To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; the genre re-defining Scream… For today’s entry of Countdown to Halloween, let’s take a quick detour from Springwood, Ohio and head over to Woodsboro, California. As discussed yesterday, along with Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Wes […]

It seems that Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Killer Joe, Lone Survivor) has beaten off competition from Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) and Adam Devine (Workaholics) for the lead role in writer-director Steve Conrad’s long-gestating John Belushi biopic, with Film 360 announcing today that Hirsch has secured the part of the influential comic actor. Conrad, whose […]

Sam Thorne delves into the history of the superhero movie genre; next up is 1989’s The Punisher and 1997’s Steel…. A bit of a delay since the last instalment, it’s been a hectic few days, but here we are. We started last time by talking about a vastly underrated superhero film, The Punisher (2004). Funnily […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s ‘Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film’ season starting with a double-bill of Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People… The title Cat People could be misleading. Half-cat, half-human creatures roaming the streets (akin to An American Werewolf in London) is the first thought that comes to mind when […]

Villordsutch reviews Wild Blue Yonder #3… “Before he can become a full member of the Dawn, Tug will have to pass one last test… getting past Scram. Plus, the crew of The Dawn will be put to the test when an unexpected attack comes from irradiated Sky-Pirates. “ All three writers Mike Raicht, Zach Howard […]

Last week we brought some potential casting news on The ExpendaBelles, with producer Avi Lerner claiming that Millennium Films is currently in negotiations with Meryl Streep (The River Wild), Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) about joining the cast of the all-female Expendables spin-off / cash-in, and now comes word about […]

Creepshow, 1982. Directed by George A. Romero.Starring Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Harris, Ted Danson and Stephen King. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A.Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen. In 1982, the same year as this reviewer’s birth, horror was getting a […]

Considering he’s been involved in some of Warner Bros.’ biggest hits over the past few years (see The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel) and is currently hammering away at the script for 2015’s Batman vs. Superman, it will come as little surprise to learn that the studio has tied screenwriter David S. Goyer […]

Summit Entertainment hasn’t had the easiest of roads when it comes to development on its Highlander reboot; we’ve already seen both director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) and leading man Ryan Reynolds (Turbo) depart the project, but it seems the studio hasn’t given up hopes of bringing Connor MacLeod back to the screen with […]

Snitch, 2013. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.Starring Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Michael K. Williams, Rafi Gavron, Benjamin Bratt, and Melinda Kanakaredes. SYNOPSIS: John Matthews (Johnson) is a successful haulage firm boss whose son Jason is arrested for drug trafficking after being set-up by a friend. After turning down an offer from […]