John Travolta has signed on to play “Gummy Bear,” the Internet viral sensation that was big in 2012. Since its release, the Gummy Bear brand has generated 3.6 billion downloads, so naturally evidently, this is a big deal in Hollywood. The film will be written by Bad Boys scribe George Gallo and sees Gummy and […]
Michael B. Jordan on those Johnny Storm rumours for The Fantastic Four
With Fox set to begin production on The Fantastic Four next month, we still know virtually nothing about the superhero reboot, with director Josh Trank denying pretty much every rumour that’s surfaced over the past few months – even the ones that seem to have some basis in fact. And of course the big one that’s stirred […]
Zack Snyder talks Batman vs. Superman and Dark Knight Returns influences
While there’s been plenty of speculation about Batman vs. Superman, we’ve heard very little in the way of comments from the cast and crew of the upcoming Man of Steel sequel over the past couple of months, but director Zack Snyder has offered up a few comments during a promotional interview for 300: Rise of […]
DVD Review – Filth (2013)
Filth, 2013. Directed by Jon S. Baird.Starring James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, and Iain De Caestecker. SYNOPSIS: A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter. Straight off the bat […]
Second Opinion – Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. […]
If the film is remade, it’s not a ‘classic’
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… In an article praising Paul Verhoeven’s original RoboCop, Tim Robey writes… “RoboCop was a smash hit 27 years ago … And it has become an iconic touchstone of pulpy, provocative, giddily violent mainstream cinema, so much so that news of a remake – which reaches our screens this […]
Second Opinion – RoboCop (2014)
RoboCop, 2014. Directed by José Padilha.Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: Police officer Alex Murphy suffers horrific injuries in an explosion and is rebuilt and part-robot, part-man in a bid to combat growing levels of crime in Detroit. But RoboCop is […]
Ed Skrein to replace Jason Statham in The Transporter reboot
Luc Besson is wasting little time in moving ahead with his plans to reboot The Transporter franchise; after announcing last week at the Berlin franchise that he plans to explore the origin of Frank Martin with The Transporter 4, it’s now been revealed that Ed Skrein (Ill Manors, Game of Thrones) will succeed – or […]
Ben McKenzie to play Detective James Gordon in Gotham
With The CW bringing together most of its cast for The Flash pilot over the past couple of weeks, Fox has now started the ball rolling on its own upcoming DC pilot Gotham, with Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Southland) signing on to play Detective James Gordon. McKenzie is no stranger to the world of DC […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman vs. Superman, The Fantastic Four, The Flash and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Runaways, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four, Batman vs. Superman, Arrow, The Flash, Justice League: War […]
