Yesterday, 20th Century Fox gave X-Men fans our first look at next year’s time-travelling mutant epic X-Men: Days of Future Past thanks to the first teaser trailer for the Bryan Singer-helmed sequel, and now the director who originally launched the X-Men franchise back in 2000 has offered up some further insight, captioning a number of […]

While attending the 38th Toronto International Film Festival Trevor Hogg had an opportunity to chat with Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires about the making of Triptych… Robert Lepage “The thing is that my theatre background is very filmic,” remarks Robert Lepage (Le Confessional) who along with co-director Pedro Pires (Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach) adapted […]

Gary Collinson with five suggestions as to how Marvel can save Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… First let me begin by stating that I’m fully aware there are people out there who enjoy Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but after five episodes, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not one of them. And after talking to people, […]

Here’s some timely news, what with Halloween just around the corner. Speaking at a special screening of the cult anthology horror Trick ‘r Treat in Los Angeles last night, writer-director Michael Dougherty, prodcuer Bryan Singer and Legendary Pictures’ chief Thomas Tull announced that a follow-up is in the works. “I think we’ll shake it up […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; the genre re-defining Scream… For today’s entry of Countdown to Halloween, let’s take a quick detour from Springwood, Ohio and head over to Woodsboro, California. As discussed yesterday, along with Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Wes […]

It seems that Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Killer Joe, Lone Survivor) has beaten off competition from Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) and Adam Devine (Workaholics) for the lead role in writer-director Steve Conrad’s long-gestating John Belushi biopic, with Film 360 announcing today that Hirsch has secured the part of the influential comic actor. Conrad, whose […]

Sam Thorne delves into the history of the superhero movie genre; next up is 1989’s The Punisher and 1997’s Steel…. A bit of a delay since the last instalment, it’s been a hectic few days, but here we are. We started last time by talking about a vastly underrated superhero film, The Punisher (2004). Funnily […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s ‘Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film’ season starting with a double-bill of Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People… The title Cat People could be misleading. Half-cat, half-human creatures roaming the streets (akin to An American Werewolf in London) is the first thought that comes to mind when […]

Villordsutch reviews Wild Blue Yonder #3… “Before he can become a full member of the Dawn, Tug will have to pass one last test… getting past Scram. Plus, the crew of The Dawn will be put to the test when an unexpected attack comes from irradiated Sky-Pirates. “ All three writers Mike Raicht, Zach Howard […]

Last week we brought some potential casting news on The ExpendaBelles, with producer Avi Lerner claiming that Millennium Films is currently in negotiations with Meryl Streep (The River Wild), Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) about joining the cast of the all-female Expendables spin-off / cash-in, and now comes word about […]