Well, here’s more evidence that creativity is dying a slow, painful death… producer Luc Besson is set to reboot The Transporter with a view to launching a new trilogy beginning with Transporter 4. Jason Statham will not reprise his role as Frank Martin in the new films, which will instead explore the character’s origin story. […]
Second Opinion – Out of the Furnace (2013)
Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper.Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. Sometimes a film rolls […]
Al Pacino Retrospective – Serpico
Simon Columb continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with Serpico… Al Pacino has been a target for many during his career. Serpico begins as full-bearded Frank Serpico (Pacino) is wheeled on a stretcher through bustling corridors, blood over his body, in the same manner as Carlito Brigante in Brian DePalma’s Carlito’s Way. Clearly DePalma owes a […]
Kevin Smith puts Clerks III on hold for Comes the Krampus horror anthology
It looks like we’ll have a little longer to wait before we catch up with Dante, Randall and the rest of the View Askewniverse. During a Reddit AMA yesterday, filmmaker Kevin Smith has revealed that he’s decided to put Clerks III on hold in order to focus on his recently announced holiday horror anthology Comes […]
Chris Pratt talks Jurassic World, filming to begin in April
2014 is shaping up to be a huge year for Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt. As well as voicing the lead in The LEGO Movie, he’s set to join the ranks of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in August with his role as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, while he’s also set to begin […]
Paul Bettany to play The Vision in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ms. Marvel also rumoured
Well, any Marvel fans hoping that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Phil Coulson would eventually turn into The Vision are out of luck, with The Daily Mail and Variety revealing that Iron Man star Paul Bettany will transform from Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) A.I. system J.A.R.V.I.S. into the android superhero in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age […]
Batman vs. Superman executive producer on Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight
If there’s one person who knows a thing or two about Batman movies it’s Michael Uslan, executive producer on each of The Dark Knight’s big screen adventures from Tim Burton’s 1989 film through to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (not to mention countless animated movies featuring the Caped Crusader). And of course he’s continuing […]
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Preacher TV series officially a go
It’s been on the cards since it was first rumoured back in November, but now it’s official – This Is the End duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are officially developing an adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s classic comic book series Preacher for AMC and Sony TV, with Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) serving […]
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 rumoured for Marvel’s Phase Three
Last week it was confirmed that Marvel Studios are actively developing both Thor 3 and Captain America 3, with the two Avengers looking likely to join Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man as part of Marvel’s Phase Three, which kicks off in July 2015 after the dust has settled on Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now […]
The Evolving Princess: The Progressive Feminism in Disney Films: Part Two – Beauty and the Beast
In the second of a three-part feature, Jackson Ball discusses the evolving Disney Princess, next up is Beauty and the Beast… If Feminist Theory can be used to read Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a straight-forward reflection of society at that time, then it stands to reason that future representations of female characters […]
