Over the past few years, Marvel Studios has firmly established its Hall H panel as one of – if not the – highlights of the San Diego Comic-Con, and with Phase Three beckoning, they’re sure to have something exciting in store for us this year, right? Well, maybe not. According to Guardians of the Galaxy […]
Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato teaming up for Secret Wars series Guardians of Knowhere
Marvel Comics has announced that Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato are reuniting for a new Secret Wars tie-in series entitled Guardians of Knowhere, which will take place on the disembodied Celestial head as it orbits Battleworld. “We’re gonna open up on a mystery in Knowhere,” Brian Michael Bendis tells EW. “And that mystery is going […]
American Sniper becomes the highest-grossing U.S. release of 2014
After opening in a handful of U.S. theaters in December in order to qualify for awards contention, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper has now become the highest-grossing domestic release of 2014 with $337.2 million to date, knocking The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 down into second place. “The heroic story of Chris Kyle just hit […]
DVD Review – Assassin (2015)
Assassin, 2015. Directed by J.K. Amalou. Starring Danny Dyer, Anouska Mond, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Holly Weston and Eddie Webber. SYNOPSIS: A hitman falls for a beautiful exotic dancer before discovering that his last hit was her dodgy businessman father, forcing him to turn against his ruthless employers to try and save her life. Is […]
Unfinished Business bombs at the box office, lowest opening of Vince Vaughn’s career
Unfinished Business, the latest gross-out comedy from Vince Vaughn, was not press screened for critics in fear that poor reviews would deter people from going to see it. Well, it looks like that didn’t matter all that much. The movie only managed to pull in a pathetic $4.8 million domestically, and an even worse $2.6 million […]
Hate Crime director speaks on BBFC ban
Last week it was announced that the British Board of Film Classification has refused a certificate for Hate Crime, a home invasion horror about a Jewish family tormented by a group of cyrstal meth crazed neo-Nazi lunatics during a birthday celebration. Now director James Cullen Bressack has responded to the ban, and an article from […]
DVD Review – American Ghost Story (2015)
American Ghost Story, 2015. Directed by Joseph O’Brien. Starring David Hayter, Maria del Mar, Casey Hudecki, Frank Moore, Amanda Joy Lim, Adrienne Kress and Shara Kim. SYNOPSIS: A trio of kidnappers delivering their hostages to their boss take a detour along a deserted highway and incur the wrath of the demonic forces that dwell there. […]
DVD Review – Continuum [aka I’ll Follow You Down] (2013)
Continuum, 2013 Written and directed by Richie Mehta Starring Gillian Anderson, Haley Joel Osment, Victor Garber, Rufus Sewel, Susanna Fournier SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home. Time travel […]
Sigourney Weaver hopes for a role in the Ghostbusters reboot; calls the all-female cast “awesome”
With all of the hullabaloo over Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, Sigourney Weaver has had the majority of her Chappie interview questions surrounding her return to the role of Ripley. But someone did take the time to ask about her thoughts on Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot. “I think that’s awesome,” she told Screenrant. “I think […]
James Gunn says Captain Marvel and Venom will not be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2
When it was announced at Comic-Con last year, James Gunn said that his “favourite Marvel character” (who was also a woman) would be making an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Since the announcement of Captain Marvel joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks, some speculated that Carol Danvers could be the mystery comic book […]
