Benedict Cumberbatch is rumored to appear in just about every big-budget blockbuster on the horizon. If talk is to be believed, he’s playing a Sith Lord in Star Wars: Episode VII, Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios, and either Brainiac or Martian Manhunter in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. No wonder we have to wait so long before Sherlock’s fourth season debuts! […]

When Fifty Shades of Grey was first announced it seemed that almost every young star in Hollywood was up for the lead roles. Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) was actually cast as the male lead Christian Grey but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. In a recent interview the actor revealed that he was having […]

According to Deadline, Sony Pictures has hired Rodney Rothman, one of the writers on 22 Jump Street, to begin work on another sequel. Phil Lord and Chris Miller have not committed to direct the next installment at this time, though “the directing job is theirs if they want it.” They are signed on to oversee the project, however, and will […]

Orlando Bloom – who played orphan-turned-blacksmith-turned-pirate-turned-Davy Jones replacement in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films – was noticeably absent in 2011’s installment, On Stranger Tides. However, according to Bloom himself, he may in fact return to the high seas for the upcoming fifth installment in the swashbuckling series, Dead Men Tell No Tales.  When talking with the Press […]

The Imitation Game, 2014 Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech and Tuppence Middleton.   SYNOPSIS: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. A break and enter to the house of an eccentric Cambridge Mathematics professor whose off-handed and demeaning manner about the […]

Good Kill, 2014. Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood, and Jake Abel.   SYNOPSIS: A troubled Air Force officer (Ethan Hawke) charged with directing drone strikes enters a moral minefield as the rationale for targeting purported terrorists becomes questionable. A former fighter pilot is grounded doing drone missions from the […]

October Gale, 2014. Directed by Ruba Nadda. Starring Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Tim Roth, and Callum Keith Rennie.   SYNOPSIS: A doctor takes in a mysterious man when he washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound and soon discovers that his would-be killer is on his way to finish the job. A doctor grieving […]

Samba, 2014. Directed by Olivier Nakache, and Eric Toledano. Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Sy, Tahar Rahim, and Izia Higelin.   SYNOPSIS: A recent migrant to France fights to stay in his adopted country with the help of a rookie immigration worker. An illegal immigrant named Samba who has been caught by French authorities is assisted by a […]

Thomas Roach on whether Batman v Superman’s movie to March 2016 is good or bad…. The much anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was originally slated for a May 2016 release which would have pitted it against Marvel Studios’ Captain America 3. At some point one of the films would have had to back […]

Last week it was rumoured that a live-action Supergirl TV series is in development, with Arrow and The Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti said to be working alongside frequent collaborator Ali Adler and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns would serve as the creative team in an effort to bring Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El to the […]