“Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first Oscar frontrunners… Steve Jobs and Michael Fassbender.” Those aren’t my prognosticating words, but that rather of David Poland, one of the film critics who was in attendance at Telluride Film Festival for the premiere of Steve Jobs, the upcoming biopic starring Fassbender as the controversial late Apple boss, directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, …
Out of the 3 major comic book movies being released in 2015, the one that I’m actually most eager to see is Fox’s new Fantastic Four reboot. With the other superhero entries being Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, that may seem a little strange, but my eagerness is purely to find out whether all the crazy press the movie …
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow has confirmed (via ComingSoon)that he will not be returning to helm any follow-up movie. That’s classified as “bad news” because it seems (and this is the good news part) that he’s done a pretty good job with Jurassic World. The much anticipated sequel …
Although I simply cannot wrap my geeky brain around it, I know that it is statistically probable that somewhere out there there is a person who checked out all the trailers, pics, TV spots and featurettes for Avengers: Age of Ultron and thought “Meh. I’m not so sure about this. I need more evidence from people who have actually seen …
If you had told me back in 2002 that The Fast and the Furious would go on to become not just the biggest earner for Universal Pictures, but also one of the most fun action-heist franchises around, I would have told you to stop huffing those burnt rubber fumes, because clearly they’re making you high. But that’s exactly where we …
Can you believe it? Another Tolkien trilogy meets its end this year. And it felt like only yesterday when I was sitting in a cinema watching Return Of The King, desperate to go relieve my bladder of cheap Coke and being told by that damn usher that the way was shut. The way was SHUT. The Hobbit: Battle Of The …
I’ve been very intrigued by Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, but that’s just because I’m always intrigued by anything Vaughn does. Especially when what he’s doing involves a comic book adaptation. Vaughn has already struck comic book gold thrice previously with Stardust, X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass. The latter is an adaptation of acclaimed writer Mark Millar’s comic book, and now Vaughn is once again …
I’m pretty optimistic about Disney movies right now. I think we’re experiencing a brand new animation renaissance, where CGI films have finally outgrown that awkward growth phase. Mind you, I’m not talking about the Pixar side of Disney, but rather their actual in-house talent. Talent that has produced movies such as Tangled, Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph. That’s a hat trick …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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