An adaptation of Bill Willingham’s popular Fables comic book series has been in the works for quite some time now, but never really gained traction. Today, however, the film’s producer offered up an intriguing and encouraging update. We learned back in June of 2013 that A Royal Affair helmer Nikolaj Arcel (who was once on the shortlist for Marvel’s Doctor Strange) […]
Reboot, Reset, Mulligan, Ad Nauseam: The Ever-Increasing Frequency of Reboots
Tom Jolliffe looks at the ever-increasing frequency of reboots… This won’t come as any surprise but the notion of the reboot, remake, or whatever you call it is nothing new. We’ve all seen three live action Spider-Man incarnations in just 10 years from Tobey Maguire’s final fling, through Andrew Garfield, to Tom Holland who is […]
Why Scott Adkins Should Be the Next Batman
Tom Jolliffe offers his thoughts on the prospect of Scott Adkins as Batman… As widely reported there was recently a leak for an audition video British martial arts action star Scott Adkins made prior to Batfleck’s casting in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Adkins addressed the issue himself. With Affleck now out the picture […]
Jumping the Shark on a Nuked Fridge: How Aquaman dials up the crazy to whole new levels
Tom Jolliffe looks at Aquaman, and how it dials up the crazy to whole new levels… Some films are ridiculous. Of those, some are self aware of the sheer lunacy of their concept. Some are not aware of their own ridiculousness. The self aware films can often be a little too self-aware, and then feel […]
Should Robert Pattinson have held out for James Bond instead of Batman?
After Danny Boyle’s recent backing of Robert Pattinson for Bond, Tom Jolliffe considers whether Pattinson has chosen the right franchise to come on board… After a little conjecture following the mutual (maybe mutual) agreement for Ben Affleck to hang up his cape, the Bruce Wayne/Batman role has now went to Robert Pattinson. The internet, naturally […]
Why Joker is More Scorsese Ode Than Comic Book Movie
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Joker and its clear love letter to Martin Scorsese… As with any comic book property, any adaptation is met with a degree of buzz. When the character in question happens to be the Clown Prince himself, then that buzz goes through the roof. That in itself has only increased […]
The Ultimate Batman Film
On Batman Day, Tom Jolliffe delves back through the Caped Crusader’s films and TV so far to pick the best of the best in the ultimate Batman film… Lets say you’re putting together a Batman film, and you’ve got to piece together a cast and crew of the best from the film and TV incarnations […]
Joker: Selective Uproar and a Questionably Timed Rating Plunge
Tom Jolliffe looks at the controversy surrounding Joker and an apparent drop in critic’s ratings in the aftermath… So after a year of furious anticipation and excitement, Joker has finally been released upon the cinematic world. A month or so ago we were looking at what critics were describing as exceptional, a masterpiece, an Oscar […]
Will the studios learn their lesson after a year full of box office duds?
Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the box office bombs in 2019, and whether studios will learn from their mistakes… 2019 has been an interesting year. There have been the expected successes with Marvel (particularly Avengers: Endgame), and unexpectedly gargantuan success with Joker (which was expected to do well, but that well?). Like every year […]
2019 in Review: Revisiting cinema’s biggest releases, news and talking points
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 2019 in film… Whilst we all come to terms with deleting and retyping 19 as 20 on documents, letters, invoices etc, lets make time to look back at 2019 and further confuse matters. As a year of cinema, 2019 has been interesting and with a usual mix of pop culture […]
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