Poker is a sport filled with tension and drama: one minute the cards are showering you with celebrity status and six figure wins, the next you’re down on your luck and out of pocket. It’s no wonder then that Hollywood has turned its attention to the felt on more than one occasion. There has been […]
Chris Pratt and Michael Rooker talk Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Raccoon
With filming complete on Marvel’s space epic Guardians of the Galaxy, we are finally getting our first drips of information about Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon. Having been in London to film Parks and Recreation’s 100th episode, Chris Pratt has revealed some information on what exactly Rocket Raccoon will bring to the film… “You think it’s […]
Blake Lively to star in The Age of Adaline
The Age of Adaline finally seems to be forming, after months of rumoured casts and directors. Gabriele Muccino (Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds) was once penned to fill the role of director, along with Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up) set to play the eponymous Adaline, but that’s changed once again. Now blonde bombshell Blake Lively (Savages) […]
Movie Review – Prince Avalanche (2013)
Prince Avalanche, 2013. Directed by David Gordon Green.Starring Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, and Gina Grande. SYNOPSIS: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left […]
Countdown To Halloween – Child’s Play 2 (1990)
To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; Child’s Play 2… With Curse of Chucky being released this coming Monday (read my review here), Countdown to Halloween will be looking at everyone’s fourth or fifth favourite slasher villain: Charles Lee Ray aka Chucky. Child’s Play, like many other slasher […]
Michael Bay attacked on Transformers: Age of Extinction set, issues statement in response
Michael Bay is currently filming Transformers: Age of Extinction, the sequel literally no one asked for, and today there has been a short delay in filming as a result of incident on the Hong Kong set. According to reports, intruders worked their way onto the set and having been refused $13000 that they’d demanded, they […]
American Horror Story: Coven – Epsiode 2 Review
Alice Rush reviews the second episode of American Horror Story: Coven… After last week’s arguably slow start I’ve been waiting for more grit and gore from American Horror Story Coven to sink my teeth into. One of the problems of an anthology series is making sure the pace is right so that the whole narrative […]
Henry Selick to direct live-action feature A Tale Dark & Grimm
Henry Selick (Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas) is known for his dark, yet playful animated features which depict gothic themes in a friendly and satirical form. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Selick is taking a break from the animated world, to create the live-action film A Tale Dark & Grimm. While not animated, the […]
Hans Zimmer distancing himself from Batman vs. Superman return
It looks like Hans Zimmer may not be returning to the Man of Steel sequel, with the composer distancing himself from scoring Batman vs. Superman during an interview with Vulture this week. Zimmer has said he feels burned out by sequels after Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, an experience he says “didn’t really […]
57th BFI London Film Festival Review – Blackwood (2013)
Blackwood, 2013. Directed by Adam Wimpenny.Starring Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Russell Tovey, Joanna Vanderham, Isaac Andrews and Paul Kaye. SYNOPSIS: Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start.He has a teaching job lined up and a new […]