The Catcher Was a Spy is the upcoming biographical WWII spy drama starring Paul Rudd. He portrays Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who was recruited into the OSS during WWII as a spy, where he was tasked with investigating the German nuclear program.
With the western genre seemingly being back in vogue again in Hollywood with a spate of TV series and movies either recently released or in production, Netflix is now throwing its ten-gallon Stetson into the ring with upcoming western series Godless.
After being thoroughly underwhelmed by the previous two entries in the rather silly Divergent franchise, my excitement level for series finale Allegiant can be measured somewhere between a root canal and a plate full of steamed broccoli. That being said, after watching this first full trailer for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, I’m maybe/kind of /sort of/ a little intrigued again. …
If last year’s Interstellar was director Chris Nolan’s philosophical call-to-arms about achieving impossible dreams out in space through the power of unbridled imagination, then Ridley Scott’s The Martian stands as both it’s thematic opposite and cinematic brother-in-arms: a wildly thrilling testament to how nothing but hard science braininess can overcome the most improbable odds in our celestial quest (Provided you …
Back in June, the first trailer for director Ridley Scott’s The Martian popped up, delivering a rather solid and condensed punch of info detailing that Matt Damon would need to science the sh** out of Mars in order to survive being stranded on that planet. But that trailer was missing something. And that something, was Jimi Hendrix. Here’s the latest …
The teaser trailer for Steve Jobs was much like the products created by its eponymous late tech guru – flashy and got lots of people talking, but honestly didn’t have many features, and the ones it did have, we’ve all seen before. I believe this is where I drop the obligatory “Bazinga!”, right? Jokes aside though, just like so many …
Space! The final frontier! Unless you’re director Ridley Scott that is. I’ll be the first person to admit that the end result of his last cosmic flick, Prometheus, was pretty much a cluster-fudge of incredibly stupid moments in sci-fi. That being said however, Scott still directed a film that looked beautifully stupid. Technically, it was a fantastic piece of cinema. …
Whether you consider him a visionary or a copy-cat tyrant, there’s very little doubt that late Apple boss Steve Jobs had a significant impact on modern society and its technology. Which is certainly a lot more than can said of jObs, the rather lacklustre 2013 movie that tried to tell the controversial figure’s life story but ended up quite ho-hum, …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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