“I take each project as they come,” explains Michael Wilkinson who received an Oscar nomination for costume designing American Hustle (2013).  “I would never say as a rule that I don’t do this type of film.  For me I read the script.  If there’s something about it I find challenging that I’ve never done before […]

The King and the Mockingbird (French: Le Roi et l’oiseau), 1980. Directed by Paul Grimault. Featuring the voice talents of Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala and Renaud Marx. SYNOPSIS: A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king. The modern animation industry is very much […]

We’ve known for a while now that Joss Whedon will expand the roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, bringing in Godzilla duo Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as mutant ‘miracle’ twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, while Paul Bettany is also set to add to his voice work as JARVIS by […]

Locke, 2014 Directed by Steven Knight Starring Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Olivia Coleman SYNOPSIS: A construction manager’s life slowly falls apart on his drive home from work. Locke’s titular character is Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), a Welsh (it takes a while to get past the ‘camp Bane’ accent quickly) construction manager, who’s […]

With Harrison Ford (presumably) gearing up for a return to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Episode VII, as well as a rumoured fifth Indiana Jones film on the horizon, it’s easy to forget that he could potentially be returning to another of his previous characters in Rick Deckard, protagonist of Blade Runner. It’s […]

For the past couple of years, James Cameron has been busy hammering away at development on a trio of sequels to the 2009 mega-blockbuster Avatar, working with screenwriters Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Shane Salerno (Savages), and Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) to perfect the scripts for […]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baz Luhrmann – director of Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rogue! and The Great Gatsby – has entered talks with Legendary Pictures with regards to helming the upcoming big screen adaptation of the classic 1970s TV series Kung Fu. Should he finalise a deal, it’s said he’ll also rewrite the script, […]

Thomas Roach with eight predictions for the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Through years of planning and a chain of successes Marvel Studios has delivered films that both excel at the box office and please their fans. Unlike the other superhero movies, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has all these characters existing in the same universe and crossing […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Already a comment on critics, author Tom Shone (writer of the brilliant book Blockbuster: How the Jaws and Jedi Generation Turned Hollywood into a Boom-town) writes for The Guardian about the different approaches to film criticism highlighted in the past week: “Hollywood needs policing on its weaknesses, not […]

It seems that Kevin Smith has added a little A-list star power to his upcoming low-budget horror flick Tusk, with star Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers) revealing that Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) has joined the cast. According to The Wrap, Depp is “likely playing a French-Canadian inspector who investigates the bizarre case at the […]