According to BlackFilm, actress Ruth Negga (World War Z, 12 Years a Slave) has joined the cast of ABC’s upcoming Avengers spin-off Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in an as-yet-unrevealed recurring role. Negga will line up with series regulars Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson), Ming-Na Wen (Agent Melinda May), Brett Dalton (Agent Grant Ward), Iain De […]
Movie Review – R.I.P.D. (2013)
R.I.P.D., 2013. Directed by Robert Schwentke.Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak, James Hong, and Marisa Miller. SYNOPSIS: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. At only 30 seconds in to […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files Season 10 #4
Villordsutch reviews the latest issue of IDW’s ‘Season 10’ of The X-Files… “A new government conspiracy comes to light that involves weather control and alien invasion. But what role does the Deacon and the Acolytes play in these mechanations? And what happened to Scully’s missing child? Mystery upon mystery sets the stage for the next […]
Joss Whedon rewrote “problem scenes” of Thor: The Dark World
It seems as though there isn’t anything Joss Whedon can’t do these days when it comes to Marvel. Aside from being busy with the script for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as the TV spin-off Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, it seems as though Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor needed some assistance from […]
Teresa Palmer and Simon Pegg join Aussie crime thriller Kill Me Three Times
Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Simon Pegg (The World’s End) have joined the cast of the Aussie crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) from a script by James McFarland, the film also stars Luke Hemsworth (brother of Chris and Liam), Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom), Alice Braga (Predators), Bryan Brown […]
Movie Review – White House Down (2013)
White House Down, 2013.Directed by Roland Emmerich.Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Joey King, Richard Jenkins, and Jason Clarke. SYNOPSIS: After failing a job interview, struggling father John Cale (Channing Tatum) takes his daughter, Emily (Joey King) on a tour of the White House. Meanwhile President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) has started […]
Woody Allen Wednesdays – Melinda and Melinda & Sweet and Lowdown
Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]
Movie Review – I Play with the Phrase Each Other (2013)
I Play with the Phrase Each Other, 2013. Written and Directed by Jay Alvarez.Starring Jay Alvarez, Will Hand, Megan Kopp and Alexander Fraser. SYNOPSIS: The story these phone calls shape begins with Jake, a young neurotic who is persuaded to leave his small home town and move to the city to live with his friend […]
Comic Book Review – Ghostbusters #7
Luke Owen reviews Ghostbusters #7 from IDW… While Egon Spengler and Roger Baugh are on their journey into the mind of Melnitz, we pick up with Venkman, Stantz, and Kylie Griffin off the eastern coast of Long Island, where they seek out a spectral ship that first sank sometime in the 1860s! And where is […]
Comic Book Review – Zero #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Image Comics’ Zero #1… “SAVING THE WORLD. ONE MURDER AT A TIME. Edward Zero is the perfect execution machine – a spy who breaks the rules to get things done. When a stolen device appears in the center of a long-running conflict, Zero comes to retrieve it. The problem is, the device […]
