It looks like we’ll be seeing a female President in the White House, in movie terms at least. Word from Hollywood is that actress Sela Ward is set to take on the role of Commander in Chief in Roland Emmerich’s long-awaited sequel, Independence Day 2. Ward, who featured in Emmerich’s 2004 disaster film The Day […]
Comic Book Review – Trista and Holt #1-4
Zeb Larson reviews Trista and Holt #1-4… Trista and Holt is Andrez Bergen’s retelling of the Tristan and Iseult legend from the Middle Ages set sometime in the 1970s. After reading Bullet Gal, the style of the comic feels very familiar, and I’m digging Andrez’s use of noir tropes for the book. This is a […]
Interview: Thomas Vinterberg talks Far from the Madding Crowd
Kat Kourbeti sat with Far from the Madding Crowd director Thomas Vinterberg, and got chatting to him about what makes this film stand out in a sea of period drama adaptations. Be warned, the interview contains discussion of a few moments in the film which some might consider spoilers… Kat Kourbeti: How has press and […]
Second Star Wars Anthology movie will reportedly focus on Boba Fett
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! After new images and details from Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted online earlier today [see here and here], The Wrap is now reporting that the second spin-off in the Star Wars Anthology series is set to focus on the origin and backstory of Boba Fett. Due for release in […]
Will Poulter to play Pennywise in remake of Stephen King’s It
Back in March, director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) spoke about the challenges in finding the “perfect Pennywise” for the upcoming two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now it seems his search is over. Variety has broke the news that British actor Will Poulter has signed on to play the monster, having impressed […]
Star Wars: Episode VIII to shoot in the UK at Pinewood Studios
This won’t come as much of a surprise, but it has been announced that 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to shoot at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and will presumably go into production once Gareth Edwards finishes up with the first standalone spin-off movie, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The announcement was made […]
Gwendoline Christie’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character revealed as Captain Phasma
Following on from this morning’s new images of Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn) and Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Vanity Fair has continued its Star Wars Day celebrations by releasing an official first-look image from Star Wars: The Force Awakens of Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie […]
Mark Ruffalo disappointed in lack of Black Widow merchandise for Avengers: Age of Ultron
In an age where society seems to be pushing forward towards gender equality, you would think Marvel and Disney would offer up a plethora of merchandise options for both its male and female heroes, but that isn’t quite the case. Recently the merchandise line-up for Avengers: Age of Ultron was revealed, and it only contains […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 21 Review – ‘The Anvil or the Hammer’
Martin Carr reviews the twenty-first episode of Gotham… I find myself between a rock and a hard place. With metaphorical marching bands and the news of another royal mouth to feed, we find ourselves at an end. Not in the biblical sense but more in a literal manner. Gotham has finished. If you could stop […]
New Torchwood series coming from Big Finish
Attention all Torchwood fans! Big Finish has announced a new series of Torchwood audio productions, in a licensing deal with BBC Worldwide. Six stories in total will be performed by members of the television cast, and the series will be launched in September with the return of John Barrowman as the irrepressible Captain Jack Harkness. […]
