Wild, 2014.Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Rankin.SYNOPSIS:Attempting to recover from a traumatic life event, a young woman sets out on a 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.Wild is an incredibly emotional journey, told beautifully in pictures by Jean-Marc Vallée. It also marks Reese Witherspoon’s best […]
Movie Review – The Face of Love (2014)
The Face of Love, 2014.Directed by Arie Posin. Starring Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Wexler and Amy Brenneman.SYNOPSIS:A widow starts a relationship with a man who looks identical to her deceased husband.The Face of Love is an eerie love story that takes itself a bit too seriously to fully draw viewers in. As […]
The Interview: Protecting Free Speech or the Bottom Line?
Anghus Houvouras on The Interview: protecting free speech, or the bottom line..?This Sony hacking scandal is unprecedented. Like a tiny snowball pushed from the precipice of a high peak picking up mass and speed as it rolls down wreaking havoc on all who come into contact with its massive, icy surface. An inescapable maelstrom of […]
James Gunn says the Thanos scene in Guardians of the Galaxy was the hardest scene to write
During a chat with Vulture, James Gunn has been speaking about the challenges of bringing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy to the screen, and in particular the scene he found most difficult to write – the one featuring the Mad Titan Thanos… “There’s pressure with Thanos because you’re setting up this gigantic character that, in […]
Don’t expect to see Peter Jackson ever directing a superhero movie
Now that he’s finished up with J.R.R. Tokien’s Middle-earth following the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Peter Jackson is starting to turn his attention to future projects, but it seems we should rule out the possibility of him ever directing a superhero movie as the filmmaker has stated that he’s […]
Colin Trevorrow and Chris Pratt talk Jurassic World
By now we’ve all seen the trailer for Jurassic World, a return to the world created 22 years ago (blimey that makes me feel old) by Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton. In it we see that us humans may have learnt from the past and built a dinosaur theme park that actually works, but as […]
Clark Gregg teasing a Hawkeye appearance for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
We heard earlier this month that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will somehow lead / tie in to Marvel’s hugely-anticipated May sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, but could Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton be a part of that? Well, Agent Coulson himself Clark Gregg may have just teased a Hawkeye appearance in the show, with the actor posting […]
R2-D2 graces the cover of the latest issue of Total Film
Ahead of its return to the big screen in 364 days from now in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, everybody’s favourite astromech R2-D2 has taken centre stage on the cover of the latest issue of Total Film as part of the magazine’s 2015 preview… “The biggest year in movies. Ever.” – When you look at […]
Games publication CVG is shutting down
Future Publishing has announced that ComputerandVideoGames.com, the official website for the CVG brand, will close.The brand has existed since 1981, and began as a magazine called Computer and Video Games. Gamesradar+ will be taking on board some existing CVG content in February 2015, according to MCV.Declan Gough, head of content and marketing at Future Games, […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s Frank Grillo says Crossbones could take on The Hulk
During a profile over at Entertainment Weekly, Captain America: The Winter Soldier star Frank Grillo has been speaking about his role as the villain Brock Rumlow, a.k.a. Crossbones, stating that the HYDRA sleeper agent could take on any superhero, including the Green Goliath!“He is not good and not bad, Crossbones,” says Grillo, who is expected […]
