Anghus Houvouras on the marketing campaign for Ender’s Game and how it’s the perfect example of how not to launch a four quadrant franchise…. I hate box office prognostication.  This isn’t a column whose goal is to handicap or accurately guess how much Ender’s Game is going to make.  Our collective fascination with the balance […]

For the past few months it’s been all but official that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2, Godzilla) has been lined up to join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the role of Quicksilver, and now it finally is official. The Wrap is reporting that Taylor-Johnson has finally closed a deal with Marvel Studios to portray Quicksilver in Joss […]

If you grew up watching Boy Meets World like I did then you probably remember Mr. Jonathan Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn), the lovable, motorcycle-riding teacher who taught Cory, Shawn and Topanga for three seasons. You also probably remember how Mr. Turner seemed to vanish after season 4. After getting in a terrible motorcycle accident he […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; the showdown of the Century – Freddy vs. Jason… As mentioned in the Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare entry of Countdown to Halloween, there are times when a movie’s production is more interesting than the film […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Johnny Depp (Dark Shadows) is filming a cameo for crime thriller London Fields, which stars Amber Heard (The Rum Diary), Billy Bob Thornton (Parkland), Theo James (Underworld: Awakening) and Jim Sturgess (One Day). An adaptation of Martin Amis’ 1989 novel, the film is a directorial debut for Mathew Cullen. The story follows a mysterious femme […]

Once he finishes up his directing duties on Mission: Impossible 5, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Jack Reacher) looks set to turn his attention to the 70s anime sci-fi series Star Blazers, with Deadline reporting that the Oscar-winner has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation for Skydance Productions. Adapted from the Japanese anime […]

Millennium Films has announced that it has given the green light to London Has Fallen, a sequel to this year’s White House action thriller Olympus Has Fallen, which – as you can probably guess by the title – is set to shift the action to the UK capital. According to Screen Daily, the sequel will […]

Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins) has secured financing for his latest Yakuza film The Outsider, which will mark a rare English language outing for the cult Japanese filmmaker. The film is set to star Tom Hardy (Warrior, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) as “a former G.I. in post-WWII Japan […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s ‘Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film’ season for a double-bill of Dracula and The Mummy… Define Gothic and Dracula immediately comes to mind. The high-arches and cobwebs, the creatures that scurry across the floor and the long drapes that falls from the ceilings – blood on the tips of fangs […]