When true-life wrestling drama Foxcatcher played at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, film journos in attendance were suplexing each other for the chance to be the first to tell the world just how good it was, in particularly a scary good turn from Steve Carell that puts him in almost certain Oscar contention. But Foxcatcher is more than just a …
In case you haven’t heard, Oscar winning filmmaker and 3D pioneer James Cameron has said that he will no longer be making any feature films unless they have the word “Avatar” in the title and feature giant cat/Smurf hybrids. So what does the director behind the two biggest box office successes of all time do when he’s not busy making …
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US cable network Starz has tapped Bryan Fuller, creator of the hugely successful NBC series Hannibal, to work with Smallville’s Michael Green in bringing Neil “Sandman” Gaiman’s highly acclaimed 2001 urban fantasy novel American Gods to TV. There has been talk about an adaptation of American Gods for a long time now and earlier this year Starz’s partner, FremantleMedia North America bought …
Wibble to the wobble my timey-wimey homies. With everybody’s favourite Time Lord now less than two months away from making a small screen return, you can bet that there’ll be a few new fresh faces added to season 8 of Doctor Who. As well as the return of my personal favourite incredibly deadly but somehow also incredibly useless super-villains. Last …
Horrible Bosses had to be one of the biggest comedy surprises for me in 2011. Three great actors playing lovable everymen, juxtaposed by three other great actors playing wonderful jerkass counterparts. A sequel was inevitable, but it looks like the team of Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis are going for one big score in their next adventure. …
Remember when I predicted that Bible movies would be the next big fad in Hollywood? If I was a betting man, I’d put have put down cash on a slightly tweaked new fad. And that would be the kickass bible action star genre emerging. We’ve already seen Russell Crowe step up the plate to get ready for a 40 day …
This week we saw Community, one of the best shows on TV and a personal favourite of mine for years, being snatched from the very brink of cancellation death as Yahoo picked the show up for a sixth season after NBC had given it the chop earlier in the year. So here’s today’s question: Which cancelled TV show do you wish …
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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