Vampire Academy, 2014 Directed by Mark Waters Starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Dominic Sherwood, Olga Kurylenko, Sarah Hyland and Cameron Monaghan SYNOPSIS: Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, […]
Sons of Anarchy’s Kurt Sutter responds to Emmy snubs
When the nominations for the Emmys were announced last week, there was one show that was seemingly missing from the list based on the reaction of its fans – Sons of Anarchy. In a guest post on NikkiFinke.com, the show’s creator Kurt Sutter went on a (fairly foul-mouthed) rant about being snubbed once again. “Honestly – […]
Blu-ray Review – Under the Skin (2013)
Under the Skin, 2013. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Krystof Hádek, Scott Dymond, and Michael Moreland. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. Opening on an aligning of planetary activity, darkness shimmering against the […]
The Dusty VHS Corner: PM Entertainment
In the latest edition of The Dusty VHS Corner, Tom Jolliffe digs out a trio of actioners from PM Entertainment… Between 1989 and 2002, PM Entertainment was a strong force in the straight to video action arena. Founded by directors Joseph Merhi and Richard Pepin, they set about trying to deliver big thrills on low […]
Movie Review – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 2014. Diirected by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Judy Greer, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo and Kodi Smit-McPhee. SYNOPSIS: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus […]
Rose Leslie joins Vin Diesel in The Last Witch Hunter
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rose Leslie – who plays the Wildling warrior Ygritte in Game of Thrones – has signed on to appear alongside Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious) in director Breck Eisner’s (Sahara, The Crazies) new film, The Last Witch Hunter. The supernatural actioner will take place in modern New York and sees […]
J.C. Chandor to helm film about Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster
According to Deadline, the director of last year’s critically acclaimed human survival film All Is Lost is heading back to sea, and will helm a film about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig tragedy. The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 men and injured 17 others. The ensuing gush of oil […]
Steven Spielberg’s The BFG officially announced for 2016
Back in April it was revealed that Steven Spielberg had signed on to direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s tale The BFG, and now eOne Films has officially announced the film, which will arrive in 2016, marking the centenary of Dahl’s birth. “The world’s number one storyteller in books, the world’s number one […]
Ali Larter says she won’t be returning for Heroes Reborn
Back in February, NBC announced that they’d be reviving Heroes, which for a short time was their most popular and beloved show. As you will likely recall, it all went to pot after the first season, but the studio managed to keep it limping along until 2010 when it was mercifully put out of its misery. […]
Colin Farrell in talks for True Detective season 2
Yesterday we brought you some comments on the upcoming second season of True Detective from creator Nic Pizzolatto, and now it looks like the Emmy Award-nominated series has found the first of its new leads. According to Variety Colin Farrell is in talks with HBO about boarding the show, with picked up 12 Emmy nominations […]
