Villordsutch confesses his love for Mamma Mia!… I have on occasion been called a “film snob”, and I freely admit that my snorts of disgust are not restrained when the likes Taken, Taken 2 and Gerard Butler are heard. I have on occasion been known to argue with people when the mention they’ve watched (for […]
Samuel L. Jackson signs up for The Secret Service
With Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) both passing on the role, director Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) has turned to a comic book movie veteran for the villain in his upcoming adaptation of The Secret Service, with Variety revealing that Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) […]
Special Features – What The Wolverine Got Right
Anthony Stokes on what The Wolverine got right…. The Wolverine has been released to mild critical and commercial success. It’s certainly not setting the world on fire, but the general consensus seems to be “I’m glad I saw it” and “it’s okay”. As easy as it is to be cynical – and as much as […]
Universal green lights another Bourne-less Bourne
With Matt Damon seemingly still against a return to the Bourne franchise, Universal Pictures has decided to push ahead with a fifth instalment in the spy series with Deadline revealing that the studio has hired Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) to pen a second outing for Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross, star of last year’s spin-off The […]
Comic Book Review – Batman Annual #2
Robb Ghag reviews Batman Annual #2… “A special ZERO YEAR tie-in! Bruce Wayne’s first year as the Dark Knight has just barely begun…and already dangerous elements are coalescing, leading Bruce toward his final destiny.” Scott Snyder once again delivers in the second Batman annual from the New 52 Universe, titled “Cages”. Once again, we are […]
Special Features – Race Bait, Oscar Bait, or Both? Lee Daniels stirs the pot about his new film The Butler
Anghus Houvouras is baffled by director Lee Daniels’ recent comments in promotion of his new film The Butler… I’ll never pretend to be any kind of expert on the subject of racial diversity in Hollywood. However, there’s been a slew of comments recently from director Lee Daniels about his new film that I found so […]
Special Features – Why Avengers: Age of Ultron could be the best comic book movie ever
Anthony Stokes thinks that The Avengers: Age of Ultron has the potential to be the best comic book movie ever… Last year The Avengers arrived in theaters and devoured every movie released that month. I try to refrain from saying everybody loved something but you’d be hard pressed to find somebody who didn’t enjoy the […]
Comic Book Review – SEX #5
Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of SEX from Image Comics… Simon Cooke’s night out has disastrous consequences! And not just socially. But, hey, at least he’s trying! Meanwhile, life in Saturn City’s criminal underworld rolls on… just not as smoothly as expected. I complained in the review of the last issue of SEX that […]
Frank Miller to meet with Zack Snyder for Superman vs. Batman?
Pinch of salt time everybody. The Independent, arbiter of comic book movie news, has some possibly tasty information. “A source close to Frank Miller, who also has Sin City and 300 sequels in the pipeline, told the Independent: ‘Frank had no idea the announcement in San Diego was going to happen so it did come […]
James Cameron brings in screenwriters for Avatar 2, 3 and 4, release dates set
With James Cameron still frantically hammering away at the script for Avatar 2 (and potentially Avatar 3), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the director has enlisted the help of screenwriter Josh Friedman, who will serve as co-writer on the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time. Friedman is certainly experienced when it comes […]