When it was announced at Comic-Con last year, James Gunn said that his “favourite Marvel character” (who was also a woman) would be making an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Since the announcement of Captain Marvel joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks, some speculated that Carol Danvers could be the mystery comic book […]
Live action Akira movie delayed; no progress has been made says director
It’s a movie that hasn’t entirely won over fans of the original movie (or George Takei for that matter), but it looks like the live action adaptation of Akira has hit a bump in the road. At a press conference for his upcoming action movie Run All Night (starring Liam Neeson), director Jaume Collet-Serra was asked about […]
Big Hero 6 passes $600 million worldwide; third highest grossing Disney movie of all-time
Baymax may not be fast, but he’s certainly bringing home the big bucks as Big Hero 6 passed a huge milestone over the weekend. Now that the movie is out in most major territories following a late-2014 release in the US, Disney’s Big Hero 6 has become the studio’s third highest grossing animated movie of all […]
Second Opinion – Chappie (2015)
Chappie, 2015. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Starring Hugh Jackman, Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver and Jose Pablo Cantillo. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and […]
Neill Blomkamp has a “cool idea” for District 10
Neill Blomkamp has revealed that he is definitely planning to make a sequel to the 2009 sci-fi epic, District 9. The Elysium director has not yet given us any solid information concerning potential plot lines, but he has however stated he has a ‘really cool idea’ in store for fans of the original movie. SEE […]
Comic Book Review – Bullet Gal
Zeb Larson reviews Bullet Gal… Bullet Gal, a comic book series by Australian author Andrez Bergen, is a fascinating series to just fall into. Bullet Gal is a neo-noir science fiction dystopia, set in the fictional city of Heropa. However, the series is meant to be much more than its plot: the really important parts […]
The Callow Way – Why We Need Product Placement
This week Neil Calloway looks at the benefits of brands appearing in films… I thought the peak of award season was always the Oscars, and I imagine you did too. Turns out I’m wrong; there is also the Brandcameo Product Placement Awards. Given out yearly, the awards “honour” films for their use of brands, and […]
Colin Trevorrow to direct sci-fi thriller Intelligent life
With Jurassic World set to open its gates this summer, director Colin Trevorrow has lined up his next project and is set to helm the sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life for DreamWorks. The project has been scripted by Trevorrow and his Safety Not Guaranteed and Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly, while Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall […]
Marvel announces that Groot is getting his own comic book series
After his big screen debut last year in Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Comics has now announced that the anthropomorphic tree Groot is to head up his own solo series from writer Jeff Loveness and artist Brian Kesinger. When Rocket and Groot are on an intergalactic roadtrip and calamity strikes, the two get separated — […]
Movie Review – Unfinished Business (2015)
Unfinished Business, 2015. Directed by Ken Scott. Starring Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, Nick Frost and James Marsden. SYNOPSIS: A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails […]
