I do love biopics, from movies like the recent The meaning of Everything, which garnered the lead actor an Oscar, to the brilliant Ray, I enjoy seeing what it takes to make remarkable people. So when I heard that there was a story about the Beach Boys, a group I have always thought could have taken on the Beatles, I was delighted. …

The legend of King Arthur has provided the world with a few movies, but not so many worth remembering. There are some stand-outs: First Knight, Excalibur and of course Monty Python’s take on the whole saga. The last time, though, anyone attempted a major movie about the mythical king, his knights and their famous table was 2004 – and that …

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Nothing to see here, folks. Seriously the top five movies of the past weekend have remained unchanged, though we can go on about how much money Fast & Furious 7 is making. But it’s not a vanilla lineup and the latter part of the Top 10 has had a few shake-ups. Last Updated: April 15, 2015

Sometimes, you don’t need to spend hours creating a memorable movie. You can actually get plenty done, in mere seconds. And that’sa  feat that the fine fellas over at Five-Second Films have done on a regular basis. Right now, they’re busting out of that comfort zone and making a proper full-length feature movie. And it looks horribly awesome. DUDE. Dude …

True Detective was one of last year’s most notable series and fans were understandably disappointed to hear that director Cary Fukunaga, who won the Best Director Emmy for his work on the series, would not be returning for the second season. However he’s not lost to the small screen as Deadline are reporting that he’s been tapped to direct another …

I really enjoy Constantine, the show based on DC/Vertigo’s long-running Hellbazer comics. It helps that I am familiar with the comic books, though I have never been a serious reader. In fact, I think I only own one or two complete story arcs. But those were good and as such jack-of-all-trades sorcerer John Constantine has always been a favourite of …

I don’t know about you guys, but back in my day, our hatred of celebrities was settled not on Twitter or through FaceBook stalking, but in vicious, bloody bouts where at least one A-lister would die every week. I am of course, talking about Celebrity Deathmatch, which saw such classic fights as Christopher Walken vs Gabriel Byrne, Madonna vs Michael …