Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1889… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has drugged-up boogeymen, sensitive reptilian aliens, clockwork universes and magical words! But first – Amazon. Or, at least, an Amazon parody in the returning Sinister Dexter. The fictional company is called Congo. Subtlety, be damned. New artist Jake Lynch’s black and white pencils […]
Movie Review – Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood, 2014. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ethan Hawke. SYNOPSIS: The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. Filmmaking doesn’t get much better than Boyhood. It’s a unique experience and if there’s one thing which will make you happier than the […]
Interview: Gianni Capaldi talks Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice
Tom Jolliffe chats with Gianni Capaldi about his latest film Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice… Having started as a businessman in Glasgow, and then moving to L.A, Motherwell born Gianni Capaldi has forged himself a career as an actor and producer and has been working steadily for the last few years, mixing it with […]
Sylvester Stallone looks for a hit with mob thriller Scarpa
With the third Expendables film set to hit theatres mid-August, Sylvester Stallone is already lining up his next project. The New York Post were first to scoop with the news that Stallone will reunite with producer Irwin Winkler (Rocky) to portray former mob hitman Gregory Scarpa. Scarpa was a career criminal and mob enforcer for […]
Gojira Reborn: The Making of Godzilla
Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects producer Allen Maris, production visual effects supervisor John Dykstra; visual effects supervisors Ken McGaugh, Guillaume Rocheron and Darren Poe, previs supervisor Eric Carney and designer Christian Pearce about the monstrous task of bringing a Toho Studios icon back to the big screen…. “I received a call from Kim LoCascio, Legendary’s VFX […]
Movie Review – Mr. Morgan’s Last Love (2013)
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love, 2013 Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck Starring Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Justin Kirk, Gillian Anderson SYNOPSIS: A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian dance teacher. Mr. Morgan’s Last Love is nice. Now when I say nice, what I am really saying […]
Stan Lee & Bruce Timm celebrate 75 Years of Marvel with new anthology
Over seven decades of entertaining comic book fans commenced with the release of Marvel Comics #1 in October 1939, and to celebrate the occasion a new anthology titled Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 will be arriving both in print and digital formats. Accompanying a cover by artist Paolo Rivera will be an illustrated adaptation of […]
Kevin Smith denies writing the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Script
What a whirlwind story of oddness this has turned out to be. It was reported over the weekend that the leaked script for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – that many movie “scoop” sites have been using for their “scoops” – was in fact a fake leaked purposefully by Warner Bros. to throw the Internet […]
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie gets cut by the BBFC
It’s the return of the Video Nasties! Just kidding. But after being reviewed by the BBFC and a request by distributor, Hammingdon Pictures, 10 seconds have been cut from the 87 minute run time of the family-friendly Pudsey the Dog: The Movie, starring Britain’s Got Talent winner Pudsey. From the BBFC website: “Company chose to […]
FMTV Movie Myths – Did Sylvester Stallone REALLY make a porno?
In episode three of Flickering Myth TV’s Movie Myths, co-editor Oliver Davis uncovers the truth behind one of cinema’s kinkiest urban legends: did Expendables star Sylvester Stallone really star in a pornographic film before finding success in Hollywood? All is revealed in the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRTChJI6sjA FMTV will be back on Friday with the Movie […]