Anghus Houvouras on Legendary Pictures’ decision to double down on Pacific Rim 2… $400 million. That’s the line. The threshold your movie has to cross in order for your big budget studio tent-pole film to be considered for a franchise. The veritable break-even number for films that in this risk averse studio system will warrant […]

As has become customary over the past few years, Marvel Studios’ Hall H presentation looks set to be one of the highlights of the San Diego Comic-Con International later this month. Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron are sure to feature heavily, and now Michael Douglas has confirmed to Collider that he’ll […]

Thief is the latest big game franchise to be adapted into a movie, if a report from The Tracking Board is to be believed. Vertigo Films and Prime Universe are developing the film, while Adrian Askarieh and Roy Lee are set to produce it. The two of them are also in charge of another game […]

Sigourney Weaver is to reprise her signature role as Ellen Ripley – albeit in video game form – with the actress set to reunite with the cast of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic for a pre-order bonus pack for the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Weaver will be joined by Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronic Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of The 100… Adaptations of novels aimed towards teenage audiences are usually criticised for three things – a lack of pace, a lack of subtly and a lack of build. There is much to be said about The 100, the new US drama shown here in the UK on […]

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Sweden: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann), 2013. Directed by Felix Herngren. Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, Mia Skäringer and Alan Ford. SYNOPSIS: Explosives expert Allan Karlsson, goes on the run from his retirement home during his 100th Birthday party. This Swedish comedy […]

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #35…. “The Q Gambit” begins here! The crew of the new STAR TREK film franchise encounters the classic Trek villain Q for the first time, only in this all-new 6-part galaxy-spanning adventure developed in association with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on quest that will see […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]