Simon Columb chats with Richard Shepard, writer-director of Dom Hemingway… Richard Shepard is an actor’s director. He has worked with Richard Gere, Pierce Brosnan and, now, Jude Law. He directed the pilot episode of Ugly Betty, episodes of 30 Rock and multiple episodes of Lena Dunham’s Girls. Dom Hemingway, is Shepard’s glorious, character-driven London gangster […]

Last week, Disney finally unveiled the release date for the first instalment of its eagerly-anticipated Star Wars sequel trilogy, revealing that the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars: Episode VII is to hit cinemas on December 18th, 2015 and bringing to an end any speculation about pushing the film back to 2016 at the behest of Lucasfilm’s […]

Gravity, 2013. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. SYNOPSIS: A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. This review was for an IMAX 3D screening. The following statement is undeniable: Gravity is a cinematic experience unlike any other we have seen before […]

In yesterday’s live fan event promoting the release of Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) on DVD and Blu-Ray, the film’s director Zack Snyder possibly confirmed Lex Luthor’s appearance in the sequel. Sometime after host Kevin Smith had finished his one hour, 12 minute-long introduction to the hour and a quarter-long event, Snyder said the following […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Mark Kermode, on Tuesday 5th November 2013, revealed on his Uncut Blog: “Gravity … is worth seeing … in 3D. That’s all. Thank you.” Watch the video in full on his site here. Wittertainment listeners and fans will see this moment as ground-breaking. Mark Kermode has rallied against […]

On Friday it was revealed by The Wrap that Girls star Adam Driver is front-runner for the role of Dick Grayson / Nightwing in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, with the site suggesting that “at least two other actors may in the mix”. Well, we might now know the identity […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare about launching a new Image Comics series plus an exclusive preview of Rocket Girl #2… “My family’s extremely musical, so in that sense yes, but I’m the only visual artist in the family.  Although my grandmother did some art as well,” states Amy Reeder who was […]

The Counselor, 2013. Directed by Ridley Scott.Starring Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt. SYNOPSIS: A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. There are no hard and fast rules to making a successful movie, but one thing is needed above all else; talent. […]

Oliver Davis asks, ‘where are The Avengers?’… The crowd that exited Wednesday’s 8.30pm 3D screening of Thor: The Dark World did so in excitement. The movie had surpassed everyone’s expectations. Well, everyone bar the Batman T-shirt wearing chap, presumably a DC fan and angrily thinking ‘how dare a superhero movie have sense of humour – […]

Sadé Green reviews the second episode of Boardwalk Empire season 4…. The beauty of the slow and brooding Boardwalk Empire is that it doesn’t rely on ridiculous story lines that fizzle out in one of two episodes. Every main arc is carefully constructed and well thought out and in ‘Resignation’, the foundations for some very […]