Filth, 2013. Directed by Jon S. Baird.Starring James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, and Iain De Caestecker. SYNOPSIS: A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter. Straight off the bat […]
Second Opinion – Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. […]
If the film is remade, it’s not a ‘classic’
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… In an article praising Paul Verhoeven’s original RoboCop, Tim Robey writes… “RoboCop was a smash hit 27 years ago … And it has become an iconic touchstone of pulpy, provocative, giddily violent mainstream cinema, so much so that news of a remake – which reaches our screens this […]
Second Opinion – RoboCop (2014)
RoboCop, 2014. Directed by José Padilha.Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: Police officer Alex Murphy suffers horrific injuries in an explosion and is rebuilt and part-robot, part-man in a bid to combat growing levels of crime in Detroit. But RoboCop is […]
Ed Skrein to replace Jason Statham in The Transporter reboot
Luc Besson is wasting little time in moving ahead with his plans to reboot The Transporter franchise; after announcing last week at the Berlin franchise that he plans to explore the origin of Frank Martin with The Transporter 4, it’s now been revealed that Ed Skrein (Ill Manors, Game of Thrones) will succeed – or […]
Ben McKenzie to play Detective James Gordon in Gotham
With The CW bringing together most of its cast for The Flash pilot over the past couple of weeks, Fox has now started the ball rolling on its own upcoming DC pilot Gotham, with Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Southland) signing on to play Detective James Gordon. McKenzie is no stranger to the world of DC […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman vs. Superman, The Fantastic Four, The Flash and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Runaways, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four, Batman vs. Superman, Arrow, The Flash, Justice League: War […]
James Franco to direct movie on the making of The Room
“Oh hi Mark!” – One of the many, many “classic” quotes from Tommy Wiseau’s cult favourite The Room there. Since it’s original debut back in 2003, The Room has taken on a new life that has seen millions fall in love with it, attending various screenings of the film, meeting Wiseau and his co-stars, and […]
Independence Day 2 is Will Smith-less??
Long gestating since the original was released to over $817 million worldwide in 1996, becoming that year’s top-grossing movie, it seems director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin are pushing ever closer to making Independence Day 2 (and 3) a reality. One of the biggest sticking points of the sequel was whether Will Smith, star […]
Johnny Depp set for Black Mass, Tom Hardy “in talks”
One of the most recent troubled productions in Hollywood, it looks like Black Mass is finally going into production this summer. Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger) had long been rumoured to be involved in the film, with Barry Levinson (Rain Man) set to direct and Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby) set to co-star. But after […]
