Björk: Biophilia Live, 2014 Directed by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland SYNOPSIS: Icelandic artist, Björk, performs songs from her eighth album with evocative visuals provided by designers from around the world. Icelandic warbler Björk presents her eighth studio album Biophilia as a live performance on film, showing off her enigmatic and evocative visions and style. David Attenborough opens the […]

Anthony Stokes reviews episode 2 of FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham…. After the disappointment of the pilot, I was reluctant tuning into Gotham’s second episode. So far aside from Arrow no superhero TV show has reached the heights of Smallville, which is a pretty low bar.  Gotham’s first episode was especially mediocre, with shades of […]

Hollywood’s trend of greenlighting any and all pre-established properties for feature films continues, as a live-action Tetris movie is now in active development. The film, based of course on the 1984 puzzler, comes from Threshold Entertainment’s Larry Kasanoff, the producer of the 1995 Mortal Kombat film. At this point in time, there are no details on the project and […]

Now that the Dollmaker – a villain who debuted in the New 52 in 2011 and appeared on Arrow last season – is set to appear on Gotham, fans are running wild with theories about the two shows sharing the same connected universe. Those theories were given even more fuel by this little Easter egg spotted in last […]

The Duke of Burgundy, 2014. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna and Monica Swinn. SYNOPSIS: A relationship based on sadomasochism slowly begins to unravel. The Duke of Burgundy…more like 50 Shades of Burgundy – amirite? Up top! Anyone? That’s ok. This is a highbrow picture. One with credits for ‘Lingere’ and […]

A tweet sent out (and swiftly deleted) by longtime Whedonverse actor Fran Kranz (Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse) may have just revealed the identity of another Marvel Comics character headed to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Robbie Baldwin, a.k.a. Speedball. For those unfamiliar, Robbie Baldwin was bombarded with inter-dimensional energy and gained an exterior shell of kinetic energy. As […]

The Windy City has been very kind to both the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel, standing in for both Gotham City and Metropolis in films like The Dark Knight and Man of Steel. According to FOX 32 News, the World’s Finest are returning to Chicago for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.  Chicago will once again stand in […]

Before J.J. Abrams secured the job of kicking off Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy, numerous filmmakers were linked with the director’s chair on Star Wars: Episode VII, including  David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club), who has spoken about meeting with Disney and Lucasfilm during a promotional interview for his new film Gone Girl. “I talked to […]

The Equalizer, 2014. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Meunier, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, David Harbour, and Robert Wahlberg. SYNOPSIS: A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a […]

Still the Enemy Within, 2014. Directed by Owen Gower. Starring Norman Strike, Paul Symonds, Steve Hammill, Mike Jackson, Joe Henry and Jim Tierney. SYNOPSIS: A documentary detailing the events of the 1984-85 Miners strike, from the views of those on the picket lines. Still the Enemy Within was the film I least expected to rank […]