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Perhaps the real problem facing the next Jurassic Park movie is convincing audiences that they haven’t seen everything on offer in one of the previous movies. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to battle beasties on the infamous island as they try to save the creatures from an...
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The Rock ( aka Dwayne Johnson) has been quite a busy actor recently (his latest, Jumanji is doing terrific business internationally and his next, Rampage – based on the 80s’ arcade game, is already on the starting blocks. Now comes Skyscraper which sees Johnson’s family being held in the...
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Horror films may be big business but they largely seem to fall into the shocker / slasher category. However the Oscar-nomination for Get Out suggests that audience and pundits appreciate a psychological story that has a bit more to say or wrong-foots the viewer. The recent Sundance Film Festival...
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While much has been made of the Avengers movie coming later this year, we’ll also have a sequel to one of Marvel‘s other movies. Ant-Man and the Wasp sees Evangeline Lilly ‘s Hope Van Dyne getting promoted to co-title status alongside Paul Rudd for the follow-up to the singular...
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There weren’t a huge amount of surprises in Tuesday’s list of nominations for the Academy Awards as read out by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. Some familiar titles, such as The Shape of Water (with thirteen nominations), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour all get the expected nods,with...
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Industry site Variety is reporting that the television adaptation of the cult movie Snowpiercer won’t be leaving the platform with its current showrunner Josh Friedman. Friedman, who was serving as executive producer and had already penned the pilot episode has left the production over ‘creative differences’ and, as yet,...
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As we anxiously await the next (and final) run of the top-rated HBO fantasy show based on (and pulling ahead of) George R R Martin’s epic novels – to be shown sometime in 2019 – there’s at least the chance to keep in touch with fellow fans… and by...
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Black Mirror has rapidly become one of the most acclaimed anthology series of recent times – at least by those whose tastes lean towards the subversive and fantastical. The brainchild of Charlie Brooker, the elastic nature of the ‘technology with consequences’ remit allows a broad canvas of otherwise connected...
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Nearly a decade ago, Courtney (Ellen Page) lost her young sister in a car accident caused by Courtney being distracted by her cell phone. It’s an event for which she’s never truly forgiven herself, but it did spur her on to become a doctor and to try and save...
Perhaps the real problem facing the next Jurassic Park movie is convincing audiences that they haven’t seen everything on offer in one of the previous movies. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to battle beasties on the infamous island as they try to save the creatures from an...
The Rock ( aka Dwayne Johnson) has been quite a busy actor recently (his latest, Jumanji is doing terrific business internationally and his next, Rampage – based on the 80s’ arcade game, is already on the starting blocks. Now comes Skyscraper which sees Johnson’s family being held in the...
Horror films may be big business but they largely seem to fall into the shocker / slasher category. However the Oscar-nomination for Get Out suggests that audience and pundits appreciate a psychological story that has a bit more to say or wrong-foots the viewer. The recent Sundance Film Festival...
While much has been made of the Avengers movie coming later this year, we’ll also have a sequel to one of Marvel‘s other movies. Ant-Man and the Wasp sees Evangeline Lilly ‘s Hope Van Dyne getting promoted to co-title status alongside Paul Rudd for the follow-up to the singular...
There weren’t a huge amount of surprises in Tuesday’s list of nominations for the Academy Awards as read out by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. Some familiar titles, such as The Shape of Water (with thirteen nominations), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour all get the expected nods,with...
Industry site Variety is reporting that the television adaptation of the cult movie Snowpiercer won’t be leaving the platform with its current showrunner Josh Friedman. Friedman, who was serving as executive producer and had already penned the pilot episode has left the production over ‘creative differences’ and, as yet,...
As we anxiously await the next (and final) run of the top-rated HBO fantasy show based on (and pulling ahead of) George R R Martin’s epic novels – to be shown sometime in 2019 – there’s at least the chance to keep in touch with fellow fans… and by...
Black Mirror has rapidly become one of the most acclaimed anthology series of recent times – at least by those whose tastes lean towards the subversive and fantastical. The brainchild of Charlie Brooker, the elastic nature of the ‘technology with consequences’ remit allows a broad canvas of otherwise connected...
Nearly a decade ago, Courtney (Ellen Page) lost her young sister in a car accident caused by Courtney being distracted by her cell phone. It’s an event for which she’s never truly forgiven herself, but it did spur her on to become a doctor and to try and save...
