Back in July, filmmaker Kevin Smith revealed that The Weinstein Company had passed on financing Clerks III, forcing him to look at alternative sources of funding for Dante and Randall’s latest escapade. While that threw the sequel into doubt, Smith has now revealed that he’s managed to secure financing for the film, thanks in no […]
Ben Affleck is “very excited” about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
With Ben Affleck currently on the promotional rounds for David Fincher’s Gone Girl, we can expect the actor to be inundated with questions about his upcoming role as The Dark Knight in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the Boston Globe has already managed to grab a few of his thoughts about the […]
Rihanna linked to James Bond 24?
Before you get too excited, this is being reported by UK newspaper The Sunday Mirror and only has quotes from an “unnamed source”, but there are some who are claiming that pop singer Rihanna is being linked to the upcoming 24th Bond movie. Rihanna’s previous acting experience includes the much-maligned Battleship. If the rumours are […]
Nacho Vigalondo wants to make a “Godzilla film” – complete with a man in a suit
Visionary director Nacho Vigalondo impressed audiences with his time travel thiller Timecrimes and his latest movie Open Windows has also been well-received (read our review here). While out talking the movie, Vigalondo talked about an upcoming project he wants to make – a low budget kaiju movie in the same vein as Ishiro Honda did […]
58th BFI London Film Festival – Camp X-Ray (2014)
Camp X-Ray, 2014. Directed by Peter Sattler. Starring Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Julian Soria and Cory Michael Smith. SYNOPSIS: A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years. Camp X-Ray follows the story of Pvt. Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) during her […]
Movie Review – Maps to the Stars (2014)
Maps to the Stars, 2014. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon and Evan Bird. SYNOPSIS: A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Some plot details lie below… Watching Maps To The […]
Blu-ray Review – Mark of the Devil (1970)
Mark of the Devil, 1970. Directed by Michael Armstrong. Starring Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder and Herbert Fux. SYNOPSIS: Apprentice witch hunter Udo Kier comes to realise that his mentor Herbert Lom may not have the best of intentions when it comes to deciding who is guilty of witchcraft. A notorious folk […]
EGX 2014 – Little Big Planet 3 Preview
Thomas Roach previews Little Big Planet 3 at EGX…. I was very excited to play Little Big Planet 3 at EGX. I had actually not played the series since the first game but due to the fact that the latest instalment is on the next generation, I was more than willing to get back into […]
Book Review – Look Who’s Back
Marta Abromaityte reviews Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes… Look Who’s Back is a satirised account of the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler whom to his dismay awakens in modern Berlin in the year 2011. Surprisingly 1940’s Hitler adapts relatively quickly to contemporary surroundings and after failing to locate his bunker, he reluctantly begins residing in […]
Peter Jackson explains how he’s expanding the source material for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
With less than three months to go before we return to Middle-earth for the final instalment of The Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson has been talking to Total Film about the upcoming The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and specifically how he’s expanding the source material in order to provide a suitably epic climax […]