Hasitha Fernando on techno-thrillers in film… If you’ve read enough books and watched your fair share of films, chances are you’ve heard the term ‘techno-thriller’ being tossed around from time to time. For the uninitiated this particular genre is a hybridization of many others, drawing inspiration from awe inspiring sci-fi dramas to white-knuckling espionage thrillers. […]
Tom Cruise – Unstoppable
Helen Murdoch on Tom Cruise and his continued success… With the sixth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise being released at the end of July, it got me thinking about the enigma of Tom Cruise and why regardless of how crazy he seems in real life, I always go and watch his films. My love […]
Steven Spielberg Is More Than His Brand
Henry Bevan on Steven Spielberg… Is this the face of the most underrated director of the twenty-first century? It’s odd to use the word “underrated” in regards to Hollywood’s most successful director. He is the man who did change the face of popular culture with a shark, an archeologist and a dinosaur. His latest film, […]
Today in Movies – The Films that Should be TV Shows
FLICKERING MYTH DAILY – LONG READ SPECIAL Because Oli is eating his bodyweight in Danish bacon right now (he’s gone for a city break in Copenhagen), here’s a prerecorded long-read of Neil Calloway’s Flickering Myth article ‘The Movies that Should be TV Shows’. Television used to be seen as a step-down from cinema. Now it’s […]
Watch the first trailer for the Minority Report TV series
Over the weekend FOX announced that it has placed a full series order for Minority Report, the small screen sequel to the 2002 sci-fi thriller from director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Cruise, and now the first trailer has arrived online, which we have for you here… Based on the international blockbuster film by executive […]
Stark Sands and Meagan Good join Minority Report TV series
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Stark Sands (Inside Llewyn Davis) has secured the lead role in FOX’s upcoming TV sequel to the 2002 sci-fi Minority Report, with Meagan Good (Think Like a Man) has also signed on to the cast. The site reports that the series “takes place 10 years after the end of Precrime in […]
FOX places pilot order for Minority Report TV series
FOX has placed a pilot order to the planned Minority Report TV series, which will serve as a sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi adventure starring Tom Cruise. According to EW, the show “is set 10 years after the events of the film, which concluded with law enforcement’s Precrime division being disbanded. In the show, one Precog, […]