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This time of year is always a controversial one for the US television networks. Plans are being made on which shows to greenlight for the next year – usually beginning broadcast between September and December. But to make way for those, other series are cancelled and there are usually...
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Way back in 1987 Predator was a notable action film on a variety of levels, telling the story of a small elite military unit that were tracking an unknown assailant through the jungle – only to realise that they’d become the quarry . It was a major early success for...
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Over thirty years ago, Johnny Lawrence (William Zarba) was a up-and-coming martial-artist, learning his technique from Kreese (Martin Kove), the sensei of the local Cobra Kai judo. But Kreese was ruthless and in the end both Johnny and Kreese found themselves on the wrong end of a more responsible,...
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There’s been quite a lot of publicity around Marvel‘s compact and bijou independent featurette known as ‘Infinity War‘, but it’s not the only film from the studio that will be in multiplexes this year – the next one stars at least one tiny hero conspicuously missing from the larger...
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Compromised and soon-to-be-impoverished psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is beginning to wonder whether his own addictions may have been the downfall of an otherwise respected career but he is approached to evaluate the mental state of Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), the widow of the man who created the famous...
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After all the directorial comings-and-goings that were widely reported during production, it’s just over a month until the next standalone Star Wars outing (Solo: A Star Wars Story to give it its full title) hits cinemas… and we’ve now got the final trailer flying on to screens. There’s a...
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In the middle of the night Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) gets a phone-call that will change her life. It’s the FBI, they are outside her door, armed and they have a warrant for her arrest. Molly, once a ski-champion with realistic Olympic dreams, found her life going off on...
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Over the years there’s been many titles and certainly a fair degree of different fonts for the iconic titles featuring Doctor Who. Every new showrunner and actor has made their mark, often with a wash-and-brush-up to the show’s font. Given the world’s longest running science-fiction show now has quite...
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There’s been much gnashing of teeth about the Star Wars prequel featuring the younger days of ne’er-do-well Han Solo. Behind the scenes, the film controversially lost its directors after many months of shooting (Ron Howard stepped in) and the lack of publicity ahead of its upcoming May release made...