Henry Selick (Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas) is known for his dark, yet playful animated features which depict gothic themes in a friendly and satirical form. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Selick is taking a break from the animated world, to create the live-action film A Tale Dark & Grimm. While not animated, the […]

It looks like Hans Zimmer may not be returning to the Man of Steel sequel, with the composer distancing himself from scoring Batman vs. Superman during an interview with Vulture this week. Zimmer has said he feels burned out by sequels after Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, an experience he says “didn’t really […]

Blackwood, 2013. Directed by Adam Wimpenny.Starring Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Russell Tovey, Joanna Vanderham, Isaac Andrews and Paul Kaye. SYNOPSIS: Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start.He has a teaching job lined up and a new […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews Zero #2… “Shanghai, 2019. An opulent skyscraper party full of terrorists looking for fresh funding. Edward Zero is about to sabotage it big time — and then the skyscraper starts to vanish, bit by bit. So maybe he should look into that first?” The concept behind Ales Kot’s new Image series Zero […]

These days it seems every actor in Hollywood is keen to jump on the superhero movie bandwagon, and even a two-time Oscar winner is no exception. Speaking to Showbiz 411 (via ComicBookMovie) to promote the release of his latest film Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) has expressed his desire to take on the […]

Pacific Rim may not have been the modern monster classic we all hoped for but although it carried a huge budget, it made well over $400 million at the box office, opening the door for a possible sequel. Well, Guillermo del Toro may be involved in a whole variety of projects but he has announced […]

Breaking Bad may be over but AMC don’t want to give up their extraordinarily popular drama just yet. Having announced that they were ordering a prequel series focusing on Bob Odenkirk’s brilliant Saul Goodman entitled Better Call Saul, show runner Vince Gilligan and and producer Peter Gould have announced that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul […]

Over the past year we’ve had an absolute blizzard of speculation surrounding potential casting on Disney and Lucasfilm’s upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, with virtually every actor in Hollywood linked to the film alongside persistent rumours about the likes of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… Last week I said this about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “At some point we’re going to need some steak to go with this sizzle.” Episode 4, “Eye Spy” delivered the steak. It took a few episodes, but Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has successfully found its footing […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; the first of the Child’s Play franchise… With Curse of Chucky being released this coming Monday (read my review here), the next five editions of Countdown to Halloween will be looking at everyone’s fourth or fifth […]