In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Constantine, Batman vs. Robin, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Widow, The Incredible Hulk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, A.K.A. […]
Brad Bird talks The Incredibles 2
Almost a year after it was officially announced, Brad Bird revealed earlier this month that he’s started writing the script for The Incredibles 2, and now during an interview with Little White Lies he’s spoken about the follow-up to the 2004 animated hit, explaining that he wants to avoid it coming across as a commentary […]
Movie Review – True Story (2015)
True Story, 2015. Directed by Rupert Goold. Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, and Ethan Suplee. SYNOPSIS: When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. For better or worse True Story is a subversive […]
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘New Business’
Martin Burgoyne reviews the ninth episode of Mad Men season 7… ‘New business’ is the very apt title for this latest episode of Mad Men. Whereas the previous episode was trying very hard to cover all bases on the goings on at Madison Avenue, this episode seems to focus primarily on three main storylines… Firstly we have Don and his […]
Six British Movies & TV Shows to Get You in the Mood for the General Election
Kirsty Capes with six British movies and TV shows to get you in the mood for the General Election… Despite being a lover of all things available on the big and small screens, Jeremy Paxman and Dimbleby don’t really do it for me as entertaining television. Many of us are sick to the back teeth of […]
Russell Brand, Rainn Wilson and more join Nicolas Cage in Army Of One
If you are a fan of films like Borat, The Dictator and Brüno, then chances are you are pretty excited for the latest directorial effort by Larry Charles — the Nicolas Cage-led comedy Army Of One. Now with the inclusion of some top-tier comedians, the project is looking even more promising. The upcoming satire has […]
Avalanche casts three leads for an October shoot in Houston
Maxine Bahns (The Brothers McMullen, Cutaway, Charlie Valentine) and Aaron Farb (Powers, Kill The Messenger) have joined SAG nominee Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, A Million Colours, Ugly Betty) in the lead cast of Todd L. Green’s dramatic-thriller Avalanche. The indie feature is scheduled to begin lensing in Houston in October and tells the story […]
Lucas Till returning as Havok in X-Men: Apocalypse
Bryan Singer has taken to Instagram to announce that Lucas Till is set to reprise his role as Alex Summers / Havok in next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, with the actor joining an ever growing list of characters in the mutant superhero sequel. Till made his debut as Havok in 2011’s Matthew Vaughn-directed X-Men: First Class, […]
Fast & Furious 7 becomes fastest movie to hit $1 billion at the global box office
Universal Pictures is celebrating this weekend with the news that the James Wan-directed action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has become the first film of 2015 to reach the $1 billion milestone at the global box office. It also has the distinction of being the fastest movie to reach that figure, doing so in just […]
An Unsubstantiated Opinion: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Anghus Houvouras with an unsubstantiated opinion on Star Wars: The Force Awakens… An Unsubstantiated Opinion is a baseless and often reckless series of interconnected thoughts about what’s appearing on the pop culture landscape. The feelings expressed in this semi-regular column are admittedly troubling and often the subject of many private discussions among the Flickering Myth […]
