When Johnny Depp gets into character and make-up, the results are usually whimsical to say the least. After all, such lengthy sitdowns in the make-up trailer have resulted in him bringing to life characters such as Edward Scissorhands, Jack Sparrow and a particularly mental Mad Hatter. This time however, the make-up is resulting in a crueler, grittier Depp, as he portrays legendary …

I’ve never seen the appeal of having secret sleeper agent assassins in your employ. Because no matter how damn good their mental cover is, you’re always going to find yourself wanting to kill them, for reasons. And that’s a Hollywood science fact. It’s a trope that Jesse Eisenberg has to deal with in American Ultra, as he finds himself being hunted …

This week, Marvel hits another home run, Samuel L. Jackson takes on terrorists, and more teenagers film things with their cellphones instead of running for their lives. Ant-Man The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability …

Much like Matthew McConaughey’s “McConnaisance”, we need to get a snappy title for the resurgence of Michael Keaton. The “Keatoning”? The “Keaton Return”? Whatever the heck you want to call it, there’s no doubt now that it’s in full swing. Fresh off the back of an Oscar nominated meta-performance in Birdman, Keaton now leads a stellar cast that includes Mark …

Despite the fact that I’m still enjoying the second season of HBO’s True Detective, there’s no denying the fact the show isn’t quite as good now as the absolutely spellbinding first season. And a huge reason for that regression is undoubtedly the loss of auteur Cary Fukunaga, who had helmed all of season one’s episodes. Fukunaga stated that he didn’t …

Love and Marriage – it’s an institute you can’t disparage. But that, as every kid of the Eighties knows, is not true. Frank Sinatra’s lament on the wonders of the married life were put to a ironic contrast by the show that used his song as its title. Yes, things rarely got as dysfunctional as in the brilliant black comedy …

Love them or hate them, you cannot deny the reach of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, the trio of petrolhead jokesters that fronted BBC’s long-running Top Gear since 2002. The three presenters had become a UK national institution, despite their constant prickly run-ins with the BBC powers-that-be, other journalists and even entire governments of South American countries. Of …

People often complain there is nothing new worth watching. This week they were definitely not wrong… Last Updated: July 30, 2015