The hugely-popular fantasy video game series Warcraft will be making the jump from monitors to the big screen next year courtesy of Duncan Jones, and the Moon and Source Code director has been speaking about his upcoming epic during a chat with Chinese site Mtime (via ManMadeMovies), stating that it will explore “first contact” between […]
No screenwriting credit for Edgar Wright on Ant-Man, Kevin Feige briefly talks plot details
Last night Marvel Studios debuted the first trailer for Ant-Man [watch it here] – Marvel’s second movie of 2014, and one that’s been in development since before the launch of the Cinematic Universe. Back in 2003, British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and writing partner Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) wrote a treatment […]
Video Game Review – Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Ben Rayner reviews Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris… Tomb Raider, that classic adventure platforming giant which revolves around a young British archaeologist who happens to be a gun toting, gymnastic queen, is in a rather odd state of flux at the moment. After countless sequels and accusations of becoming stale, Square Enix gave […]
Arrow showrunner gives details on Black Canary, H.I.V.E and Suicide Squad
Spoilers, in case you’ve not caught up on Arrow just yet… Following the shocking events at the mid-season finale of season three of Arrow, a lot of questions are on the minds of fans about the fate of Oliver Queen – and what will happen in the wake of his death. As part of TV […]
Judd Apatow discusses his 25 year old Simpsons script, which airs on Sunday
On Sunday, FOX will air an episode of The Simpsons scripted by Judd Apatow, which just so happened to be penned back in 1990 when the Knocked Up filmmaker’s career was in its infancy and the classic animated sitcom was still in its first season. Speaking to TV Guide, Apatow has discussed ‘Bart’s New Friend’, and how […]
The Theory of Everything topples The Hobbit at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th January 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been dethroned by The Theory of Everything, with the Eddie Redmayne-headlined Stephen Hawking biopic pulling in £3,749,293 […]
20th Century Fox records $5.5 billion global box office for 2014
One of Hollywood’s major studios, 20th Century Fox, has had a record-breaking year at the worldwide box office. Topping the previous record high set by Paramount Pictures in 2011 by over $350 million, 2014 saw the studio earn in excess of $5.5 billion at this years box office. Hitting it big for the studio in […]
Whiplash causes Academy friction, deemed “adapted” screenplay
Deadline reports today that Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s superb Sundance winner, has been somewhat surprisingly classified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as an adapted script, rather than a original screenplay. Even stranger still was that the Academy apparently didn’t inform the director or the films distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, about the decision […]
Agent Carter Season 1 Episode 2 Review – “Bridge and Tunnel”
Amy Richau reviews the second episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter… Agent Carter’s second outing “Bridge and Tunnel” isn’t as strong as the pilot episode [reviewed here], but is still on overall entertaining hour of action and intrigue. Continuing the storyline from the pilot episode, Agent Carter continues to track down the weapons developed from one of […]
Agent Carter Season 1 Episode 1 Review – “Now is Not the End”
Amy Richau reviews the first episode of Agent Carter… ABC decided to give viewers a double dose of Agent Carter to premiere the new Marvel show about a woman juggling multiple identities post-WWII. However, I’m going to break the two episodes up and review them individually. The woman in question of course is Agent Peggy […]
