According to Deadline, Fox is gearing up to develop a remake of the classic musical West Side Story, specifically because Steven Spielberg has expressed an interest in the project, although it’s said to be in the very early stages, with a writer yet to become attached. The original movie adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Anghus Houvouras asks why we want our celebrities to suffer… Matthew McConaughey had an enviable 2013. The kind of career reinvention that is so rare I’m hard pressed to find a modern comparison. He was always a likable guy. Since he first rolled up in movies like Dazed and Confused audiences were drawn to this […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the fourteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… They should have called this episode ‘Course Correction’. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has suffered something of an identity crisis. Since the shows big premiere, fans have become disenfranchised with the show citing its lack of big thrills and a bland, grating cast as reasons they’ve […]

Trevor Hogg chats with production visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs, visual effects producer Mitchell Ferm, and visual effects supervisors Adrian de Wet, Stéphane Nazé, Paul Butterworth, and Guy Williams about bringing to the big screen a spinning island, raging monkeys and a futuristic society that stages lethal survival games… “I’d worked with Francis Lawrence a few […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews Starlight #1… “Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was the space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old. Now his children have left and his wife has passed away, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories…until a call comes from a […]

Mister John, 2013. Written and Directed by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy.Starring Aidan Gillen, Zoe Tay, Molly Rose Lawlor, Michael Thomas, Claire Keelan, Michael Walsh and Ashleigh Judith White. SYNOPSIS: Following the mysterious death of his brother, a middle-aged man travels to Singapore to help out with the funeral arrangements and family affairs. There he […]

X-Men: Days of Future Past star Nicholas Hoult is to star in Kill Your Friends, an adaptation of John Niven’s 2008 novel. Hoult will star as Stephen Stelfox, a 27 year old A&R man carving out a career in the London music industry, trying to find the next massive hit powered by cocaine, alcohol and […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series…. “While strategically secluded in Northampton, the Turtles are hit by new revelations involving enemies’ shifting loyalties, miracle cures, and ghosts from the past. And in the present, grave danger is about to strike! What new Foot Clan menace is hunting the Turtles?“ Issue […]

We’re still yet to get official confirmation from 20th Century Fox as to the cast (even though it seems all but assured at this point), but with The Fantastic Four gearing up to go into production this month, producer Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) has spoken briefly about the reboot to Empire, during which […]