Anghus Houvouras’ Most Disappointing Films returns with X-Men: First Class…Disappointing movies are all about the final product falling short of expectations. That shouldn’t have been a problem with X-Men: First Class (henceforth referred to as ‘First Class’) because it had such earnest goals. To start the X-Men franchise over. To erradicate the creative horrors unleashed […]

Thomas Roach on why Marvel Studios should start pairing heroes for team-up movies…With Marvel aiming to introduce more and more characters to the Cinematic Universe, I think it is worth them doing duo movies with two heroes teaming up as the leads. There are characters who we want to get to see more of, but […]

With the new fall season of television set to kick off in the next couple of weeks, FOX is hoping to see a ratings boost after suffering a slump these past few months. With the long-awaited The Simpsons / Family Guy crossover set to debut in just a couple of weeks, as well as many other […]

In Order of Disappearance, 2014.Directed by Hans Petter Moland. Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Kristofer Hivju.SYNOPSIS:A grieving father hunts down those responsible for his sons death.This is a comedy. It’s got an international sensitivity so the humour, though dark and black, is tricky to navigate. In Order of Disappearance, in its white vistas […]

After years in front of the camera with her roles in Dawson’s Creek, The Gift and Batman Begins, Katie Holmes has now set her sights on getting behind the camera and is set to direct an adaptation of Annie Weatherwax’s debut novel All We Had, the story of a poverty-striken mother and daughter who find […]

In a strange Marvel team-up, Elizabeth Olsen (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Godzilla) has signed on to join Tom “Loki” Hiddleston (The Avengers, Only Lovers Left Alive) in the upcoming Hank Williams biopic, I Saw The Light. Olsen has been signed to play Williams’ wife, Audrey Mae, in the film, which is being co-produced by Brett […]

The Boxtrolls, 2014.Directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. Starring Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Tracy Morgan, Richard Ayoade and Dee Bradley Baker.SYNOPSIS:Boxtrolls, and human-box-boy ‘Eggs’ need to stop the evil Archibald Snatcher from kidnapping their kind before it’s too late…Despicable Me has a lot to answer for. […]

Lit Reactor today brings news that Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s 2007 novel Rant is to be adapted for the screen by actor/director James Franco (Spider-Man, Pineapple Express), who has picked up the rights.The author is quoted as saying: “As of last night we’ve finalized a deal for James Franco to option my novel Rant…..Details […]

After news reached us earlier in the week that Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman is to star in Ted 2, it has emerged over the last 24 hours that the actor is keeping himself even busier, with word that the actor has become the first actor signed on to co-star ithe remake of Ben-Hur.MGM and Paramount’s upcoming film, […]