After the likes of V/H/S/ and The ABCs of Death, it seems the anthology horror is back in business and it’s now been revealed that directors Joe Dante (Gremlins), Xavier Gens (Hitman) and Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky) are set to contribute to the “genre bending” fantasy, horror and sci-fi anthology Fear Paris. Coming from the […]
Special Features – Is The Avengers the worst thing to happen to superhero movies?
Anthony Stokes asks whether The Avengers is the worst thing to happen to superhero movies… Whether you loved it or hated it, The Avengers was truly an innovation for comic book movies, blockbusters, and films in general. Aside from the fact it was widely considered to be much greater than it probably should have been, […]
Animal Logic: Will Reichelt talks about Walking With Dinosaurs
Trevor Hogg chats with Will Reichelt about the visual effects needed to bring extinct species back to life… Will Reichelt “We were approached by the BBC and Evergreen Films in 2010 to partner with them on a test for a narrative feature film based on the original Walking With Dinosaurs documentary series,” states Animal Logic […]
Josh Trank “clears up” the rumours about The Fantastic Four’s rumoured origin change
Yesterday, we received a rather nasty email from a legal representative from 20th Century Fox demanding that we remove the “purported plot details” regarding the studio’s upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four, despite the fact that director Josh Trank had previously debunked a synopsis (which we can’t show you here, but a quick Google search […]
Movie Review – Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony (2012)
Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony, 2012. Directed by Laurent Malaquais. SYNOPSIS: A film profiling the unusual cross-demographic fandom of the ostensibly girl oriented television series, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. History has shown us that the Internet and the media can be pretty cruel when it comes to fads and […]
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill reuniting for The Ballad of Richard Jewell
After bagging a pair of Oscar nominations for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill look set to reunite for the tale of Richard Jewell, a security guard whose life was torn apart by the media after discovering a bomb in the Olympic compound in Atlanta back in 1996 and […]
Candice Patton cast as Iris West in The Flash
Having secured Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) for the role of Detective West, The CW’s upcoming pilot The Flash has now found its Iris West, with Candice Patton (The Game) set to link up with Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen in the planned Arrow spin-off. Patton becomes the latest name to join the cast after […]
Blu-ray Review – Leon: The Professional 20th Anniversary Edition
Leon: The Professional, 1994. Directed by Luc Besson.Starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, and Danny Aiello. SYNOPSIS:Leon (Jean Reno) is a solitary assassin living under the employ of Italian gangster Tony (Danny Aiello). After hideously corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman) slaughters a mostly innocent family on his floor, he’s forced to take […]
Special Features – Art or Artist: Woody Allen, Philip Seymour Hoffman and the concept of letting go
Anghus Houvouras on Woody Allen, Philip Seymour Hoffman and the concept of letting go… The concept of separating the art from the artist is one I’ve wrestled with for a long time. I can recall conversations on this very topic dating back to the days before the internet. Back when collections of film fans gathered […]
The Most Disappointing – X-Men: Days of Future Past
Anghus Houvouras on X-Men: Days of Future Past… I doubt I’m alone on this. I can’t be. This sickness, this palatable level of nausea I feel with every subsequent piece of marketing associated with the film. This sense of dread that creeps in with every photo that hits Twitter. I say to myself ‘they’re set […]