One can certainly accuse Marvel Studios of many things: Not enough focus on minority characters, a production line-type working environment and the tendency to have their movies end with portals in the sky and spaceships falling on a city. One thing you can never accuse them of in the last few years though is in being predictable when it …
Making movies is a passion, though sadly talent and passion aren’t mutually exclusive. Sometimes the best intentions go wrong, which results in such immortal catastrophes such as The Room and Samurai Cop. Last Updated: October 6, 2015
The last time Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter and HBO hooked up, we got the brilliant Emmy Award-winning Boardwalk Empire. Now they’re joining forces again for a new TV series, and this time they’re even throwing in some Mick Jagger. Those powerhouses of film, TV and music have now developed Vinyl, an exciting new drama set in the turbulent 1970’s music scene. …
[column size=one_half position=first ] The ninja sub-genre is for the most pretty sad. Kung fu films have since the Seventies – with a big debt to 36 Chambers of Shaolin – evolved into a spectacular display of action. Last Updated: October 5, 2015
In a little over a month we will see the charismatic, death defying, super spy James Bond return to big screens in the highly anticipated Spectre. Being a huge fan of the franchise I was among those with reservations on the casting of Daniel Craig as 007. Craig however has since made me change my opinion, along with the hoards …
I really need to get myself a crystal ball, and maybe some flowing robes, because clearly I know a thing or two about predictions. Way, way back, I made a post about the Top 10 Comics Marvel Should Adapt For TV, and out of those listed we’ve already seen Powers, Jessica Jones, Heroes for Hire (which is basically Luke Cage), The …
You may have noticed some are calling Matt Damon the un-Sean Bean. Instead of getting killed, his career appears to be about being rescued all the time. First Saving Private Ryan, then Interstellar and now The Martian. The film industry is spending a lot of cash rescuing Damon, but audiences clearly love seeing that. Last Updated: October 5, 2015
Is it Retro-Month, and I just didn’t get the memo?! First there was the A-Team remake, then this morning we got the news that a new MacGyver series is in the works, and now comes the report from Deadline that Fox is developing a TV series adaptation of fan favourite action movie franchise Lethal Weapon! I may just be getting …
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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