Despite bringing back virtually every member of the X-Men from previous films, their will be one familiar face missing when X-Men: Days of Future Past hits cinemas in just under three weeks from now, with James Marsden seemingly absent from the upcoming mutant epic (barring a surprise cameo). Of course, that may have something to […]

With Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) all set to feature in Warner Bros.’ Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, there’s still a few slots to fill in the roster for the recently announced DC superhero ensemble Justice League. We have of course already seen one […]

Rather than Commenting on the Critics, this week it’s a Comment on Television… This morning, scrolling through the articles on a Facebook feed, I am recommended a clip from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. This time, it is Kevin Spacey as part of a barbershop quartet. Indeed, Fallon himself is amongst the singers and, […]

Fans of Garth Ennis’ acclaimed comic series Preacher look finally set to see the epic tale played out on the screen, with AMC currently developing an adaptation courtesy of This Is the End screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and during an interview with SlashFilm for his latest film Bad Neighbours [read our review here], […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Justice League, Man of Steel, Arrow, Gotham, Son of Batman, Batman: Assault on Arkham, Beware the Batman, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Sinister Six, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., […]

Transcendence, 2014. Directed by Wally Pfister. Starring Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara and Clifton Collins Jr. SYNOPSIS: As Dr. Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the […]

Trevor Hogg chats to production visual effects supervisor Jim Berney, visual effects producer Greg Baxter; and visual effects supervisors Matt Dessero, Marshall Krasser, and Berj Bannayan about bringing a dystopian Chicago to the big screen… “I hadn’t work with Lionsgate or Summit before,” explains VFX Producer Greg Baxter (Jack the Giant Slayer) who was recruited […]

Anthony Stokes on what The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does right and what it does wrong (warning: major spoilers follow)…. I was never a fan of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man. Quite the opposite – I really disliked it. Sony only made the movie to retain the rights and you can tell. It’s rushed, not very […]

If there’s anyone who loves gambling and winning big, that’s James Bond. Agent 007 not only survives against all odds in the field, he also manages to defy them in the casino in any game he tries his hand at. For an MI6 operative who regularly complains in the books that his government pay isn’t […]

Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith has joined the cast of the currently-in-production Terminator: Genesis, with Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announcing that he’s set to play a new character with a strong connection to John Connor (Jason Clarke). Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is directing Genesis, which sees Arnold Schwarzenegger returing to his […]