White Settlers, 2014 Directed by Simeon Halligan Starring Pollyanna McIntosh and Lee Williams SYNOPSIS: It’s Ed and Sarah’s first night at their new home – an isolated farmhouse on the Scottish borders. But as darkness falls, Sarah suspects they’re not alone. There are some movies that will take a tried and tested genre and risk doing something new […]
New Star Wars Rebels short, ‘Entanglement’
Disney and Lucasfilm have released the third of four Star Wars Rebels shorts set to precede the premiere of the upcoming animated series, and we’ve got it for you below… In “Entanglement,” a special Star Wars Rebels short, Zeb fails to meet with Kanan at a specified rendezvous point…and instead finds himself joyfully battling many, […]
Action Comics #1 sells for a record-breaking $3.2 million
An near-mint copy of 1938’s Action Comics #1 – the first appearance of Superman – has sold for a record $3,207,852 at auction on eBay, shattering the previous record of $2.16 million for the same issue back in 2011. The latest auction was for the highest-graded copy of Action Comics #1 ever evaluated by the […]
Shane Black bringing Remo Williams back to the screen with The Destroyer
In 1985, MGM brought former cop turned government agent Remo Williams to the screen with Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (a.k.a. Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous), hoping to launch a franchise based upon Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s The Destroyer series of pulp novels with Fred Ward (Tremors) in the lead role. While that effort failed […]
R.I.P. Richard Attenborough (1923 – 2014)
Academy Award-winning British filmmaker and actor Richard Attenborough has passed away aged 90, his son has revealed today. Born in Cambridge in 1923, Attenborough began his career in his teens, working on the stage before making his screen debut in 1942’s In Which We Serve. After his breakthrough in 1947’s Brighton Rock, he would go […]
Video Game Review – Star Wars: Commander
Chris Sanderson reviews Star Wars: Commander… I am not one who usually frequents casual games, however after visiting the App Store on iPad this weekend I was pointed towards the Editors Picks section where I discovered Star Wars: Commander. Commander follows the usual casual games ideology of free to download with in-app purchases in the […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 – Life After Beth (2014)
Life After Beth, 2014 Written and directed by Jeff Baena Starring Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, Anna Kendrick SYNOPSIS: A young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her. Just as the […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Extinction (2015)
Extinction, 2015 Written and directed by Adam Spinks Starring Sarah Mac, Ben Loyd-Holmes, Neil Newbon, Daniel Caren, Emma Little Lees, Simon Burbage, Dolores Reynals, Ross O’Hennessey, Ernesto Cantu, Angela Peters SYNOPSIS: Deep in the Amazon jungle a research team lead by a respected Professor strive to protect vulnerable and endangered species, but when their guides abandon […]
Unamazing: How Sony has sabotaged Spider-Man
Anghus Houvouras on how Sony has sabotaged Spider-Man…. Imagine you’re in the driver’s seat of a billion dollar franchise. One of the most iconic heroes of our time, one of the most successful cinematic adaptations of the 21st century. Then imagine taking your hands off the wheel and… I was watching Everton and Arsenal going […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Der Samurai (2014)
Der Samurai, 2014 Written and directed by Till Kleinert Starring Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowksi, Uwe Preuss, Kaja Blachnik, Ulrike Hanke-Haensch, Christopher Kane, Ulrike Bliefert SYNOPSIS: A transvestite with a samurai sword wreaks havoc around a small German town and it’s up to Jacob to stop him In a small and quiet German village, a wolf is starting […]