Shane Black is a popular guy right now. Iron Man 3 is cleaning up to the box office and under Black’s vision the film is being praised by most critics and fans alike. You’ll then be as excited as I am when it was reported that that our favourite Christmas-enthusiast has already closed a deal to co-write and direct his next …

When the fhe first trailer for the trailer for writer-director Gavin Hood’s adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game was released it was prefaced by an intro from a rather bored looking pair of stars, namely Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford, who looked like they were providing commentary on the World Grass Growing championships. Now the first full trailer is here, …

Movies have become so massive over the years. Enormous spectacles of explosions and computer generated imagery that dwarf the efforts of yesteryear in terms of sheer spectacle on offer. But the past hasn’t been forgotten. The blood, sweat and tears that were poured into making a clay figure move realistically, or the hours needed to craft an army with which …

…Fan Bingbing, that is. Fresh from appearing in Iron Man 3 (Oh, you don’t live in China? Well then you wouldn’t have seen the specials shot just for the Chinese market in which Bingbing appears) and with an upcoming role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, the up and coming Chinese actress is definitely making a play for international stardom, and who better …

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You may have heard recently about how Tom Cruise now officially has a fifth mission (Impossible) which he’s chosen to accept, and in that earlier story we even mentioned that all signs and rumours thus far has pointed to Cruise’s Jack Reacher director, Christopher McQuarrie, helming the pentequel. But actually there was no mention of McQuarrie as director in the official M:I5 press release …

Before Christopher Nolan introduced to us psychology through the means of clowns and gas masks, the Batman franchise was stuck in development hell. Sure, Batman and Robin had made some decent coin at the box office, but at the cost of the dignity of the franchise. Warner Bros went through numerous directors and pitches for the reboot of that franchise …

Did you notice that this year, we have a pair of similar pairs hitting the big screen. Over in the good ol’ US of A, we’ve got the Oval Office situated action of Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down. And then we’ve got the end of the world coming up. James Franco, Seth Rogen and friends will be handling …