The Bourne Legacy, 2012. Directed by Tony Gilroy.Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Oscar Isaas, Donna Murphy, Stacy Keach and Željko Ivanek. SYNOPSIS: Following Jason Bourne’s exposing of Blackbriar, the mastermind of the government’s assassin programs sets out to eliminate all potential threats, […]
Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes and Nic Cage joining The Expendables?
We heard rumblings a few months back that Lionsgate were already hard at work on The Expendables 3, and with the second movie arriving in cinemas this week, producer Avi Lerner has taken a moment to discuss the plans for the future of The Expendables franchise – specifically, increasing the already impressive roster of action […]
DVD Review – Livid (2011)
Livid (French: Livide), 2011. Written and Directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. Starring Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone, Catherine Jacob, Béatrice Dalle and Chloé Marcq. SYNOPSIS: A young care worker is employed to look after an old woman in a coma in a vast and desolate mansion and learns that the house is […]
Movie Review – The Expendables 2 (2012)
The Expendables 2, 2012. Directed by Simon West. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Yu Nan and Scott Adkins. SYNOPSIS: After taking on a seemingly simple job, Barney Ross and the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge […]
Saw VIII: The Really, Really Final Chapter
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Picked up by Ben Child for The Guardian, Bloody Disgusting writes about a possible reboot/remake/sequel to the Saw series. It seems Saw: The Final Chapter wasn’t final… “Sources we trust tell Bloody exclusively that Lionsgate is tinkering with the idea of rebooting the Saw franchise, although an eighth […]
Movie Review – Magic Mike (2012)
Magic Mike, 2012. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Jake Mckenzie, Olivia Munn and Kevin Nash. SYNOPSIS: A successful male stripper takes a newcomer under his wing to teach him how to pick up women, earn cash and have a good time, […]
The Week in Spandex – The Avengers 2, The Dark Knight Rises, Justice League, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Kick-Ass 2
Our weekly round up of all the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes… The big story this past week was of course the announcement from Disney that Joss Whedon will return to write and direct a sequel to this year’s superhero smash hit The Avengers, which doesn’t really come as much of […]
State of the Genre – Say no to the Justice League
In the first of a new column ‘State of the Genre’ Martin Deer on why Warner Bros. should forget all about the Justice League movie… You may have heard this week that Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with its second attempt at a Justice League movie (for those unaware the Justice League is DC Comics […]
Galaxy Quest director Dean Parisot joins Bill & Ted 3
The long-rumoured third outing for those bodacious dudes Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan may have taken a step closer to becoming a reality, with Vulture reporting that Bill & Ted creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson have found a director for Bill & Ted 3 in Dean Parisot, whose previous credits include […]
David Duchovny on the possibility of a third X-Files movie
Considering that 1998’s The X-Files and 2008’s The X-Files: I Want to Believe were both modest financial successes for 20th Century Fox, it’s a little surprising that the studio hasn’t decided to reunite David Duchovny’s Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson’s Dana Scully for a third big screen outing – particularly when everyone involved appears keen […]
