After helping to push the total gross of the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond $7 billion at the global box office earlier this week, the James Gunn directed space opera Guardians of the Galaxy has now overtaken the North American haul of Iron Man 2 to become Marvel Studios’ fourth-highest grossing release on domestic soil. Guardians […]
Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb talks Daredevil and The Defenders
With Marvel set to give us our first look at its Netflix series Daredevil at the New York Comic Con next month, Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb has taken a moment to discuss the upcoming show during an interview on KFI AM 640 (via ComicBook), stating that fans wanting to know what they’re not […]
Movie Review – 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
20,000 Days on Earth, 2014. Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. SYNOPSIS: Writer and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth. While Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s fictional documentary centres on Nick Cave’s 20,000th day, the subject himself remarks that “Memory is what we are… Your very soul, your very […]
Movie Review – Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight, 2014. Written and 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 romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. Woody Allen has released a […]
Should the X-Men franchise be rebooted after X-Men Apocalypse?
Thomas Roach on whether the X-Men franchise should be rebooted after X-Men: Apocalypse… The X-Men franchise is longest running of all the current comic book movie franchises. It debuted in 200o with X-Men and went though 2009 with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fox then apparently looked at rebooting the franchise with X-Men: First Class but the […]
Movie Review – Frontera (2014)
Frontera, 2014. Directed by Michael Berry. Starring Ed Harris, Michael Peña, Eva Longoria, Amy Madigan, Aden Young and Seth Adkins. SYNOPSIS: An illegal Mexican immigrant gets accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff while crossing the border into Arizona. In an effort to seek a better life in America, two Mexicans take a well-known passageway for illegal immigrants to […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Venom, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, DC Television and more
Our weekly round-up of the latest superhero news and talking points, including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Punisher, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Big Hero 6, Deadpool, The Fantastic Four, Venom, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Superman Returns, Gotham, […]
Why Deadpool doesn’t need to be R-rated
Luke Owen looks at why we don’t need an R-rated Deadpool… Well, we finally have the news that many comic book fans have been clamouring to hear for years – we are getting a Deadpool movie. After the positive reaction to the test footage that leaked online back in July, 20th Century Fox have taken […]
20 Years of Consoles and the Games That Made Them
Andy Naylor looks back at 20 years of consoles and the games that made them… The Xbox One (the name is still amusingly stupid) and the PS4 have been out for nearly a year, and to date, neither console has managed to produce a game that is generation defining, something that makes other people say, […]
Roberto Orci pulls out of Lionsgate’s Power Rangers reboot
Due to his commitments to Star Trek 3 – which will see him make his directorial debut – Roberto Orci has dropped out of the big screen reboot of the Power Rangers franchise, which he was set to executive produce for Lionsgate. Power Rangers is described as a modern reinvention of the Mighty Morphin Power […]
