Whoa whoa whoa, Warner Bros! You need to slow down with the silly jokes now. Or rather, silly ideas for movies about the Joker. Just a little over a day after we got the massively unexpected news that the studio has tapped the unlikely duo of Martin “Goodfellas” Scorsese and Todd “The Hangover” Phillips to develop a “hard-boiled” origin movie …
Even when Johnny Depp tries to play real people, he is choosing the most eccentric aspects of them to portray. He's now set to star a film about the life of McAfee antivirus creator John McAfee.
War is hell. But with enough free-flowing alcohol, bacchanalian parties, sexual distractions, a never-ending supply of adrenal highs and the occasional gutpunch of personal human horror, even an inferno can become home. That’s what real-life American journalist Kim Barker discovered during her years as a fish-out-of-water war correspondent stationed in Afghanistan during the USA’s Operation Enduring Freedom in the early 2000’s. And based …
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is no longer simply just part of a military alphabet or the latest addition to the urban dictionary as a form of “What The F*ck” (or according to Phil Dunphy – Why The Face). It’s also the latest offering from the multi talented comedian, writer & actress Tina Fey. Based on the book “The Taliban Shuffle”, Fey …
Tina Fey is already fighting against the Force as her latest comedy Sisters does battle with Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the box office, but apparently she needed an even bigger challenge and decided to take on the war in Afghanistan. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – previously known by the even more brilliant title Taliban Shuffle – is based on …
I just got conned. But this time, instead of suspicious Nigerian royalty wanting to cheat me out of my life savings, the prince was fresh, and I must admit that I really enjoyed his work. After a few years of back-to-back duds, I wasn’t expecting much at all from Will Smith’s latest starring vehicle: Focus. But I’m happy to report …
It’s at least another year until we can see Will Smith and Margot Robbie pair up alongside a bunch of brightly coloured crooks to get their Suicide Squad on, but that doesn’t mean we can’t see them getting up to no good together right now. This opportunity comes courtesy of Focus, a new conman romantic drama from Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, the …
Fun fact: The official website for 1996’s Space Jam is still live, like some kind of time-capsule of awful 90’s web design. Not so fun fact: That was also the last time a big fuss was really made about the classic Looney Toons series. Yes, there was Joe Dante’s Looney Toons: Back in Action in 2003, but it barely made a blip …
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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