You would think that after the news that Joseph Fiennes will play Michael Jackson in a fun dramedy set around the events of 9/11 that this week couldn’t get any more WTF?! And you would be wrong. Because somehow, what you might think is a prank, or some super long unfunny SNL sketch is actually real: Kevin Spacey – yes, …
When Kervyn first told me to write up something about Trolls I wasn’t sure the world was ready to find out about the inner workings of themovies and its writing team, but as it turns out they’re actually making a movie based on the iconic recognisable toys with the colourful silly hair – Troll dolls. I’m sure they have a …
Star Wars is pretty easy to explain, right? After all, it involves space wizards duelling with glow-swords while walking carpets and wise-cracking pilots lend support. Not quite, actually. There’s a massive continuity behind Star Wars, an entire galaxy of characters, storylines and events that make films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens the mere tip of the iceberg when …
2015 was not the best of years for animated films. Inside Out was very good and a money maker, but most of the animated movies failed to live up to hype with only Minions also really being a financial success. That’s largely because most of these films are all competing for the same market and with more strong players in …
Not too much has been revealed about the next Jurassic World, but what we do know so far is that it will star dinosaurs and that the dinosaurs will be dangerous. And that is essentially all they need to make a new Jurassic movie. But we also know that Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will reprise their roles as …
Before we start with this week’s new releases, I’d like to take a moment to thank Kervyn for the sacrifices he makes for us. While Craig was getting all high-brow and cultured with this week’s Oscar-bait movie The Danish Girl, and Nick was gleefully (if not a little bit obsessively) salivating over The Hateful Eight, Kervyn had to sit through …
Well how's this for timing? Just last night, after years of feeling like a failed geek/bibliophile for having never read Neil Gaiman's modern fantasy classic American Gods, I finally got it on my Kindle. Before I could even get around to any reading though, I spotted the news that Bryan "Hannibal" Fuller and Starz's planned TV series adaptation had finally cast it's lead.
EA has a pretty busy year ahead of them, with Mass Effect Andromeda and a new Titanfall joining their next fiscal year launches.
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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