Following on from the news that Ruth Negga (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has joined the cast of AMC’s Preacher adaptation as the female lead Tulip, it is now being reported that the pilot has found its Arseface, with Ian Colletti (Rake) set to play the role of Eugene Root.“Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe […]
Snow White prequel The Huntsman finds three new dwarfs
Universal Pictures has continued to push forward with its prequel tale to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman by adding three actors into the mix to form part of the new dwarfs set to feature in The Huntsman. Similarly to the original film, three British actors have been cast in the roles alongside the returning […]
Comic Book Review – Orphan Black #2
Andrew Newton reviews Orphan Black #2… One of a kind. When Sarah attempted to assume the identity of a lookalike stranger, she soon uncovered an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. Sarah also learns that someone is trying to kill them all, one by one. That someone is another clone, Helena, a murderous, self-abusing fundamentalist who […]
Movie Review – Mommy (2014)
Mommy, 2014. Directed by Xavier Dolan. Starring Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clement and Patrick Huard.SYNOPSIS:A single mother, Diane (Dorval) has to take her ADHD-stricken son, Steve (Pilon), out of an imposed institution and attempt to look after him, whilst trying to get by with work and finances. The pair’s struggles are aided, in part, […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Season 10 #21
Andrew Newton reviews The X-Files: Season 10 #21… “Elders,” part 1 of 5: For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents […]
Ruth Negga nabs female lead in Preacher series
Casting is underway on AMC’s upcoming TV adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s acclaimed comic book series Preacher, with Deadline reporting that Ruth Negga (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has joined the cast of the pilot as the female lead Tulip. The ex-girlfriend of the titular preacher Jesse Custer, Tulip is described as “a volatile, action-packed, […]
Marvel’s Secret Wars enters the Age of Apocalypse
This July, Marvel Comics will return to one of the most iconic X-Men stories of all time as part of Secret Wars, as writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Gerardo Sandoval unleash Age of Apocalypse #1. Apocalypse rules his domain on Battleworld with an iron fist. The few humans left alive have been enslaved. The mutant […]
Daniel Bruhl shares his excitement for Captain America: Civil War
With excitement building for the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron next month, Marvel Studios is already gearing up to go into production on its first release of 2016 (and Phase Three) in the eagerly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Rush star Daniel Bruhl has shared his excitement about joining […]
UPDATE: T.J. Miller is playing Weasel in Deadpool movie, Morena Baccarin is Copycat
As 20th Century Fox’s X-Men spin-off Deadpool gears up to go into production, T.J. Miller (Transformers: Age of Extinction) has revealed on Twitter that his “comedic” role in the Ryan Reynolds-headlined movie is that of Jack Hammer, a.k.a. Weasel, who in comic book continuity (and presumably in the film too) is Wade’s tech expert and […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘The Offer’
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of Arrow season 3… Arrow returns with a perfectly fine episode designed to sort of set things back onto a course to follow for the rest of the year. When last seen, Oliver was given an “Offer” (hence the title) to become the next Ra’s al Ghul. He was […]
