In news that is sure to be music to the ears of Bronies everywhere, Variety has revealed that Hasbro Studios has given the go ahead to a feature-length animated My Little Pony movie, which is scheduled to hit the big screen in 2017. Joining Jem and the Holograms on Hasbro’s in-house Allspark Pictrues, My Little […]
58th BFI London Film Festival Review – Wild (2014)
Wild, 2014. Directed by Jean-Marc Valée. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman, Thomas Sadoski, Brian Van Holt and W. Earl Brown. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe. After his Oscar nominated efforts for the superb Dallas Buyers Club, director Jean-Marc Vallée […]
An interview with Gold director Niall Heery
Chloe Seager talks to Niall Heery, director of Gold… Gold is a film that inserts itself like a 360-degree rotating microscope into a family home that is quaking under its less than stable structure. Maybe this is why it seems so fitting that the screenplay was written by a pair of brothers, Niall and Brendan […]
50th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman. 2014 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough and Naomi Watts SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. There might […]
Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 9 Review – ‘Flatline’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who series 8 episode 9 – ‘Flatline’… The Doctor – “Could you just not let me enjoy this moment of not knowing something? I mean, it happens so rarely.” A role-reversal episode this week in Doctor Who in which Clara becomes the Doctor, though not in a Freaky Friday-esque fashion but more […]
The latest on Halloween 3 – new script being written
As usual, talk and speculation of Halloween 3 has been on form this year, with several sources saying various different things. But it looks like the movie could be making some headway into production… During a very special screening of John Carpenter’s Halloween at Universal City Walk in Orlando (attended by ShockTillYouDrop.com), there was a […]
DVD Review – Blood Ties (2014)
Blood Ties, 2014. Directed by Guillaume Canet. Starring Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Noah Emmerich, John Ventimiglia, Griffin Dunne, Lili Taylor and James Caan. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers – one a cop, the other a con – discover that not everything is black and white when it comes to family loyalty. […]
US Box Office Report – Brad Pitt’s Fury topples Gone Girl with $23.5 million opening
Your US Box Office Report for w/c 20th October 2014… Having closed the 58th BFI London Film Festival this past weekend, David Ayer’s World War II tank movie Fury has knocked Gone Girl from the number one spot in a solid weekend for the box office. Starring Brad Pitt and Shia LeBeouf, Fury took $23.5 million […]
Frank Langella has joined FX’s The Americans
According to Deadline, Academy Award nominee Frank Langella has joined the FX Cold War drama The Americans. He’s landed a recurring role as Gabriel, the former KGB handler of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, respectively). Gabriel is forced to come out of retirement in the upcoming third season now that Claudia (Margo Martindale) […]
Popular actor sought for big budget comic book movie
Anghus Houvouras on the casting speculation for big budget comic book movies… “Popular actor sought for big budget comic book movie.” It reads like a headline from The Onion. A satirical oversimplification of a news trend that has been plaguing entertainment websites of late. Since Marvel Studios has become a dominant pop culture staple, casting […]