Andy Naylor reviews Batman: Arkham Origins…. The third instalment of the popular Batman: Arkham series has arrived. This time Rocksteady, who were behind the first two games, has handed the reigns over to developer Warner Bros. Games Montréal. It returns to an open world map, much like Batman: Arkham City, rather than the confined spaces […]
Meryl Streep, Cameron Diaz and Milla Jovovich in negotiations for The ExpendaBelles?
The Expendables producer Avi Lerner has been speaking to the press in Bulgaria about The ExpendaBelles, during which he’s claimed that Millennium Films is currently in negotiations with Meryl Streep (The River Wild), Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) about joining the cast of the all-female action spin-off. The script for […]
Countdown to Halloween – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master… After the success of the previous movie, the Nightmare on Elm Street series was back on track and the demand for Freddy was at its peak. While […]
Will Smith to star in Groundhog Day-style supernatural thriller Selling Time
Will Smith certainly needs a career boost. His last film, the M. Night Shyamlan-directed After Earth, was a critical and box office failure and Men in Black 3, although surpassing $500 million at the box office, met with mixed reviews. With his involvement in ID Forever – Part 1 in the air, Smith is now […]
Interview: A conversation with filmmaker Greg Olliver
Villordsutch chats with filmmaker Greg Olliver… Greg Olliver is a producer and director as well as owner /operator of Secret Weapon Films. Greg is known for such films as Lemmy (winner of Best film In-Edit/Chile Film Film Festival), Turned Towards the Sun (Official Selection and BFI London Film Festival 2012) and Devoured (reviewed here at […]
Movie Review – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen.Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael K. Williams, Scoot McNairy, Ruth Negga and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, […]
Comic Book Review – Rat Queens #2
Villordsutch reviews Image Comics’ Rat Queens #2… “Someone wants to kill the Rat Queens? The girls are seeing red and there’s only one thing to do about it: get really, really drunk. And, eventually, maybe get to the bottom of who’s trying to kill them. Because, let’s be honest, they already know why.”With an outstanding […]
Ben Affleck talks more about his role as The Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman
We’ve already heard some comments from Ben Affleck about his controversial casting as The Dark Knight in Warner Bros.’ Batman vs. Superman but now the actor has offered up a few more words about his upcoming role in the Man of Steel sequel, explaining how he was initially unsure of taking on the part until […]
Tim Roth to play Sepp Blatter
In one of the more bizarre piece of casting news announced today, Reservoir Dogs and Broken star Tim Roth is to play the head of FIFA and the dark lord Sepp Blatter in a film to be released alongside the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Seeing as it is to be released pretty much as an […]
Independence Day sequel has two scripts, one with Will Smith and one without
Over the past few months, the idea that Will Smith may be involved in Independence Day 2 – a.k.a. ID Forever Part I – has been up in the air. Some reports signal that he will be returning to the film that made him a star, while others have said he priced them out of […]