Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… For the fourth week in the row Warner Bros. deliver the top story of the past seven days with the long overdue confirmation that both Joseph-Gordon Levitt and Marion Cotillard are to reunite with their Inception director Christopher Nolan on next […]
DVD Review – The Blood Reich: BloodRayne 3 (2010)
BloodRayne 3 a.k.a. BloodRayne: The Third Reich, 2010. Directed by Uwe Boll. Starring Natassia Malthe, Michael Paré, Brendan Fletcher and William Belli. SYNOPSIS: A half vampire fights against Nazis in Europe during World War Two. A Nazi commandant is turned into a vampire and aims to inject Adolf Hitler with the half vampire blood to […]
DVD Review – Killer’s Moon (1978)
Killer’s Moon, 1978. Written and Directed by Alan Birkinshaw. Starring Anthony Forrest, Tom Marshall, David Jackson, Georgina Kean, Nigel Gregory, Jane Hayden, Alison Elliot and JoAnne Good. SYNOPSIS: Four drugged-up mental patients escape from the local asylum and seek refuge in a remote Lake District hotel where a class of stranded school-girls are staying. As […]
DVD Review – The Grim Reaper (1962)
The Grim Reaper (Italian: La commare secca), 1962. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring Marisa Solinas, Allen Midgette, Giancarlo De Rosa and Alfredo Leggi. SYNOPSIS: When a prostitute is brutally murdered in a park near the Tiber River in Rome, the police track down all visitors to the park that night in the hope of catching […]
Image Conscious: A conversation with visual effects supervisor John “DJ” DesJardin
Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisor John ‘DJ’ Des Jardin… “2001: A Space Odyssey was my inspiration in 1968 when I was seven years old; it freaked me out even at such a young age because it seemed so real,” states Warner Bros. Visual Effects Supervisor John “DJ” DesJardin whose fascination with science fiction […]
Fringe writers reworking script for J.J. Abrams’ mystery project Zanbato
Female writing/producing duo Monica Breen and Alison Schapker are long-term collaborators of J.J. Abrams. Having worked on his TV shows Alias and Lost, they have also just renewed a deal with Warner Bros to co-executive produce Fringe for a fourth season. They are also said to be developing another series for Abrams’ Bad Robot company. […]
Thoughts on… G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009. Directed by Stephen Sommers . Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Vosloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Jonathan Pryce. SYNOPSIS: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe take on an […]
Talkin’ Trilogies – Issue #2 – The “Jurassic Park” Trilogy
Luke Owen charts the evolution of the Jurassic Park trilogy… Jurassic Park is a franchise that holds a special place in my heart having almost grown up with it. The first film is held up as one of Spielberg’s best but its sequels however did not fare as well. The second and third instalments were […]
DVD Review – Warlock (1989)
Warlock, 1989. Directed by Steve Miner. Starring Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, Lori Singer and Mary Woronov. SYNOPSIS: A warlock comes from the past… to destroy the future. If you’re a fan of cult horrors then chances are you’ll be familiar with American filmmaker Steve Miner. An associate producer on the original Friday the 13th […]
Special Features – Dexter: Tonight’s the Night
Sean Guard analyses the hit US TV drama Dexter… A woman is walking out of her usual coffee spot while taking a small sip of a vanilla latte that she has just purchased. She climbs into her car and drives not very far to her empty apartment. She notices a couple holding hands walking along […]
