For Willow fans, the appearance of Val Kilmer was anticipated, yet many knew it would be hard to do work. It wasn’t for lack of trying, as writer Jonathan Kasdan says there were always plans to feature the actor. In an EW interview, Kasdan discussed the plans were to include Kilmer’s Madmartigan, but things didn’t […]
The evolution of the Batman suit on screen from 1943 to 2017
Luke Owen looks back at Batman’s past… As Saturday was Batman Day [you can read two other op-eds here and here] and following on from my look back at the evolution of Spider-Man and Daredevil‘s costumes (and the Batmobile), I thought it would be fun to look back at all the big screen and (some […]
The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy… The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also […]
Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema
Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]
Val Kilmer’s Madmartigan will be part of Willow sequel series “in a big way”
On Thursday, Lucasfilm released the first trailer for Willow, the upcoming Disney+ original series which serves as a sequel to the classic 1988 fantasy film. As we saw in first look at the show, Warwick Davis is back in his role as Willow Ufgood for the new adventure, as is Joanne Whalley as Sorsha, but […]
Movie Review – Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Manny Jacinto, Peter Mark Kendall, Jean Louisa Kelly, Lyliana Wray, Jake Picking, Kara Wang, and Raymond Lee. […]
Top Gun: Maverick gets a new trailer and poster
Paramount Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for the long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the film sees Tom Cruise returning as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he trains a new detachment of graduates for a specialized mission; check them out here… After more than thirty years of service as one […]
Robert Pattinson wore Val Kilmer’s Batsuit in tests for The Batman
DC FanDome brought viewers the latest look at The Batman, the new Matt Reeves-directed Batman reboot starring Robert Pattinson. It also brought on some interesting tidbits about the production of the new DC film. Filmmaker Matt Reeves was joined by actors Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz for a behind-the-scenes conversation about the upcoming Batman movie. […]
Movie Review – Val (2021)
Val, 2021. Directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. Starring Val Kilmer. SYNOPSIS: A documentary centering on the daily life of actor Val Kilmer featuring never-before-seen footage spanning 40 years. Val Kilmer may be cemented in cinema history as one of the few actors to don the big-budget cape and cowl to portray Batman, but […]
Movie Review – The Birthday Cake (2021)
The Birthday Cake, 2021. Directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos. Starring Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, Lorraine Bracco, William Fichtner, Aldis Hodge, Penn Badgley, Jeremy Allen White, Ashley Benson, Luis Guzmán, John Magaro, Paul Sorvino, David Mazouz, Jake Weary, Emory Cohen, Vincent Pastore, Marla Maples, Franky G, Joseph D’Onofrio, Emily Tremaine, Nick Vallelonga, Jordan Lane, Price […]
