Eric Bay-Andersen on trends and the lack of originality in Hollywood… At the beginning of this year I went to the cinema and saw a preview of all the big films coming out in 2016, and it really depressed me because almost every upcoming ‘event’ film was a sequel, a re-boot, or a prequel to […]
Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing
Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]
Nicolas Cage says he turned down Aragorn role in The Lord of the Rings
Currently promoting his new film Pay the Ghost [read our review here], Nicolas Cage has been speaking to Newsweek about his desire to work with such directors as Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino in the future, as well as some of the roles he was offered over the years that for one reason or another he […]
The Best Year for Blockbusters: 1999
Anghus Houvouras with a discussion on which year had the best blockbusters. First up, 1999…. The Case for: The Matrix Fight Club The Sixth Sense American Pie Galaxy Quest Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Bowfinger The Blair Witch Project Deep Blue Sea The Case Against: Star Wars […]
Zak Penn reveals his Matrix movie is still going ahead
While doing the rounds for his co-scripting duties on Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One (read our review here), Zak Penn has given an update on his foray into another cinematic virtual world, his rumoured Matrix movie. Originally reported as a reboot, Penn dismissed this last year, at around about the same time stories began to […]
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