The Book Thief, 2013. Directed by Brian Percival.Starring Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Nico Liersch, Roger Allam snd Kirsten Block. SYNOPSIS: While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being […]

Shailene Woodley, star of the upcoming young adult adaptation Divergent, has criticised the incredibly popular Twilight series in an interview with Teen Vogue. “Twilight,  I’m sorry, is about a very unhealthy toxic relationship,” states Woodley, whose credits include The Descendents and The Spectacular Now. “She falls in love with the guy and the second he leaves […]

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, 2014. Directed by Kaare Andrews.Starring Sean Astin, Currie Graham, Ryan Donowho, Brando Eaton, Jillian Murray, Mitch Ryan and Solly Duran. SYNOPSIS: When a group of friends enjoying a bachelor cruise in the Caribbean stumble upon a research facility on a remote island, a deadly virus is unleashed. The group must find […]

Simon Columb continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with Looking for Richard… The Al Pacino season at the BFI has showcased his best work, but it can be difficult to get a sense of what Pacino is like when viewed through the fictional lens of characters like Michael Corleone and Frank Serpico. Looking for Richard is […]

Finally some Star Wars: Episode VII news! Not terribly surprising news mind you. But at the rate it’s been coming we’ll take anything won’t we? So then, lets get down to it. Here’s the news from StarWars.com… “Disney and Lucasfilm are excited to announce that principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. […]

Chris Cooper reviews the final part of IDW’s Utrom Empire series…. “Baxter’s gambit reaches its endgame, but Fugitoid has some tricks up his sleeve! With the fate of the Utrom race in his hands, whom will the robot scientist end up saving? The dramatic past of the Utroms will have dire consequences in the present […]

Mar del Plata, 2012. Directed by Sebastian Dietsch and Ionathon Klajman.Starring Pablo Caramelo, Lorena Damonte, Cecilia Echague, Daniela Nirenberg, Pablo G. Perez and Gabriel Zayat. SYNOPSIS: Comedy following two disillusioned friends who visit the seaside town of Mar del Plata to escape their humdrum lives, only to bump into an ex-girlfriend and her successful new […]

The Mean Streets of IDW are explored this week with a collection of four crime stories – Easy Way by Christopher E. Long and Andy Kuhn, The Devil’s Concubine by Palle Schmidt, Fishtown by Kevin Colden, and Baja by Ben Wagner and Nathan St. John – in the trade paperback Mean Streets: A Crime Anthology; […]

The Hub Network has announced that production is underway on a new animated Transformers series, which is set to take place four years after Transformers: Prime and will see Bumblebee (voiced once again by Will Friedle) serving as leader to a brand new team of Autobots. The as-yet-untitled series is set to debut in 2015, […]

It looks like we can add another superhero movie to the 2015 schedule, with Den of Geek reporting that the classic British comic book character / children’s series Bananaman is heading to the big screen, with the website Bananamanmovie.com suggesting that we’ll “Peel the Power” next year. Bananaman is the alter-ego of Eric Wimp (a.k.a. […]