Life of Crime, 2013. Directed by Daniel Schechter. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, John Hawkes, Mos Def, Isla Fisher andWill Forte. SYNOPSIS: Just what do you do when you kidnap a man’s wife for a million dollars, only to find that he was about to divorce her anyway, and doesn’t want to pay the ransom? […]
Cambridge Film Festival Review – Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight, 2014. 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 sceptical magician attempts to unmask a young woman claiming supernatural powers, only to question his own beliefs. Magic in the Moonlight gives us so much […]
Production on Magic Mike XXL is officially underway
While many spent the long Labor Day weekend soaking up the few remaining days of summer, the cast and crew of Magic Mike XXL were hard at work as the follow-up to Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 film Magic Mike began production. Soderbergh announced the news himself via Twitter, under one of his various alter-egos, and posted the following image while […]
Why people need to stop complaining about The Fantastic Four reboot
Anthony Stokes on why people need to stop complaining about The Fantastic Four reboot…. I’ll never understand what pleases or displeases the geek community sometimes. In 2013, I was verbally assaulted for not being excited about Man of Steel. And those same fanboys were later upset that Superman killed somebody. Fanboys were clamoring for a […]
Talk of a 24 movie resurfaces following the success of 24: Live Another Day
Following Jack Bauer’s successful return to TV screens earlier this year with 24: Live Another Day, it seems that Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment are now looking to revive their plans for a 24 movie. TV Line is reporting that a new feature idea for a 24 movie “is kicking around”, which Grazer is particularly […]
Lies the Internet told me: “No plans to bring back Wolverine from the dead”
Anghus Houvouras on the impending Death of Wolverine… People who work in the comic book industry are a funny lot. Creative, interesting, often quite witty individuals who produce a lot of entertaining tweets and quotes. Social media is abuzz this week with the upcoming ‘death’ of Wolverine. That and a seemingly endless stream of naked […]
Former Game of Thrones star joins Star Wars: Episode VII
According to the BBC, former Game of Thrones star Miltos Yerolemou, who portrayed the character of swordsman Syrio Forel in the first season of HBO’s epic fantasy series, has signed on to the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII in an unspecified role. While no character details have been revealed, speculation would suggest that Yerolemou […]
Stan Lee weighs in on the possibility of a Black Widow movie
Stan Lee’s actual involvement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is extremely limited, despite being cited as an executive producer on all the films. However, he is the granddaddy of the Marvel-verse, and still knows a bit of what goes on behind the scenes. Lee is often asked by fans and reporters about the goings-on at Marvel, and […]
Movie Review – As Above, So Below (2014)
As Above, So Below, 2014. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert and Ali Marhyar. SYNOPSIS: When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. Hunting […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Stevens denies links to Escape From New York remake
Yesterday it was reported that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) was in line to take on the role of Snake Plisskin in the reboot of the John Carpenter classic, Escape From New York. While over to promote his new film The Guest (read our review here), Stevens told Flickering Myth that there was no truth to […]
