Trevor Hogg reviews the second instalment which sees Rocket Girl grounded in the past…. “Bodies in motion tend to stay in motion…” Teen future-cop DaYoung Johansson hits 1980s NYC like a meteor. People can’t get enough of the Rocket Girl: she’s fighting crime, saving citizens, and causing a sensation. But she’s also trying to right […]
Temple Run running to the big screen
If it’s a property that a few people like, it’s best to snap it up quick and make a movie out of it. In today’s case, The Hollywood Reporter have said that Warner Bros and David Heyman (one of the producers behind Harry Potter) are working towards bringing mobile App game Temple Run to the […]
Kevin Feige discusses Marvel Studios’ new logo
If you’ve seen Thor: The Dark World, then you’ll have no doubt noticed that the latest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened with a new company logo, coinciding with the end of Marvel Studios’ initial distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. Speaking to the official Marvel site, studio chief Kevin Feige has explained the reason […]
Movie Review – Dom Hemingway (2013)
Dom Hemingway, 2013. Written and Directed by Richard Shepard.Starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Jumayn Hunter, Madalina Diana Ghenea, Kerry Condon, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Jordan A. Nash. SYNOPSIS: After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking […]
Melissa Rosenberg to write and produce Marvel’s Jessica Jones miniseries
Yesterday we heard that Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) has signed on to script Marvel and Netflix’s upcoming Daredevil miniseries, and now it’s been revealed that Melissa Rosenberg (The Twilight Saga, Dexter) will write and produce Jessica Jones. Rosenberg originally signed on to develop an adaptation of Alias entitled AKA Jessica Jones for […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 1 Episode 7 Review
Anghus Houvouras reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. #CoulsonsARobot Halfway through the seventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Skye looks over to Simmons after an encounter with Coulson and says he is acting like, and I quote: “A robot version of himself.” Seriously, they’re not even trying anymore. This is either […]
Space Odyssey: The Making of Gravity
Trevor Hogg talks to production designer Andy Nicholson, production visual effects supervisor Tim Webber, visual effects supervisor Tony Clark, animation supervisor Max Solomon, compositing supervisor Mark Bakowski, compositing sequence lead Theo Groeneboom, and matchmove supervisor Amélie Guyot about getting lost in space with filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Beware there are spoilers… Andy Nicholson “I first met Alfonso Cuarón [Children […]
DVD Review – Silent Night (2012)
Silent Night, 2012 Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Jamie King, Donal Logue, Ellen Wong and Brenden Fehr. SYNOPSIS: The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve. In the same vein that World War Z is a loose adaptation […]
Joe Wright to direct Peter Pan origin story
British filmmaker Joe Wright (Anna Karenina, Atonement, Hanna) has signed up to direct an origin story for famed J.M. Barrie character Peter Pan. Currently on script duty is Jason Fuchs, who previously wrote Ice Age: Continental Drift, while Greg Berlanti (Arrow) is producing. This is one of three Peter Pan films currently in development with […]
Drew Goddard to write Marvel’s Daredevil miniseries
Just last week Marvel Studios announced that it had sold five miniseries to Netflix, with Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones each receiving their own 13-episode series and building towards the small screen team-up The Defenders, and it seems that Marvel is wasting little time in securing talent for the ambitious project. According […]
