Last week Jeremy Renner suggested that he could be set to follow-up his role in Avengers: Age of Ultron with another outing as Hawkeye in 2016’s Captain America 3; however, as it happened, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely had planned to include the archer in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with Renner’s schedule ultimately […]
TIFF 2014 Review – Not My Type (Pas son genre) (2014)
Not My Type (Pas son genre), 2014 Directed by Lucas Belvaux. Starring Émilie Dequenne, Loïc Corbery, Clément Le Guern, Sandra Nkake, Charlotte Talpaert, Anne Coesens, Daniela Bisconti and Didier Sandre. SYNOPSIS: A Parisian philosophy professor transferred to a dull provincial town learns to cut loose and live a little after he meets a brassy blonde coiffeuse. A woman cries as her boyfriend has just […]
TIFF 2014 Review – Justice (Hustisya) (2014)
Justice (Hustisya), 2014 Directed by Joel Lamangan. Starring Nora Aunor, Rocco Nacino, Rosanna Roces, Sunshine Dizon, Gardo Versoza, Chynna Ortaleza and Jeric Gonzales. SYNOPSIS: A woman fights for her soul while working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate. A man and woman act like a couple of love-struck teenagers while another female passenger is not impressed by what she […]
Edge of Tomorrow hits $100M at the US box office… at last!
Hidden away under the headlines this week for Guardians of the Galaxy becoming the #1 film of the year and yet another superhero movie dominating the ticket sales was a small triumph for all those Edge of Tomorrow fans out there (although there were not as many as I hoped from by the very nature […]
Zombie Culture: The Return of The Tick
Anghus Houvouras on ‘Zombie Culture’ and the return of The Tick… I’ve been writing about our ‘Zombie Culture’ for a few years now. For those of you who haven’t read my previous columns, here’s the textbook definition. Zombie Culture: A world where all forms of entertainment (TV Shows, Movies, Comic Books) are eventually resuscitated and […]
Jesse Eisenberg hides his Lex Luthor hairstyle in new Batman v Superman set photos
A couple of days ago we got our first look at Jesse Eisenberg on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and now Henry Cavill News has got its hands on a couple more images of the actor, although he’s making sure we can’t see what kind of hairstyle Lex Luthor will be […]
Watch FMTV Movie Myths – Was one of the Bond girls really born a man?
In this week’s episode of FMTV’s Movie Myths, Oliver Davis finds out whether one of the ‘Bond Girls’ from the 007 franchise was actually born a man. Octopussy or Thunderballs? There’s only one way to find out! Check out latest installment of Movie Myths below for the truth behind the films…. FMTV will be back […]
Second Opinion – Night Moves (2013)
Night Moves, 2013. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat, Logan Miller, Kai Lennox, Katherine Waterston and James LeGros. SYNOPSIS: Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. An eco-terrorism story on the surface, Night Moves sees the quiet, solemn […]
Movie Review – Life of Crime (2013)
Life of Crime, 2013. Directed by Daniel Schechter. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, John Hawkes, Mos Def, Isla Fisher andWill Forte. SYNOPSIS: Just what do you do when you kidnap a man’s wife for a million dollars, only to find that he was about to divorce her anyway, and doesn’t want to pay the ransom? […]
Cambridge Film Festival Review – Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight, 2014. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Erica Leerhsen, Eileen Atkins, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A sceptical magician attempts to unmask a young woman claiming supernatural powers, only to question his own beliefs. Magic in the Moonlight gives us so much […]
