Kat Kourbeti chats with writer-director Jane Spencer about The Ninth Cloud…This year’s Raindance Film Festival has marked the return of fantastic independent cinema, with projects spanning all categories from documentaries and shorts to feature films from all over the world. We got to chat with writer-director of The Ninth Cloud, Jane Spencer, about her latest […]
Trent Reznor discusses working on Gone Girl
If you’re unaware of who is behind the eerily haunting scores for David Fincher’s latest films – The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and released this past Friday, Gone Girl – it is Nine Inch Nails front-man Trent Reznor. He is one of the most revered and decorated musicians of all time, […]
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark getting new Hulu series
The Mistress of the Dark is making her triumphant return this Halloween, and she’s doing so in style via a new exclusive Hulu series. According to Shock Till You Drop, Cassandra Peterson will return to the role of Elvira, 1980s horror icon, in a new 13 Nights of Elvira miniseries beginning on October 19th…Each night, Elvira will do […]
Simon Kinberg confirms that Deadpool movie will be part of the shared X-Men universe
Last month 20th Century Fox announced that it has finally given the go-ahead to Deadpool, director Tim Miller’s long-gestating solo movie for the Merc with the Mouth, which is set to hit theaters in February 2016. Obviously Deadpool will skip over the events of Deadpool’s last outing in the retconned-out-of-existence X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but X-Men: […]
Second Opinion – Gone Girl (2014)
Gone Girl, 2014. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, David Clennon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Lisa Banes, Missi Pyle, and Emily Ratajkowski. SYNOPSIS: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s […]
58th BFI London Film Festival Review – Excuse My French (2014)
Excuse My French, 2014 Written and directed by Amir Salama Starring Ahmed Dash, Hani Adel, Kinda Allouch, Ahmed Helmy SYNOPSIS: A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he’s a Muslim. There is a lot to be said for […]
The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 4, Doctor Strange, X-Men: Apocalypse, Daredevil, Gotham and more
Our weekly round-up of all the latest superhero news and talking points, including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America 3, Iron Man 4, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers Assemble, Big Hero 6, The […]
58th BFI London Film Festival Review – Bypass (2014)
Bypass, 2014 Written and directed by Duane Hopkins Starring George MacKay, Benjamin Dilloway, Charlotte Spencer, Lara Peake, Matt Cross SYNOPSIS: Tim is a good kid. Tim is a criminal. Duane Hopkin’s Bypass is one of those movies that displays a “slice of real life”. Nothing in the movie is manufactured to fit film standards, plot threads […]
Brandon Routh to suit up as The Atom on The Flash instead of Arrow?
Former Man of Steel Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is set to play yet another comic book character this year, as he’s joined the cast of Arrow as Ray Palmer, a.k.a. The Atom. In the comics, Palmer is a physicist who specializes in matter compression, and uses a mass of white dwarf star matter […]
Guardians of the Galaxy overtakes Thor: The Dark World to become Marvel’s fourth-highest grossing movie worldwide
Last weekend Guardians of the Galaxy overtook the domestic box office take of 2008’s Iron Man ($318.3 million) – not to mention fellow franchise starters Transformers ($319.1 million) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317.6 million) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($314.2 million) – and now the film […]
