John Hughes 5-Movie Collection. Directed by John Hughes and Howard Deutch. Starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson, Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a John Hughes fan […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Crash (1996)
Crash, 1996. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, and Peter MacNeill. SYNOPSIS: A couple looking to spice up their sex life discover an underground cult of car crash victims who get sexual thrills out of road traffic accidents. A timely release given that Brandon Cronenberg’s […]
Extreme Cinema – David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996)
Crash, 1996. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette and Elias Koteas. Whilst the depiction of sex and violence in films has often been the main focal point for the British Board of Film Classification’s decision making, never have the two been combined more provocatively in mainstream cinema […]
The Blacklist renewed for season 8
With The Blacklist set to continue its seventh season in mid-March, NBC announced it has renewed the crime thriller series for an eighth season. The series stars James Spader as former-FBI agent turned criminal mastermind Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington, who works with Megan Boone’s Elizabeth Keen in capturing members of Red’s Blacklist, a collection of the world’s most […]
The Blacklist season 6 gets a new trailer
Ahead of its season 6 premiere this January, a trailer has arrived online for NBC’s crime thriller series The Blacklist which you can watch below… Following the startling revelation that Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader) isn’t who he says he is, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) is torn between the relationship she’s developed with the man […]
Does It Hold Up? Avengers: Age of Ultron – One Year On
Tony Black revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron one year on to see how it holds up… One of my main outlets is podcasting, and recently I asked online if anyone would like to do a speculative episode of my film show in which we ‘fix’ a broken movie, discussing why it failed and how we […]
Watch two bonus features from the Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray
Ahead of its October home-entertainment release, a bonus feature from the Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray has arrived online, which sees the cast and crew discussing working alongside James Spader, as well as footage of the actor delivering performance capture on set as the AI villain; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch Thanos’ post-credit […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]
Second Opinion – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: […]