Look, now I don’t want to say there are people in Hollywood who listen to my suggestions, but somebody in Hollywood is totally listening to my suggestions. The last time we covered The Frankenstein Code, I suggested that you should drop the “Frankenstein” parts right out of the title as the new sci-fi drama series from Fox has virtually nothing …
I don’t mean to sound like a bad Hallmark card, but sometimes things happen at a certain time for a reason. The Danish Girl, a biopic of the incredible story of Lili Elbe, the Danish artist who became one of the first people in the world to undergo gender reassignment surgery, has been bouncing around Hollywood for more than ten …
Would it be wrong if I admitted that I secretly longed for an alien invasion of Earth? No, this isn’t some nihilist “The whole world is rotten and deserves to burn” wish. It’s just that a lifetime of playing video games and reading sci-fi books have prepared me for this! I just know that not only am I going to …
We’re just three and a half months away (18 December!) from the highly anticipated release of the next installment in the epic Star Wars saga – Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. I’m expecting it to blow all of this year’s current top performers, the likes of Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron, clear out of the water …
As many of you may know Showtime’s Penny Dreadful is one of my favourite series (you can read why here) and after season 2 I need MORE! Firstly, it’s awesome horror. Yes, we do have American Horror but I found that after the first two seasons it became a bit too contrived. The story often made no sense (because HORROR) so Penny was a breath of fresh air. …
As a fan of literature, it really shouldn’t be as big a surprise as it is that I’m excited for a feature film adaptation of a Shakespearean play. But hot damn, I could never have predicted how stupidly excited I am for a feature film adaptation of a Shakespearean play! The film in question being director Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, which …
Folks scoffed when it was first announced that Disney would be spending upwards of $4 billion to acquire Star Wars. A ludicrous sum of money, that probably wouldn’t see any returns for many, many years. Right? Wrong! Star Wars is already proving to be a massive cash cow for the house of mouse, and that’s with the property not having …
Movies are magical things that create wonderful worlds where the rules of reality need not apply. However, when a movie sets up an established rule set and proceeds to ignore it, that’s when things can get laughable, silly or downright annoying. Most recently, I picked up on this with Ant-Man (minor spoilers to follow). If you have seen it, you …
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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