Alice Rush reviews the first episode of American Horror Story: Coven… The return of FX’s anthology series American Horror Story has been a feverishly awaited for months now. With achingly short teaser trailers and deliciously horrific promotional posters whetting the appetite it comes as no surprise that the third instalment Coven gained the highest series […]
Michael Bay developing World War II movie Sabotage, eyeing self-financed horror
Once he finishes up his work on Transformers: Age of Extinction, Michael Bay looks to be heading back to World War II for the first time since 2001’s Pearl Harbor, linking up with Paramount for the WWII action thriller Sabotage. Based on a proposed non-fiction book from former journalist Neal Bascomb entitled Sabotage: A Genius […]
Movie Review – Le Week-End (2013)
Le Week-End, 2013. Directed by Roger Michell.Starring Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Duncan and Olly Alexander. SYNOPSIS: Revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon, a long-married British couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) run into an old colleague (Jeff Goldblum) and discover a new vision of what life and marriage might be. Poignant, […]
57th BFI London Film Festival Review – Enough Said (2013)
Enough Said, 2013. Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener.Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Ben Falcone and Toni Collette. SYNOPSIS:A divorced and single parent, Eva, spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert – a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an […]
Bridesmaids director pitched Warner Bros. a Wonder Woman comedy
Last weekend, we heard from Warner Bros. Chief Executive Officer Kevin Tsujihara, who revealed that “we need to get Wonder Woman on the big screen or TV”. Well, it seems that WB has indeed been inviting pitches for a Wonder Woman movie, with Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig telling IGN that he recently […]
Comic Book Review – Batman and Robin #23.3: Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins
Robb Ghag reviews Batman and Robin #23.3: Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins… “The origin of Ra’s al Ghul in The New 52! For centuries Ra’s has had a plan for this world, and now he is faced with an offer from the Secret Society that could help him achieve what he wants…or […]
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner joins Barely Lethal
Sophie Turner has joined the action comedy Barely Lethal, which is being directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys). The film, written by John D’Arco, follows a 16-year-old assassin (played by Hailee Steinfeld) longing for a “normal” adolescence who fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. Turner will play an […]
Countdown to Halloween – Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Next up, wacky horror comedy Killer Klowns From Outer Space… Don’t you just love it when a movie’s title tells you everything you need to know about it? Killer Klowns From Outer Space does exactly what it says […]
Comic Book Review – Hacktivity #1
Oliver Davis reviews Hacktivity #1…. “Shawn Harris is a hacktivist, a software programmer / activist, who just pushed the boundaries too far. On trial for breaking into FBI systems, he’s just been found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in maximum security prison. As his trial starts getting media attention, people find the facts of […]
57th BFI London Film Festival Review – Hello Carter (2013)
Hello Carter, 2013. Written and Directed by Anthony Wilcox.Starring Charlie Cox, Annabelle Wallis, Jodie Whittaker and Paul Schneider. SYNOPSIS: Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way. From the […]