Luke Owen reviews the third episode of Peep Show series eight… The last two weeks have been particularly hard to sit through as a Peep Show fan. It’s quite hard to be a massive fan of something only to watch it produce mediocre to poor efforts that make you want to put on a DVD […]
Skyfall becomes Sony’s biggest release of all-time
Last week the James Bond movie franchise celebrated its 50th anniversary in style when Skyfall surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time on home soil, and having returned to the top of both the UK and US box office charts at the expense of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part […]
Burning Down the Picturehouse
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Moviescope writes, on December 6th, about the purchase of Picturehouse by Cineworld:Arts Alliance has been the majority shareholder of Picturehouse – which trades as City Screen Group – since 2002. Cineworld are now in possession of a total of 21 Picturehouse sites across the country, as well as […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fantastic Four and more
Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, Justice League, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fantastic Four, The […]
Mario being lined up for Wreck It-Ralph 2
Here in the UK, we’ve still got a couple of months to wait until the arrival of Disney’s video game-inspired CG-animated offering Wreck-It Ralph (and sadly, we’re embargoed from telling you how good it is). However, the film has already proved a big hit with audiences and critics alike across the pond (not to mention […]
Kevin Smith announces Clerks III as his final film
Kevin Smith had been promising to bring the curtain down on his directorial career with his next offering, the two-part feature Hit Somebody, but after announcing earlier this week that he’s decided to restructure the hockey comedy-drama as a six-hour TV miniseries, Smith has now revealed that his feature film swansong will see Dante Hicks […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 8 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the midseason finale of The Walking Dead season 3…Perhaps due to the massive build up, there was no way The Walking Dead’s midseason finale could really knock your socks off. Furthermore, with it being mid-way through the season’s arc, there couldn’t have been too many threads opening out without the drama exploding […]
Will Thomas Jane return as The Punisher?
During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, actor Thomas Jane delivered a treat for fans of Marvel’s vigilante anti-hero The Punisher by reprising the role of Frank Castle for a gloriously violent short film entitled Dirty Laundry [which you can watch here]. The unofficial short saw Jane returning to the role he portrayed on the big screen […]
Movie Review – Life Just Is (2012)
Life Just Is, 2012Written and Directed by Alex BarrettStarring Will de Meo, Jack Gordon, Nathaniel Martello-White, Fiona Ryan, Paul Nicholls, Jayne Wisener and Rachel BrightSYNOPSIS:Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life.“Well there’s an hour and a half of my life I’ll never get back”. These are […]
Second Opinion – Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Seven Psychopaths, 2012. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh.Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Michael Pitt, Gabourey Sidibe, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Stuhlbarg and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: Men steal dogs, there are psychopaths, it gets a bit messy. The trailers for Seven Psychopaths portray […]
