This past Friday brought the unexpected news that Edgar Wright has vacated the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, having been developing the movie since 2006. It was of course hugely disappointing news for fans eager to see Wright’s take on the miniature superhero, and now two of the British filmmaker’s […]
Simon Kinberg describes X-Men: Apocalypse as a “Roland Emmerich-style” disaster movie
X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg has sure been busy these past few weeks, taking over from Bryan Singer on the promotional trail for the latest instalment in the mutant franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past [read our reviews here and here]. Just a couple of days ago, he spoke about bringing Apocalypse to the […]
Movie Review – Run & Jump (2013)
Run & Jump, 2013 Directed by Steph Green. Starring Maxine Peake, Will Forte and Edward MacLiam. SYNOPSIS: Following a stroke, Conor returns home a changed man. Supported by his loving family and neurologist Ted, everyone has to come to terms that life will not be the same again. By the time you’ve reached three quarters […]
Elementary Season 2 – Episode 23 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode 23 of Elementary season 2… Good detective stories always have to hold something back until the last minute. Ensuring that the audience doesn’t know what happens until a final turn that leaves everything seemingly shocking and inevitable all at the same time. It’s here that Mycroft Holmes makes his mark. Last […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past gives Fox its biggest ever opening weekend at the global box office
X-Men: Days of Future Past has enjoyed a healthy $261 million opening around the globe this weekend, with the Bryan Singer-directed sequel pulling in $90.7 million domestically and $171 million internationally since it began rolling out last Thursday. Its three-day U.S. haul is the second largest for the franchise after 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, […]
Rights to Namor the Sub-Mariner reportedly back at Marvel
Over the past couple of years, Marvel Studios has reacquired the movie rights to many of its characters, and now it seems the studio may have bagged another, with Borys Kit of THR reporting via Twitter that Universal no longer has the rights to Namor the Sub-Mariner. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige had spoken about […]
Thoughts on the X-Men: Days of Future Past end credits scene
Anghus Houvouras on the end credits scene of X-Men: Days of Future Past… Spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t seen Days of Future Past yet, you might just want to go ahead and skip this one until later… X-Men: Days of Future Past was another solid movie featuring everyone’s favorite mutants. There are brilliant little […]
Tribal Instinct: Michael Geszel talks about Tribes: The Dog Years
Trevor Hogg chats with Michael Geszel about his tribal vision of the future… “My parents always loved art and movies, and read a lot,” remarks Michael Geszel who was very young when he became aware of comic books; a fan of We3, Transmetropolitan, and Sin City as well as a publisher at SoulCraft Comics, Geszel is […]
Is Callan Mulvey playing The Joker in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
A couple of weeks ago director of photography Larry Fong posted an image of a playing card to his Instagram account, sparking speculation as to whether The Joker might appear in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Well gossip site TMZ has seemingly picked up the ball and ran […]
Second Opinion – X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2014. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore, Evan Peters, Booboo Stewart, Omar Sy, Fan Bingbing, Adan Canto, Evan Jonigkeit, Josh Helman, and Peter Dinklage. SYNOPSIS: […]