Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder […]
Five Films You Can Sneak In At Christmas
Simon Columb with five films you can sneak in at Christmas… Hurrah! The holidays are upon us! The snow is (not) falling and the mulled wine is (expensively) available! What a joyous time! Ring the bells! Set time aside and join in the age-old tradition of Christmas film-watching around the toasty fire. Of course your […]
Marvel’s Alan Fine rips into The Amazing Spider-Man 2, says he wanted to burn the script
There’s been a lot of hate aimed towards Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from fans since its release earlier this year (and indeed, the studio’s overall handling of the Spider-Man franchise), and it seems the folks at Marvel weren’t too impressed with it either, even before cameras starting rolling on the Marc Webb-directed sequel! The […]
David Fincher and James Ellroy teaming up for Shakedown
HBO has snapped up the rights to a new 1950s-set noir series from David Fincher (Gone Girl) and crime writer James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential) entitled Shakedown, which is based upon a script Ellroy originally developed for FX. Deadline reports that the project is an original tale as opposed to an adaptation of Ellroy’s 2012 novella […]
Movie Review – Wild (2014)
Wild, 2014. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Rankin. SYNOPSIS: Attempting to recover from a traumatic life event, a young woman sets out on a 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. Wild is an incredibly emotional journey, told beautifully in pictures by Jean-Marc Vallée. It also […]
Movie Review – The Face of Love (2014)
The Face of Love, 2014. Directed by Arie Posin. Starring Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Wexler and Amy Brenneman. SYNOPSIS: A widow starts a relationship with a man who looks identical to her deceased husband. The Face of Love is an eerie love story that takes itself a bit too seriously to fully […]
The Interview: Protecting Free Speech or the Bottom Line?
Anghus Houvouras on The Interview: protecting free speech, or the bottom line..? This Sony hacking scandal is unprecedented. Like a tiny snowball pushed from the precipice of a high peak picking up mass and speed as it rolls down wreaking havoc on all who come into contact with its massive, icy surface. An inescapable maelstrom […]
James Gunn says the Thanos scene in Guardians of the Galaxy was the hardest scene to write
During a chat with Vulture, James Gunn has been speaking about the challenges of bringing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy to the screen, and in particular the scene he found most difficult to write – the one featuring the Mad Titan Thanos… “There’s pressure with Thanos because you’re setting up this gigantic character that, in […]
Don’t expect to see Peter Jackson ever directing a superhero movie
Now that he’s finished up with J.R.R. Tokien’s Middle-earth following the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Peter Jackson is starting to turn his attention to future projects, but it seems we should rule out the possibility of him ever directing a superhero movie as the filmmaker has stated that he’s […]
Colin Trevorrow and Chris Pratt talk Jurassic World
By now we’ve all seen the trailer for Jurassic World, a return to the world created 22 years ago (blimey that makes me feel old) by Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton. In it we see that us humans may have learnt from the past and built a dinosaur theme park that actually works, but as […]
