The 87th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood last night, with Birdman named Best Picture, as well as taking home a further three awards – Best Director (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel also managed a haul of four Oscars for Best […]
Avengers: Infinity War – An accumulation, or continuation?
Pim Razenberg on whether Avengers: Infinity War will be an accumulation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a continuation… We’re well into 2015 and Avengers: Age of Ultron is firmly knocking on our doors. The superhero ensemble movie will pick up the threads from Marvel Studios’ previous Phase Two instalments, and, looking at the studio’s […]
The Calloway Way – Why The New Alien Movie Might Disappoint
This week Neil Calloway is wary of Neill Blomkamp’s Alien film… When Neill Blomkamp released some of the artwork for his proposed Alien film, I was impressed – concept art for science fiction films is often better than the films themselves – and mentally filed it in my “great unmade films” drawer. It sat there […]
Hugh Jackman on Wolverine: “I’ve got to find a way to keep playing him until I die”
Last year Hugh Jackman made his seventh outing as the fan favourite mutant Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and judging from the star’s latest comments, he’s got no plans to hang up the claws just yet. “‘I always want to be in better shape than I was for the last one,” Jackman tells […]
Razzie Awards: ‘Winners’ of the 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards revealed
As is customary on the eve of the Oscars, the Golden Raspberry Awards have ‘honoured’ the very worst in cinema over the past twelve months with the 2015 Razzie Awards! Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas took the biggest beating, receiving Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Combo (for Kirk Cameron and his Ego). […]
Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cyber crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. There’s a clash at the heart of Michael Mann’s […]
Winners of the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards announced
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night in Santa Barbara, California. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman claimed the most awards, taking home three gongs including Best Feature, although Iñárritu lost out in the Best Director category to Richard Linklater for Boyhood. In the acting categories, Julianne Moore […]
The Game of Thrones Revolution: From Literature to Online Gaming
The increasingly connected nature of modern media has changed the worlds of film, literature and gaming forever. More specifically, it has enabled multi-platform experiences for the masses, while also making it easier than ever to translate popular characters and concepts across various channels. No modern day franchise reflects this better than the popular Game of […]
Second Opinion – The Wedding Ringer (2015)
The Wedding Ringer, 2015. Directed by Jeremy Garelick. Starring Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Olivia Thirlby, Ken Howard, Alan Ritchson, Dan Gill, Jorge Garcia, and Cloris Leachman. SYNOPSIS: Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for […]
Taron Egerton rumoured for young Han Solo role in Star Wars spin-off movie
If you’re looking for a juicy Star Wars rumour this weekend, then UK tabloid The Sun has just the tonic for you, as the newspaper is reporting that Kingsman: The Secret Service star Taron Egerton is wanted for the role of a young Han Solo in one of the several Star Wars spin-off movies in […]
