Two actors from very different generations are set to team up for an upcoming comedy. Oscar winner Robert De Niro (Meet The Parents, Goodfellas) and Hollywood heart-throb Zac Efron (Bad Neighbours, The Paperboy) being eyed to star in Dirty Grandpa, the latest film from Dan Mazer, director of I Give It A Year and co-writer […]
Matt Reeves talks Planet of the Apes 3 and possible returning chraracters
*SPOILERS FROM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES AHEAD* In a recent interview with Chinese news site M News, director Matt Reeves shed some light on the hugely successful sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which has grossed over $600 million worldwide so far. In the interview, he was asked about the […]
Cambridge Film Festival Review – Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Before I Go to Sleep, 2014. Directed by Rowan Joffe. Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Anne-Marie Duff. SYNOPSIS: An amnesiac woman tries to regain her memories, as terrifying new information causes her to trust no one. Before I went to see Before I Go to Sleep I asked a couple of people […]
Andrés Muschietti to direct Shadow of the Colossus
It looks like Sony has found a replacement for Josh Trank (Chroncile) as director of Shadow of the Colossus, with Variety reporting that Andrés Muschietti (Mama) has signed on to helm the adaptation of the best selling PlayStation video game. “We knew we had our director once we heard Andy’s take on the material – […]
This Is England ’90 starts shooting this weekend
Back in 2006 up and coming Uttoxeter-born director Shane Meadows (Dead Mans Shoes) began working on a low-budget British movie centring around the skinhead subculture in the aftermath of the Falklands War in the early 80’s. Based on his own childhood experiences during the time, the movie struck a delicate and poignant chord in the […]
Movie Review – The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
The Hundred-Foot Journey, 2014. Directed by Lasse Hallström. Starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Juhi Chawla, Manish Dayal and Charlotte Le Bon. SYNOPSIS: The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory’s Michelin-starred eatery. If we based our pre-conceived notions of India and France on those […]
Watch a trio of Green Arrow DC Nation shorts
DC Entertainment has released another batch of DC Nation animated shorts, this time featuring the Emerald Archer, the Green Arrow; check them out here… You can check out a selection of DC Nation shorts featuring Creature Commandos, Plastic Man, Doom Patrol and Tales of Metropolis by clicking here.
Movie Review – The Longest Week (2014)
The Longest Week, 2014. Written and Directed by Peter Glanz. Starring Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman, Billy Crudup, Jenny Slate and Tony Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent’s prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and… in love. Jason Bateman […]
New Supergirl TV series details
Yesterday news broke that a Supergirl TV series was in development, from DC Comics writer Michael Green. Green worked on the Supergirl New 52 relaunch and has worked on shows like Smallville and Gotham, so his involvement certainly made sense. However, new reports have since surfaced from several of the trades, debunking Green’s involvement and providing a few updates. According to […]
TIFF 2014 Review – The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no monogatari) (2013)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no monogatari), 2013. Directed by Isao Takahata. Starring Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, and Nobuko Miyamoto. SYNOPSIS: Based on a tenth-century folk tale, an old man finds a princess in a bamboo who is only the size of a finger. A bamboo cutter is out in the forest where he […]