Normally, this is the section of an article where I come up with some witty hook to get you to watch the trailer below for whatever film we happen to be punting today. But at the moment I’m actually busy studying for an exam I’m writing next week, and can’t spare the brain power to come up with the catchy …
You’ve probably noticed how Minions are freaking everywhere nowadays. If having your Facebook feed clogged up with their little yellow faces and trite image macros is driving you insane, best you quit Facebook for a while, because Minion mania is about to get ramped up thanks to this week’s major release of the stand-alone Minions movie. Minionandrists unite! Minions The story …
Looks like Darryn’s steamy Aunt May fan-fiction may just be getting a whole lot less disconcerting soon. That would be if a recent report by Variety is confirmed that Marvel and Sony are looking at Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, My Cousin Vinny) to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man’s Aunt May in the upcoming new Spider-Man movie. Neither studio have officially …
Ben Affleck used to be a joke in Hollywood. Hell, look at most of his output from the early 2000s. Terrible, terrible stuff from an otherwise talented actor. And then the chap decided to re-energise his career by becoming one of the best directors in the business today. Argo was a smash hit for Affleck, a tense thriller that earned …
Time for some true story love! Or at least a rockin’ movie inspired by those events. And what could be more harrowing than the tale of a US Coast Guard mission to rescue more than 30 sailors trapped on the sinking half of a tanker ship in the deep sea? Having to attempt that rescue in an ocean that happens …
The movie industry is not in great shape. Yes, you can point to the blockbusters and that 2015, despite some major flops, may produce several of the industry’s highest-grossing films yet. Last Updated: July 9, 2015
We’ve heard the rumours for a couple of years now, but it’s finally official: Han Solo is getting his own… well, solo movie. Pegged as the next of the standalone Star Wars Anthology movies following Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars: Rogue One, the still untitled 2017 Solo pic will be helmed by The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller …
Premium cable network Showtime is home to some of my favourite shows at the moment, such as Penny Dreadful and Ray Donovan, and it looks like they might have another winner on their hands if this trailer for Billions is anything to go by. Developed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) with Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big to Fail), …
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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