There is a trend in Hollywood among actors and actresses. It would seem that the moment they win their first Oscar for a fantastic dramatic role, they follow that up with complete dog bollocks. Halle Berry went from Monster’s Ball to Catwoman, Christoph Waltz went from Inglourious Basterds to Green Hornet, Charlize Theron went from Monster to Aeon Flux and …
I don’t believe in ghosts at all. But I also never used to believe that I would see a live-action Hollywood blockbuster where a giant robot uses a freight ship as baseball bat to bliksem a giant sea-monster in the face, and writer-director Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy series, Pacific Rim) sure changed that. Maybe he can do the same for …
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I’ve become a massive fan of Ethan Hawke ever since his rather excellent performance in Predestination, a movie I recommend you all go out and see. Moving away from the science fiction genre to what I can only assume is a thriller (maybe supernatural) we have the stunning Emma Waston (sadly dressed up like my gran) teaming up with Hawke in …
HBO’s True Detective season one was a revelation in 2014, with a gripping story line and excellent performances from leads Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The series is also riding the current anthology series trend, with season two featuring a completely different story line, location and cast – namely Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly and Vince Vaughn. …
There can be only many reboots! Wait, that’s not how it goes. While the Highladner reboot runs around like a headless immortal searching for a Connor Macleod, the film may have found the villain that it was looking for. According to Latino Review, Dave Bautista, he of the WWE and Guardians Of The Galaxy, may be stepping into that film …
Movies have delivered a wide, wide, wide range of Presidential characters. The majority tend to be American, such as Harrison Ford in Airforce One and Aaron Eckhart in Olympus Has Fallen. But there are also British Prime Ministers like Hugh Grant in Love Actually and… well, there has actually only been one famous movie Prime Minister. Unless you count the …
It’s Friday the 13th and boys, you are unlucky today. See, we have Kingsman: The Secret Service – which you have to see – releasing at the same time as Fifty Shades of Grey – which you’ve probably been told you are going to see. Here’s my solution: go for a barter deal, you’ll take her to Fifty Shades (and you’ll …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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