Faced with the very real prospect of expulsion from the Academy following his actions at Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards, Best Actor winner Will Smith has announced that he has resigned his from his membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, stating that his on-stage assault of presenter Chris Rock “betrayed the trust […]
Will Smith offers apology for Chris Rock slap at the Oscars
The beleaguered Academy Awards found itself grabbing headlines across the globe yesterday, although not for the reasons that the Academy would have liked as the soon-to-be-Oscar-winning Will Smith “smacked the shit out of” presenter Chris Rock live on stage less than an hour before picking up his Best Actor gong for King Richard. While the […]
Yes, Will Smith open-palmed Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. No, violence is not the answer
Robert Kojder on the Will Smith and Chris Rock controversy from the 94th Academy Awards… Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars ceremony last night. This is not scripted professional wrestling. It was real. It all went down as the Best Documentary-presenting Chris Rock was cracking some jokes before getting to the nominees, […]
Movie Review – Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Spiral: From the Book of Saw, 2021. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Edie Inksetter, and K. C. Collins. SYNOPSIS: Working in the shadow of his father, Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his […]
Movie Review – Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Spiral: From the Book of Saw, 2021. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Edie Inksetter, and K. C. Collins. SYNOPSIS: A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the new […]
Chris Rock gets a partner in new clip from Spiral: From the Book of Saw
With the counter ticking down towards the May 14th release of the next chapter in the Saw franchise, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Collider has unveiled an exclusive clip depicting the moment Chris Rock’s Ezekiel Banks is teamed up with his rookie partner William Schnek, played by The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Max Minghella. Check it out […]
Chris Rock hunts the new Jigsaw killer in trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Chris Rock is looking to resurrect the Saw franchise with one of the original directors. Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw 2, Saw 3, and Saw 4, returns to the director’s chair in what promises to be another gory and wild murder mystery. In the new trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, we […]
Spiral: From the Book of Saw cast announce that a new trailer is coming on Tuesday
Now that Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have solved the puzzle of when to release Spiral: From the Book of Saw by announcing a May 14th release date, it appears that the timer on the marketing has begun counting down to zero with the cast posting teaser images ahead of a trailer for the Saw spinoff […]
Looking Back at the Lethal Weapon Franchise
With reports of the long awaited fifth instalment still appearing regularly, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the iconic action franchise on the 34th anniversary of the first movie… As an 80’s kid, the end of the decade and into the 90’s saw two action franchises become particularly prevalent among my video collection. I’d not be […]
Spiral director says the movie feels more like Se7en than Saw
Saw is set to make its return this year with Spiral: From the Book of Saw, a new entry in the long-running horror franchise and based on an original concept by Chris Rock, who also leads the cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson. It’s certainly an unlikely but interesting direction for the series to go, and […]