Yesterday a new Star Wars: Episode VII rumour emerged suggesting that director J.J. Abrams was set to reunite with Star Trek Into Darkness villain Benedict Cumberbatch for Disney’s forthcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy, with Badass Digest subsequently updating the story by stating that Cumberbatch was being considered for “a bad guy, almost certainly a Sith, […]
Special Features – Has Universal Missed the Boat with Fifty Shades of Grey?
Luke Owen ponders the point of making a Fifty Shades of Grey movie for 2014… Fads. As a society and human race, we go through a lot of fads. Some of them stick around for some time while others fade into obscurity to only ever to be mentioned in conversations with the prefix, “do you […]
TIFF Movie Review – Short Cuts Canada: Anatomy of Assistance, Method, We Wanted More & A Grand Canal (2013)
As much as feature films and documentaries are staples of the Toronto International Film Festival line-up so is the Short Cuts Canada program; 39 short films will be showcased from 15 returning filmmakers who will be competing for the YouTube Award for Best Canadian Short Film which includes a $10,000 cash prize. Here are a […]
Movie Review – About Time (2013)
About Time, 2013. Directed by Richard Curtis.Starring Rachel McAdams, Margot Robbie, Bill Nighy, Domhnall Gleeson, Lydia Wilson and Tom Hollander. SYNOPSIS: At the age of 21 Tim (Gleeson), gets told by his father (Nighy) that he has the ability to travel through time. The film follows his life as he uses the ability to try […]
Comic Book Review – Sonic the Hedgehog #252
Luke Owen reviews Sonic the Hedgehog #252… SONIC IS BACK and facing the HUGE consequences of the mega-hit Sonic/Mega Man crossover story arc in “At All Costs” Part Two! As the crossover crashed to a close, Sonic and Tails have returned to a world which is reeling from the cataclysmic effects of the Eggman/Wily Genesis […]
Blu-ray Review – Pain & Gain (2013)
Pain & Gain, 2013. Directed by Michael BayStarring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson and Anthony Mackie. SYNOPSIS: A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Director Michael Bay has certainly had an interesting filmmaking career. He’s given us a […]
Comic Book Review – SEX #6
Luke Owen reviews SEX #6, from Image Comics…What is the Saturnalia?! Simon Cooke’s lawyer wants to know – and he’ll do anything to find out! And we do mean ANYTHING. Also this issue: the unfortunate consequences of hi-tech super-villainy. And you knew we’d eventually ask: Do SEX and politics mix?Last month’s review highlighted the main […]
Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson cast in Fifty Shades of Grey movie adaptation
It was rumoured a couple of days ago that Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam was in the running for the role of Christian Grey in the movie adaptation of popular novel series Fifty Shades of Grey, and he has now been confirmed by the author E.L. James (via Twitter) along with Dakota Johnson (The […]
Benedict Cumberbatch rumoured for Star Wars: Episode VII
Over the past couple of months we’ve heard plenty of casting rumours relating to Star Wars: Episode VII, with the likes of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine) and Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kenobi) all mentioned as potentially reprising their roles alongside possible new additions […]
DVD Review – What Doesn’t Kill You (2008)
What Doesn’t Kill You, 2008. Directed by Brian Goodman.Starring Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Peet, Will Lyman, Brian Goodman and Donnie Wahlberg. SYNOPSIS: Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship. What Doesn’t Kill You is the […]
