Tom Jolliffe remembers John Candy…. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of comedic legend, John Candy. One of Canada’s most successful film and TV exports, Candy rose through the TV comedy circuit in Canada alongside contemporaries like Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis (sadly no longer with us now), Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy. Throughout […]
Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder on Batman vs. Superman leaks and casting criticism
Since the big news at last year’s Comic-Con that The Dark Knight will join the Man of Steel for the upcoming DC Comics superhero spectacular Batman vs. Superman, we’ve had to suffer through wave after wave of rumours concerning everything from the casting of Batman and Lex Luthor through to the inclusion of virtually every […]
Zack Snyder responds to Watchmen criticism, says he “made it to save it from the Terry Gilliams of this world”
Last week producer Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Non-Stop) spoke about his previous plans to bring Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal comic book tale Watchmen to the screen, during which he stated that his and Terry Gilliam’s (Brazil, The Zero Theorem) adaptation would have been “MUCH better” than what we ultimately got from Zack Snyder […]
Hugh Jackman says it’s inevitable Fox will recast Wolverine
With the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past this May, Hugh Jackman will have made seven appearances as Wolverine, and while talking to IGN, the star has discussed his time as the clawed hero, and whether he thinks Fox had given any consideration to recasting the role of Logan, particularly with a younger actor […]
Nikolaj-Coster Waldau talks Game of Thrones season 4
Nikolaj-Coster Waldau’s Jaime Lannister didn’t exactly have an easy trip during season 3 of HBO’s groundbreaking Game of Thrones, and in the latest issues of Total Film, Coster-Waldau has spoken briefly about his role in the upcoming fourth season: “I really liked the fact the the Prince Charming hair is gone, although I miss the […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks Terminator: Genesis
Terminator: Genesis is steaming forward with Emilia Clarke (Sarah Connor), Jason Clarke (John Connor) and Jai Courtney (Kyle Reese) confirmed to join Arnold Schwarzengger in the cast of the Alan Taylor-directed reboot. While at the Arnold Sports Festival, Arnie spoke of his return to the Terminator franchise with TheArnoldFans, confirming both the shoot dates and […]
DVD Review – Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012 Directed by Colin Trevorrow.Starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake Johnson. SYNOPSIS: A journalist and his two interns investigate a ‘time travel partner wanted’ advert that appears in a newspaper. WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. […]
Blu-ray Review – Gravity (2013)
Gravity, 2013. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron.Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. SYNOPSIS: Disaster strikes on a routine spacewalk, leaving seasoned astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) and medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) completely alone and drifting in space. In a case of perfect timing, director Alfonso Cuaron’s taut, space-set thriller Gravity arrives on Blu-ray […]
Ripper Street Series 2 – Episode 2 Recap
Megan Applegate with a recap of the second episode of Ripper Street series two… The season’s second episode tugged viewers into the underground freak shows of London after a woman with a protruding tail was found murdered in a hospital and her infant son missing. The woman was poor, but obviously well cared for. Detective […]
Thomas Kretschmann talks briefly about Baron Strucker role in Avengers: Age of Ultron
We know that production is underway on Joss Whedon’s eagerly-anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, with several batches of set images and video surfacing from the “action photography” that’s been shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa, featuring an apparent rampage by The Incredible Hulk [see here and here]. While principal photography is set to get […]
