Zero Dark Thirty, 2012. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Stephen Dillane, Edgar Ramirez, Frank Grillo, Harold Perrineau, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins and John Barrowman. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden […]
Superman: The Quest for Intelligent Filmmaking
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Paul Harris writes for The Guardian why Superman is so popular: “Some have taken the point of the moral teachings of Superman stories further, seeing a powerful philosophical concept behind them. In his book [Professor Benjamin] Saunders devotes a chapter to Superman, in which he suggests that the […]
Comic Book Review – Batman Incorporated #6
Oliver Davis reviews Batman Incorporated #6… The first panel of Batman Incorporated #6 seems lifted from a hard-boiled detective thriller. Bruce Wayne steers the Batmobile with one hand, an electric shaver trimming his stubble in the other. At the end of the sublime #5, a group of Batman Inc. operatives were blown up in a […]
David E. Kelley talks Wonder Woman and Amazon
With screenwriter Allan Heinberg (Gilmore Girls) busy developing a Wonder Woman prequel series entitled Amazon for The CW, producer David E. Kelley has taken a moment to reflect on his failed NBC pilot from 2011, which starred Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as the Amazon Princess. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kelley […]
James McAvoy wants to play a young Gandalf in The Silmarillion
Not content with playing a younger Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class and next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, James McAvoy has now expressed his desire to portray a young Ian McKellen. However, he’s not looking to step on Michael Fassbender’s toes by taking on the dual roles of Professor X […]
The Week in Spandex – The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Man of Steel, Justice League, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, DC Nation, Arrow and more
Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man, Man of Steel, Justice League, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, DC Nation, Arrow and more… Welcome to the 100th edition of The […]
Roman Polanski BFI Retrospective – Knife in the Water (1962)
Simon Columb attends the Roman Polanski retrospective at BFI Southbank… Roman Polanski remains a fascinating filmmaker to this day. Alongside Andrej Wajda and Jerzy Skolimowski, Polanski came to the fore in the late 1950s in Poland. The BFI in London are screening all of Polanski’s films during January and February 2013 and throughout January, essays […]
Comic Book Review – Godzilla: The Half Century War #4
Luke Owen on the latest issue of Godzilla: The Half Century War… “New technologies and new recruits lead the AMF now, while Ota and Kentaro are stuck watching. But when a new threat comes to town from space, technology and young blood mean nothing. Will the grizzled vets be able to save the day? Don’t […]
Thoughts on… Killer Joe (2011)
Killer Joe, 2011. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: When a debt puts a young man’s life in danger, he puts a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect on her life insurance. 2012 was a great year for […]
More casting rumours for Guardians of the Galaxy
A couple of days ago, Joseph Gordon-Levitt joined the possibilities for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy and now a few more names join the list for the roles of Star-Lord and Drax The Destroyer. Joining Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises), Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas) and Zachary Levi (Chuck) for the role of Star-Lord is […]
