Having become the third-biggest release of the Marvel Cinematic Universe last week, director James Gunn’s space opera Guardians of the Galaxy has now overtaken the global box office haul of Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past to become the highest grossing comic book movie of 2014. Guardians has amassed $752.6 million around the world since […]
Phil Lord and Chris Miller to write The LEGO Movie sequel
When The LEGO Movie sequel was quickly announced earlier this year, it appeared that the first film’s directors, fan-favorites Phil Lord and Chris Miller, would be returning only in a producing capacity. Well, fret not LEGO fans, because according to Deadline, Lord and Miller have signed on to write the script for The LEGO Movie 2. There’s unfortunately […]
The Callow Way – Drive, Dying of the Light and Hollywood Scandals
Neil Calloway looks at the Hollywood debacle of Nicolas Cage’s upcoming movie Dying of the Light… A few years ago, hot off the back of Bronson and Valhalla Rising, Nicolas Winding Refn was in Hollywood developing a film with Harrison Ford. Disagreements over the ending meant neither Ford nor Winding Refn remained attached the film. […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #133
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #133… Impending Doom. This issue drops an interesting new threat into the laps of the survivors, one that is disturbing by virtue of the fact that it appears to have been hiding in front of them the whole time. This issue of The Walking Dead certainly makes for lively […]
James Franco casts Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Megan Fox and more in Zeroville
James Franco is currently shooting an adaptation of Steve Erickson’s 2007 novel Zeroville, and it has just been announced that he’s added a host of stars to the cast of the film, which tells the story of a movie buff who heads to Hollywood in the late 1960s. Set to join Franco and Jacki Weaver […]
Foxcatcher cinematographer Greig Fraser to shoot Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie
At this point, we know next to nothing about Disney’s first standalone Star Wars movie, save for the fact that Monsters and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards is helming the project for a 2016 release. Well, we can now add in a cinematographer, with Greig Fraser revealing to Hitfix that he will be shooting the film. […]
Movie Review – Serena (2014)
Serena, 2014. Directed by Susanne Bier. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones, David Dencik, Ana Ularu and Sean Harris. SYNOPSIS: In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena, cannot bear children. There’s an old saying – “You can put […]
Marvel Studios holding mystery press event on Tuesday
Having originally planned to release the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron this coming week before it leaked online [watch the trailer here], it seems that Marvel Studios may still have a surprise up its sleeve after inviting the press to attend a special event this coming Tuesday at the El Capitan Theater in […]
Warner Bros. eyeing Jaden Smith for Static Shock?
A few days ago it was announced that, as part of a new digital initiative dubbed Blue Ribbon Content, Warner Bros. would be making a live-action Static Shock digital series from Academy Award nominated Django Unchained producer and Boondocks executive producer Reginald Hudlin. Now we’re getting word that Warner Bros. is already eyeing a young actor to play the electric […]
Nintendo reveals a bunch of Super Smash Bros Wii U modes
During the Super Smash Bros for Wii U Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a myriad of new modes for the game, including some old favourites… Firstly, Classic Mode is of course making a return, but is considerably different from any previous iteration. Unlike the 3DS game, where Classic saw you choosing from numerous branching paths before […]