Drama, horror, comedy and superheroes are what we’ve gotten from Netflix’s Original-branded series to date as they look to expand their roster of in-house content, and now they’ve gone full science fiction with the announcement (via Variety) that they’ve picked up the highly-regarded 2002 cyberpunk noir-detective novel by Richard Morgan – ‘Altered Carbon’ – for a 10-episode series. Writer/producer Laeta …
You're going to have to wait a few months more for your next dose of Star Wars, as Episode VIII:The Quest for More Money has been delayed to December of 2017.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens may no longer be the biggest movie in America (thanks a lot, Kevin Hart!) but there’s no denying its incredible success as it became the biggest movie in US box office history, and the 3rd biggest movie of all time globally. In its five week run, records have toppled almost every other week. A feat …
The Justice League are going to war with the Teen Titans. Because I want to see Damien Wayne get clobbered into paste by Superman.
Remember xXx? I do! Actually the reason I do is because it happened to be on terrestrial television just three days ago and in my usual hungover state on Sunday I was unable to move from the couch and watched the whole movie. I cringed a lot more than I did when I first saw it back in 2002, but …
Last night’s CW special, “DC Films Presents: The Dawn of the Justice League”, has already given us an incredible badass new trailer for Suicide Squad and our first look at Wonder Woman, but of course that wasn’t it’s main job. No, that was actually to introduce the DC Comics cinematic universe characters and their comic book backgrounds to new fans. …
So, I had this whole diatribe written about the spectacle of movies and how 3D has reshaped the cinematic experience. Then I somehow deleted it all. Right now I just want to go curl up and wonder why Narcos wasn’t a better show. So, without further ado, the new format for the Weekend Top 10! Last Updated: January 20, 2016
Neighbors – or as we ex-colonialists know it: Bad Neighbours (note the “u”) – was way funnier than I ever thought it would be. It also made a crap load of money. Shot on a budget of just $18 million, the Seth Rogen/Zac Efron R-rated comedy went on to make $270 million. So naturally: Sequel! Or rather, $equel! And that …
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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