August 2014 is crunch time for Marvel Studios. As the abs on most of their cinematic heroes can testify, Marvel knows about crunches, but not quite like this. 1 August sees the release of Guardians of the Galaxy, easily the most outlandish – and out-space-ish – offering from the comic book movie studio to date. The film will serve as a big …

When it comes to Chris Nolan movies, details about them are usually locked down tighter than a signed Nkandla receipt. So it comes with some surprise that the first full trailer for the super-clandestine writer-director’s latest flick, Interstellar, actually tells us a bit about what is actually going on. Note: I said “a bit”. Nolan hasn’t turned into an Amazing Spider-Man 2 …

As you may have heard, director Gareth Edwards has a monster of a movie coming out today. And he got to direct that monster movie, by showing off just how deftly he could (not) show off some other monsters in the micro-budget indie sci-fi hit Monsters. If that seems like a lot “monsters” to you, then its only because you haven’t yet …

There used to be a time when kids dreamed of becoming astronauts. Clearly that time has passed, if Hollywood has anything to say about it. I mean, if it’s not enough to crush dreams by throwing orbiting debris clouds of death at Sandra Bullock in Gravity, they now also give us Extant, a new 13-episode series executive produced by Steven …

I’ve always dug the character of the Flash. He’s technically one of the most powerful heroes ever made, a character who can run back in time and throttle you when you were a baby if he wanted to. He can vibrate his molecules and make you explode with a high-five. But he’s not that kind of guy. He’s a man …

You know, for a show about a guy whose whole shtick is that he delivers timeously, it sure has been a long time since we last heard from Transporter: The Series. Nearly a year and a half, to be exact. Since then the TV adaptation of the fast cars and faster kicks movie franchise that made a star out Jason Statham …

I love the idea of a shared universe in TV. That idea that Columbo can waltz into an episode of an Agatha Christie murder train or seeing soap star X look at soap star Z and then gently frown as the camera closes in on their face while a bit of violin music plays in the background before fading to …

Man, Michael Bay films are shallow! They’re just mindless excuses for loud special effects and over the top camera angles! You may be right about all that. You may also need to shut up, because the image of Optimus Prime riding a Dinobot T-Rex into battle will trump every criticism about Michael Bay, ever. Last Updated: May 15, 2014