While we are in the height of comic book movie mania, it makes sense for TV and film’s top stars to talk about the characters they’d like to play on the small/silver screen – and Jim Parsons is no exception. Best known for his role as neurotic Sheldon Cooper on the multi-Emmy award winning The […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #18: War of Kings
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at War of Kings… War of Kings #1-6,War of Kings: Ascension #1-4, War of Kings: Darkhawk #1-2, War of Kings: Warriors #1-2, War of Kings: Who Will Rule?, War of Kings: Savage World of Sakaar and Marvel Spotlight: War of Kings […]
Movie Review – The Gunman (2015)
The Gunman, 2015. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier’s successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target […]
John Woo to remake Manhunt
John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2) is set to return to the director’s chair for a remake of 1976 action-thriller Japanese classic Manhunt reports Screen Daily. Based on the novel by Juko Nishmura, the story follows a prosecutor who is framed for robbery and rape and sets out on a one-man mission to clear his […]
Bruce Campbell still hoping for an Expendables-style horror ensemble
Way back in 2010, Bruce Campbell brought up the prospect of an Expendables-style horror movie, which would bring together a host of famous names from the genre in the form of a sequel to 2008’s My Name Is Bruce, which was going by the title of Bruce vs. Frankenstein. Since then, we’ve heard very little […]
Ian Colletti to play Arseface in Preacher
Following on from the news that Ruth Negga (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has joined the cast of AMC’s Preacher adaptation as the female lead Tulip, it is now being reported that the pilot has found its Arseface, with Ian Colletti (Rake) set to play the role of Eugene Root. “Even with his horribly disfigured face and […]
Snow White prequel The Huntsman finds three new dwarfs
Universal Pictures has continued to push forward with its prequel tale to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman by adding three actors into the mix to form part of the new dwarfs set to feature in The Huntsman. Similarly to the original film, three British actors have been cast in the roles alongside the returning […]
Comic Book Review – Orphan Black #2
Andrew Newton reviews Orphan Black #2… One of a kind. When Sarah attempted to assume the identity of a lookalike stranger, she soon uncovered an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. Sarah also learns that someone is trying to kill them all, one by one. That someone is another clone, Helena, a murderous, self-abusing fundamentalist who […]
Movie Review – Mommy (2014)
Mommy, 2014. Directed by Xavier Dolan. Starring Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clement and Patrick Huard. SYNOPSIS: A single mother, Diane (Dorval) has to take her ADHD-stricken son, Steve (Pilon), out of an imposed institution and attempt to look after him, whilst trying to get by with work and finances. The pair’s struggles are aided, […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Season 10 #21
Andrew Newton reviews The X-Files: Season 10 #21… “Elders,” part 1 of 5: For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents […]
