Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill) is to write and direct an adaptation of the World War II video game series Castle Wolfenstein. According to Deadline, the project is envisioned as “in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds [and is] about a young U.S. Army Captain and a British Special […]
Star Wars Episode VII to be an original story
October 30th, 2012 will be a day long remembered for Star Wars fans, with The Walt Disney Company purchasing Lucasfilm for $4 billion, and announcing plans to continue the epic space opera with Star Wars Episode VII – the first instalment of a new trilogy set to begin in 2015. Naturally, there’s been an absolute […]
Sony delays a decision on Ghostbusters 3
Well, here’s a shock… despite reports last month that Sony Pictures Entertainment had given director Ivan Reitman the green light to shoot Ghostbusters III next summer, The Hollywood Reporter has now revealed that “any decision on Ghostbusters III, the long, long-gestating sequel, has been postponed until the end of March [2013] — this after Men […]
DVD Review – Bereavement (2010)
Bereavement, 2010. Written and Directed by Steven Mena. Starring Alexandra Daddario, Spencer List, Brett Rickaby, Michael Biehn, Nolan Gerard Funk, Kathryn Meisle, Peyton List, John Savage and Valentina de Angelis. SYNOPSIS: A deranged psychopath kidnaps a young boy with a genetic disorder that causes him to feel no physical pain and forces him to become […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to play The Beatles’ manager in new biopic
Benedict Cumberbatch (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse) is going to star as Brian Epstein in a biopic that tells the story of the manager of The Beatles. Epstein, who signed the band in 1961 and passed away in 1967 from an accidental drug overdose, is sometimes called “the fifth Beatle”. Todd Graff wrote the […]
Special Features – A New Hope for Star Wars and Lucasfilm
Luke Owen on the possibilities for Star Wars and other Lucas-related properties following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm… Last night while watching Arsenal getting battered three-nil by Reading, I went on to Twitter to gloat that my hometown team were beating a team that should be playing better (they eventually went on to lose in a […]
DVD Review – Men Behaving Badly 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
Men Behaving Badly 20th Anniversary Complete Collection Created by Simon Nye.Starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin. SYNOPSIS: Flatmates Gary and Tony are your typical “lads”, a pair of irresponsible, politically incorrect and seriously juvenile men who refuse to grown up and whose idea of heaven is sitting on the sofa, drinking […]
Movie Marathon V – Halloween
Luke Owen takes in a Halloween movie marathon… With 3 of our last 4 marathons being centred around horror movies, you’d think we’d move onto something else. But, with October being the month of Halloween (and a good way to end of my countdown special), it felt only right to tackle “The Shape” and his […]
Thoughts on… Skyfall (2012)
Skyfall, 2012. Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Helen McCrory, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace and Ben Wishaw. SYNOPSIS: Things get personal for Bond and M as a dark shadow from her past returns seeking revenge for what is perceived as ill treatment. Upon […]
Passion Project: Brian De Palma talks about Passion
With a group of eleven journalists, Trevor Hogg had an opportunity to have a chat with Brian De Palma about his latest cinematic offering Passion… While promoting Passion (2013) at the Toronto International Film Festival, American writer-director Brian De Palma participated in a round table interview to discuss his latest cinematic effort. “I thought the […]
