaxy one year on
It has been a full year since James Gunn took us into a very different pocket of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie that surprised many people who shot the movie down because it was based on an unknown comic book series. As it celebrates its first birthday, Gunn took […]
DVD Review – White God (2014)
White God, 2014. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Starring Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth and Lili Monori. SYNOPSIS: When a young girl and her pet dog are separated, each begins a journey to find each other again, whatever the cost. White God is a Hungarian film about a 13-year-old girl called Lili (Zsófia Psotta) and her pet […]
Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens to $56 million; second-biggest opening of the franchise
Having received a variety of rave reviews (read ours here and here and listen to the podcast review here), it seems as though there is still some life and fun to be had in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Early reports had it down that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the fifth in the series, would have […]
Blu-ray Review – Killing Zoe (1993)
Killing Zoe, 1993. Directed by Roger Avary. Starring Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gary Kemp, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsay and Ron Jeremy. SYNOPSIS: A safecracker arrives in Paris to help a friend with a bank heist but things spiral out of control very quickly. The POV camera driving through the streets of Paris, the […]
BoJack Horseman Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Higher Love’
Jackson Ball reviews the sixth episode of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman season 2… Episode 6 of takes a classic narrative thread, found previously in many a sitcom, and mixes it up with all the craziness we’ve come to expect from the show. Never before has an episode revolving around autoerotic asphyxiation been so light-hearted! Spoiler Ahead […]
Sony remaking Stuart Little
According to The Tracking Board, Sony Pictures and Red Wagon Entertainment are teaming up to remake Stuart Little with a new hybrid live-action/animated movie “in the vein of John Hughes” (which sees to be popular these days at Sony, what with the tone of the new Spider-Man reboot). Based on the 1945 children’s novel from […]
Lucy Lawless “would love to see” Xena reboot
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that NBC is in development on a “modern reboot” of the hit 90s fantasy series Xena: Warrior Princess, only for star Lucy Lawless to dismiss the claim as a rumour. Now, speaking to Entertainment Weekly at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Lawless has elaborated on […]
