Gary McCurry reviews the second episode of The Newsroom season 3… Last week.s review of episode one, ‘Boston’ contained a segment on raising the stakes to increase the tension and ultimately, the audiences’ desire to tune in the following week. As far as I’m concerned, it worked. Here’s my thoughts on Episode 2, ‘Run’. In […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘Lovecraft’
Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Gotham… A Penny(worth) for your thoughts? Alfred gets medieval while ‘Gotham’ goes to the dogs… ‘Lovecraft’ is a great name but not it turns out such a great title. What we have here is failure to communicate. Danny Cannon and Bruno Heller, who represent the creative help in […]
New TV spots for The Gambler
Ahead of its release next month, Paramount Pictures has released two new TV spots for director Rupert Wyatt’s (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) remake of the 1974 film The Gambler, which sees Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction) starring alongside John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis), Brie Larson (Short Term 12), Jessica Lange (American […]
Movie Review – The Captive (2014)
The Captive, 2014. Co-written and Directed by Atom Egoyan. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast, Peyton Kennedy and Bruce Greenwood. SYNOPSIS: With the help of a pair of ambitious detectives, a married couple goes on a tireless mission to find out the truth behind their daughter’s disappearance eight […]
Colin Trevorrow talks about the CGI in Jurassic World
The first trailer for Jurassic World landed on Tuesday and, if you go by our Flickering Myth Reaction, it’s been mostly well received. But one of the sticking points from some has been the amount of CGI used in the movie – particularly the opening gates that welcome you into the park. It seems as though […]
Herculean Task: The Third Floor & Hercules
With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules on December 1, 2014 in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Joshua Wassung about the previs and postvis work contributed by The Third Floor… “Our team at The Third Floor provided close to thirty minutes of previs over eight sequences,” states The Third Floor […]
The biggest box office earners of 2014 around the world
With Guardians of the Galaxy taking the U.S. box office crown, The LEGO Movie outgrossing its rivals here in the UK, and Transformers: Age of Extinction pulling in the most cash around the world, The Guardian has decided to explore which of this year’s films have proven a hit in various markets around the world, […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. Birdman, Alejandro […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer confirmed for online release on Friday
Since the first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was confirmed as showing in select U.S. theaters from this Friday, there’s been a big question as to whether those of us outside of the States would be able to catch it (in non-bootleg form at least). Well, fear not, as the official Star Wars […]
Independence Day 2 finally gets the green light, Will Smith unlikely to return
It’s been in development for what seems like an eternity, but Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has finally given the go ahead to Independence Day 2, although it appears that plans for the back-to-back ID Forever Part I and ID Forever Part II have been scrapped, with just one movie set to go […]
