Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Wayward Pines…This dishevelled detective story nurtured by Chuck Hogan and realised by M. Night Shyamalan, takes a bunch of time to go the long way round. Taking on an increasingly creepy tone, Wayward Pines continues to mix up homage ripe territory with a sense of grounded reality. Something […]
The Most Disappointing: Caring About Box Office
Anghus Houvouras on caring about box office…What is your favorite film?An easy question to ask and a difficult question to answer. If you’re anything like me you struggle with narrowing it down to your 10 favorite films, much less a single solitary choice. Last week a friend asked me to name my top 10 favorite […]
Movie Review – Tomorrowland (2015)
Tomorrowland, 2015. Directed by Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Thomas Robinson, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: A former boy-genius and an optimistic teenager join forces to find the mysterious Tomorrowland. During a 1960s New York Fair for inventors, young boy genius Frank Walker shows off his work-in-progress jetpack. It doesn’t quite function properly yet, […]
The Lonely Island Movie titled Connor4real, Tim Meadows and Imogen Poots join cast
Earlier this month we got a poster for the Top Secret Untitled Lonely Island Movie, the upcoming comedy from The Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone and producer Judd Apatow, whcih will see Samberg as Connor, a rapper forced to try and reunite his old boy band after his latest album […]
Alicia Vikander in talks for Bourne 5 and Assassin’s Creed
Having signed on to appear alongside Tom Hanks in The Circle eariler this month, Deadline is reporting that Alicia Vikander (Ex_Machina) may leave the project, but is instead lining up another two high profile pics.According to the site, the Swedish actress is in talks to appear alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming fifth Bourne movie, […]
Blu-ray Review – Island of Death (1976)
Island of Death, 1976. Directed by Nico Mastorakis. Starring Bob Belling, Jane Lyle, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons and Janice McConnel. SYNOPSIS: A British couple on a Greek island embark on a perverted killing spree, targeting anybody they think deserves punishing. Anybody who has ever taken an interest in the enduring legacy of the video nasty era would […]
Wayward Pines Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Where Paradise Is Home’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Wayward Pines…For anyone unfamiliar with Blake Crouch here are a few pointers. His flavour of thriller fiction has made him a household internet sensation. One such creation made its way onto Fox this week in the shape of Wayward Pines. Starting off like first person survival horror, before […]
Jaden Smith playing Static Shock, according to Tyler James Williams
Back in October, we reported that After Earth star Jaden Smith was rumored for the title role of DC’s upcoming Static Shock live-action digital series. Now, that report seems to have been confirmed, thanks to The Walking Dead and Dear White People‘s Tyler James Williams.Williams was recently interviewed at MCM Comic Con (via Flicks and the City), and was asked about any […]
Bill Paxton on Neill Blomkamp’s Alien: “If you’re going to bring Hicks back, you’ve got to have Hudson”
With Michael Biehn’s Corporal Hicks expected to return to the Alien franchise alongside Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming fifth instalment of the sci-fi series, Entertainment Weekly took the opportunity to ask Bill Paxton if he’d have any interest in reprising the role of Hicks’ fellow Colonial Marine, Private Hudson.“That’s the first I’ve heard […]
Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man
The latest issue of Empire Magazine serves up a preview of Marvel’s next superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, offering some insight into Edgar Wright’s shock departure from the project due to creative differences with Marvel Studios, as well as comments from incoming director Peyton Reed (Down with Love) about the pressure of stepping into Wright’s shoes.SEE ALSO: […]
