It’s been far too long since Sherlock Holmes has been on our TV screens. No, that impostor over on Elementary doesn’t count (even if he does a fine job). We need the real Sherlock Holmes. And by real Sherlock Holmes, I mean Benedict Cumberbatch’s cantankerous contemporary incarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed 19th century literary detective. Yes, that guy! The …
Terminator: Genisys was supposed to be the first entry in a new trilogy of Terminator movies, there was just one problem: despite it being a good entry into the franchise (according to Kervyn) it didn’t quite engulf the US box office in a nuclear fire – it only made around $90 million in revenue from an estimated production cost of $155 …
Thanks to Breaking Bad I have become a huge fan of Bryan Cranston, and it is safe to say that off the huge success of that brilliant series Cranston has been enjoying his fare share of work and movie offers. The latest of these being Jay Roach’s Trumbo, which is looking like one of the stand out movies for 2015. …
Adam Sandler’s career is a little like the Eagles song: he checks out whenever he feels like it, but he never actually leaves. Then once in a while he shows us that while we criticise him, he cries himself to sleep in a giant bed made out of money. Last Updated: October 7, 2015
Welcome the spooky month of October! Last year I was new to writing for TheMovies and, in my eagerness to prove my worth, I themed an entire month of Midweek Movie Mouth-offs around Halloween (I slightly regret that decision now). I’m going to try to do the same this year, but seeing as I’ve already done the obvious ones, the …
If you don’t follow Fast & Furious star/producer Vin Diesel on Facebook, then you may not be aware of the brouhaha around the $4 billion franchise that has been developing over the last few weeks. A short while back, reports started surfacing of production troubles on the 8th Fast & Furious film claiming that Diesel was was the reason why …
Warner Bros are in negotiations with Seth Grahame-Smith, best selling author/screenwriter of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ to direct their feature film version The Flash (not to be confused with the brilliant, totally unrelated TV series version of The Flash because apparently WB refuse to have cohesion in their DC universe). According to The Hollywood …
We’ve already told you that a sequel to one of last years biggest surprises, John Wick, is in development with half of its original directing team, in the form of Chad Stahelski, taking the reins solo this time around. Recently star Keanu Reeves opened up to Collider about why he’s keen to reprise the role despite the original being a fairly open-and-shut …
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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