Back in 1983, the Superman franchise was in full swing, despite the tense and fractured on-set fights and fallouts which saw original director Richard Donner leave after Superman: The Movie before he was able to finish Superman II, released almost three years later under the new direction of Richard Lester. Both films were huge financial successes […]
Revisiting 80’s Fantasy Films: The sublime, the ridiculous and the underrated
Tom Jolliffe takes a jaunt back to the 80’s to see how some of the decade’s biggest fantasy films have aged… Growing up as a young sprog in the 80’s I was treated to all manner of eye-catching fantasy films. A lot of these ‘kids’ films were completely savaged by critics at the time. I […]
Kevin Smith gives update on Masters of the Universe and Twilight of the Mallrats
With the world currently locked down due to the global health crisis, filmmaker Kevin Smith has taken the opportunity to update fans on the status of two of his upcoming projects in the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation and his View Askniverse sequel Twilight of the Mallrats. “I have been working on […]
Masters of the Universe: The Right Time for the Reboot? | Podcast Mini
In this extract from the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, host Tom Beasley and guest Scott J. Davis discuss the long-gestating big screen reboot of Masters of the Universe, and whether it may finally be about to become a reality after years in development hell; check out the discussion in the […]
Masters of the Universe with critic Scott J. Davis | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #74
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic and interviewer Scott J. Davis discusses the high camp and nostalgia of the 1980s cult fantasy Masters of the Universe… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, […]
A Cannon Films Double from ’87: Masters of the Universe and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1987 to look at two films which promised big things from Cannon Films, but would be the beginning of the end for the company… Oh to be six again. Life was much simpler. TV shows were better, films were better, music was better. I didn’t have to pay any bills […]
Masters of the Universe reboot will apparently shoot this summer
Given that it’s been in development for more than a decade now under a host of different writers and directors, it came as little surprise last month when it was announced that Sony had pulled Masters of the Universe from release schedule once again – the latest delay in a seemingly never-ending list of delays […]
Comic Book Preview – He-Man & the Masters of the Multiverse #4
DC Comics releases He-Man & the Masters of the Multiverse #4 this Wednesday; check out a preview of the issue here… Keldor travels to the Eternia of the 1980s Filmation cartoon series! Still reeling from a tragic loss last issue, Keldor and He-Man must find the legendary Star Seed-the last power in the universe able […]
Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe series casts Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Sarah Michelle Gellar and more
Back in August, Kevin Smith announced that he’s teaming with Netflix to produce Masters of the Universe: Revelation, an anime series serving as a sequel to the original Masters of the Universe Saturday morning cartoon from the 1980s, and now we’ve got word of the star-studded voice cast for the new show. The Vampire Diaries […]
The Moments Which Made You Love Cinema
Tom Jolliffe on those moments which made you love cinema… It’s different for everyone and maybe for some it never happens. Not everyone (shock horror!) is into film. For those film buffs, nerds, geeks, or even merely casual enjoyers of cinematic delights, there are always defining moments. Maybe it’s a moment within a film. Maybe […]
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