Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Simon Pegg (The World’s End) have joined the cast of the Aussie crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) from a script by James McFarland, the film also stars Luke Hemsworth (brother of Chris and Liam), Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom), Alice Braga (Predators), Bryan Brown […]
Movie Review – White House Down (2013)
White House Down, 2013.Directed by Roland Emmerich.Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Joey King, Richard Jenkins, and Jason Clarke. SYNOPSIS: After failing a job interview, struggling father John Cale (Channing Tatum) takes his daughter, Emily (Joey King) on a tour of the White House. Meanwhile President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) has started […]
Woody Allen Wednesdays – Melinda and Melinda & Sweet and Lowdown
Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]
Movie Review – I Play with the Phrase Each Other (2013)
I Play with the Phrase Each Other, 2013. Written and Directed by Jay Alvarez.Starring Jay Alvarez, Will Hand, Megan Kopp and Alexander Fraser. SYNOPSIS: The story these phone calls shape begins with Jake, a young neurotic who is persuaded to leave his small home town and move to the city to live with his friend […]
Comic Book Review – Ghostbusters #7
Luke Owen reviews Ghostbusters #7 from IDW… While Egon Spengler and Roger Baugh are on their journey into the mind of Melnitz, we pick up with Venkman, Stantz, and Kylie Griffin off the eastern coast of Long Island, where they seek out a spectral ship that first sank sometime in the 1860s! And where is […]
Comic Book Review – Zero #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Image Comics’ Zero #1… “SAVING THE WORLD. ONE MURDER AT A TIME. Edward Zero is the perfect execution machine – a spy who breaks the rules to get things done. When a stolen device appears in the center of a long-running conflict, Zero comes to retrieve it. The problem is, the device […]
Comic Book Review – Doctor Who Vol. 3 #13
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Vol. 3 #13… “The Doctor and Clara cross paths with Oscar Wilde and Calamity Jane in the frontier town of Deadwood as they pay their respects to the recently passed Wild Bill Hickok. But soon they discover the grave is empty and that the town is being plagued by a masked […]
Shane Black discusses his plans for Doc Savage
Having topped this year’s box office with Iron Man 3, director Shane Black is now set to swap Marvel Comics for the pulps, turning his attention to the iconic 1930s adventurer Doc Savage for a big screen adaptation courtesy of Sony Pictures. During an interview with IGN, Black has spoken about his plans for the […]
Ron Howard gives an update on The Dark Tower
Ron Howard has been planning to bring Stephen King’s opus The Dark Tower for the screen for what seems like an eternity now, but despite numerous setbacks, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker is still keen to get him ambitious adaptation off the ground. Speaking to Empire during a podcast interview for his latest film Rush, Howard […]
Screenwriter Drew Pearce talks Mission: Impossible 5
British screenwriter Drew Pearce is developing quite the reputation in Hollywood as of late; he’s already broken the $1 billion barrier with this year’s superhero smash hit Iron Man 3 (as well as polishing the scripts for Pacific Rim and Godzilla) and next up on his slate is another franchise sequel Mission: Impossible 5, which […]