Cannes Film Festival 2015
Its that time of the year again, for one of the biggest film festivals in the entertainment calendar, the Cannes Film Festival, or the full original title, Le Festival International du Film de Cannes....
View ArticleDrive Director Starts Shooting New Film ‘The Neon Demon’
Nicolas Winding Refn, the Danish director behind 2011’s Drive and Only God Forgives in 2013, both starring Ryan Gosling, has announced he is shooting his latest project. Refn’s production company Space...
View ArticleMad Max Finally Returns in Fury Road, Without Mel Gibson
It isn’t often that a film reboot is actually made by the same writer and director, but Australian born filmmaker George Miller decided it was time to go back to the film series that put Mel Gibson on...
View ArticlePower Rangers Reboot to be Released in 2017
Lionsgate Studios announced recently that the planned reboot of Saban’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is scheduled for an early 2017 release. Originally slated for a summer 2016 release, the project has...
View ArticleHollywood Reboots: Are They Needed?
Hollywood has always come under fire for their often lazy approach to films. First it was sequels that were deemed unnecessary and didn’t contribute anything, especially in the 1980s where sequels...
View Article2015 Film Preview: Knight of Cups
Terrance Malick’s latest feature film after 2012’s To the Wonder, Knight of Cups stars Christian Bale as a troubled screenwriter living in Los Angeles trying to find purpose in his life. To feature...
View ArticleAlex Garland to Direct Apocalyptic ‘Annihilation’
Alex Garland, the British writer/director, most famous for writing the Danny Boyle films The Beach (2000) and Sunshine (2007) has announced plans he intends to adapt the science fiction Jeff Vandermeer...
View ArticleTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The 25th Anniversary
Back in the late 1980s, comic book films were film studio’s kryptonite, nobody wanted to go near them after the disaster that was Howard the Duck’s live-action feature film in 1986. Its hard to imagine...
View ArticleStephen King’s Dark Tower Set for Film and TV
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower film has been floating around development hell for quite some time, but it seems there might actually be light at the end of the tunnel. It has been announced that Sony...
View ArticleAnt-Man – What Could Have Been
Marvel are preparing for another massive year in the box office with the release of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, the sequel to 2012’s box office hit The Avengers, which raked in over $600,000,000...
View ArticleDC Comics Universe Set to Rival Marvel’s Dominance
With Marvel Studios running rampant in the box office with every film released being a sure-fire hit, it seems that comic book movies are hot property at the moment, a far cry from how Hollywood...
View ArticleIndependence Day 2 – Release Date Confirmed
It has been almost 20 years since Independence Day shocked the world when aliens destroyed The White House and mankind’s only hope was Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, well the sequel has now been given a...
View ArticleVideo Games that Should Be Made into Films
Historically, Hollywood has a pretty terrible losing record when it comes to turning video games into films. No one knows how film makers have made such a mess of turning (mostly) good stories into...
View ArticleThe Best Sports Films for the Offseason
With most sports now in the off season, now is the perfect time to start getting ready for the new season, whether its football, soccer, ice hockey, or anything else, there is no better way to gear...
View ArticleJaws: 40th Anniversary of the Original Summer Blockbuster
The 40th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster classic Jaws hit us on the 28th of May, the film that spread terror across beach goers worldwide and prevented many from entering the sea. The...
View ArticleKung Fury: An 80s Throwback Complete with Dinosaurs, Cops and David Hasselhoff
What started as an idea of paying tribute to everything that was great about 80s action films; buddy cops, cheesy dialogue, ninjas, dinosaurs and of course over the top action, Kung Fury swiftly picked...
View ArticleBill Murray: From SNL to Oscar Nominee
With his latest film coming out, Rock the Kasbah, sees Bill Murray play the manager of rock star Zooey Deschanel as they both travel to Afghanistan for a gig. The film follows Murray as he loses his...
View ArticleGreat Films that Almost Never Got Made: Part 1
Even the most successful film can be a complete nightmare behind the camera, with problems ranging from difficult actors, life threatening stunts, interfering studios, its a surprise that so many films...
View ArticleThree Films That Should Have Sequels
With the ongoing obsession with sequels and reboots that have been lining the studio’s pockets for quite some time now, through all the lazy and unnecessary sequels that have followed successful films,...
View ArticleTrailers That Completely Ruin Films
Trailers are an integral part of the film industry, nothing gets people into seats at a movie theatre better than giving the audience a glimpse into what the film is going to involve. Whether its...
View ArticleThe Best Film Adaptations of Classic Books
One of the fiercest debates that rage frequently in the film industry is how Hollywood tackles source material; the book. Fans of the book are rarely pleased with how their paperback is transformed for...
View ArticleThe Black List – The Best Unmade Films in Hollywood
Every year since 2004, a list is compiled by Franklin Leonard, a studio executive in Hollywood, of 250 of the ‘most liked’ un-produced scripts of the year. These scripts aren’t necessarily the best...
View ArticleThe Best of Surf Cinema
With the impending release of Point Break, the reboot of the classic action film from 1991, has sent shockwaves across the internet. The original, starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, went on to...
View ArticleThe Endings That Could Have Been
The ending is almost the most important element to a film, potentially making or breaking a film. A really good film could have a poor ending which can entirely change the perception of that film. On...
View ArticleGreat Films that Almost Never Got Made: Part 2
Having covered both The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now, here are two more films that were incredibly difficult to make, verging on the point of collapse throughout the course of production, but at...
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