After the critical failure of big budget blockbusters such as The Last Airbender and After Earth, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is returning to his roots with a low-budget thriller entitled Sundowning, which is currently shooting in Pennsylvania with a cast that includes Kathryn Hahn (We’re the Millers) and young actor Ed Oxenbould (Alexander and the […]
Ghost House Pictures to reboot The Grudge
Just ten years after it first remade the movie for American audiences, Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures is to reboot The Grudge, Takashi Shimazu’s English-language remake of his own 2002 Japanese chiller Ju-On: The Grudge. Released in 2004, The Grudge starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and proved to be a huge hit for Ghost House, banking […]
DVD Review – Black Water Vampire (2014)
Black Water Vampire, 2014. Written and Directed by Evan Tramel.Starring Danielle Lozeau, Andrea Monier, Anthony Fanelli, Robin Steffen and Bill Oberst Jr. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film crew investigate a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they delve deeper into the story, they stumble upon a horrifying secret. One they may […]
The Forgettable Soundtrack to Marvel’s Movies
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… James Garcia, for We Got This Covered, writes with reference to Brian Tyler, the recently announced composer for Avengers: Age of Ultron: “Tyler’s resume also includes The Expendables films, Now You See Me, and a handful of the Fast and Furious movies. He did an alright job with […]
Book Review – Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Villordsutch reviews Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson… Mentats of Dune is the second book in the Schools of Dune Trilogy following on from the events of Sisterhood of Dune (Book 1). For those versed in both Frank Herbert’s Duniverse you will be more than aware of the Bene Gesserit, Mentats, […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gotham, Arrow, Powers, Bananaman and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, Gotham, Arrow, Son of Batman, Powers, Bananaman and more… […]
Special Features – Rough Waters: Noah and the stormy seas of noble failures
Anghus Houvouras on Noah and the stormy sea of noble failures…. Noah is on its way into theaters soon, and the first reviews are hitting the net like a torrential downpour. The reviews are skewing towards the favorable, though a lot of words are spent discussing the imperfections and half-baked ideas of a movie that […]
Time Lord: Will Cohen talks about Doctor Who
Trevor Hogg chats with Will Cohen about making timeless visual effects for the Doctor Who franchise…. “The Milk team [as MILL TV] have been creating the VFX for Doctor Who since the series’ regeneration in 2005,” states Milk VFX CEO Will Cohen. “The team continued to work on Day of the Doctor as Milk when […]
Has Bollywood Finally Embraced Feminism In Filmmaking?
Hollywood’s relationship with strong female lead characters and the exploration of feminist themes in general has been hit and miss. Cat Balou of 1965, starring Jane Fonda, certainly fits the bill of a movie that had both elements, but it was a film that never forgot to be mainstream piece of entertainment either. Ridley Scott’s […]
Jon M. Chu to direct Jem and the Holograms movie
Jon M. Chu certainly likes his 80s cartoons. The director of G.I. Joe: Retaliation spent over a year developing a Masters of the Universe movie before stepping aside to concentrate on G.I. Joe 3, and now it’s been announced that he’s attached himself to another Hasbro / Marvel / Sunbow Productions series in Jem and […]