Predicting awards at the Cannes Film Festival never fails to prove that William Goldman’s famous quote “Nobody knows anything” applies as much to the artistic merits of world cinema as to the commercial chances of Hollywood movies. There are too many factors at play to even make much of an …
Read More »Take a sneak peek at Christopher Nolans Dunkirk with this exclusive behind-the-scenes image
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Christopher Nolan’s epic war movie, Dunkirk. This exclusive image – check it out below – from the new issue of Total Film magazine shows Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, and Fionn Whitehead at sea in the historical thriller from the director of Inception and The Dark …
Read More »Cannes 2017: Sofia Coppola’s Southern thriller The Beguiled is a rare remake that gets it right
Good old fashioned Southern hospital-i-tee gets a sinister and provocatively sexy spin in Sofia Coppola’s bewitching remake of overlooked Clint Eastwood gem The Beguiled. Playing in competition at Cannes, the film marks a triumphant return to the Croisette for Coppola after Marie Antoinette (opens in new tab) was greeted with …
Read More »6 essential lessons the Uncharted movie needs to learn from the games
Let’s get one thing straight: Uncharted is brilliant. Sure, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (opens in new tab), while not perfect, is a fitting end to Nathan Drake’s story and a thrilling 10+ hours of adventure. It’s predictably great. Now, with the news that Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab)’s …
Read More »The Uncharted movie now stars Tom Holland as kid Drake, and its inspired by the flashbacks from Uncharted 3
Uncharted 4 (opens in new tab) showed Nathan Drake as an aging adventurer, but the Uncharted film adaptation is going in the opposite direction with Tom Holland. Deadline Hollywood (opens in new tab) reports that the long-in-development Uncharted film will now be led by the youthful star of Spider-Man: Homecoming …
Read More »The Red Turtle review: “Aching with tender beauty and awed by natures extremes”
Did the Oscar presenters double-check the envelope? With no disrespect to Zootropolis (opens in new tab), this collaboration between Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit and resting-but-not-really Japanimation house Studio Ghibli was the real standout in 2017’s nominations for Best Animated Feature. And it’s also a stand-out in modern animation …
Read More »New Star Wars: The Last Jedi promo promises “The most shocking truth in Star Wars history”
If you want the scoops on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) then, as it turns out, it’s best to go East. A leaflet advertising next year’s Star Wars movie has possibly revealed a few more details about just what’s going to go down in Episode 8 …
Read More »Seth MacFarlanes new show The Orville looks like Galaxy Quest: The TV Series
Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, is bringing a new, live-action show to TV this year. The Orville is a send-up of Star Trek and sci-fi tropes in the vein of Galaxy Quest, starring MacFarlane as Captain Ed Mercer and Adrianne Palicki as Kelly Grayson, his ex-wife and first officer. …
Read More »The Game of Thrones season 7 trailer could be here VERY soon (if this prediction is correct)
We’ve had Game of Thrones season 7 (opens in new tab) teasers involving a whole lot of sitting down, (opens in new tab) a bunch of images (opens in new tab) that tell us very little and, heck, even an ice-melting release date PR stunt but where is the trailer, …
Read More »Bottle episodes – the real reason why the cheapest, quietest TV is often our favourite
Even if you’ve never heard the term ‘bottle episode’ you’ve seen one. More than one. And the chances are it was probably one of your favourite moments of [insert show you like here]. They’re the episodes that are made to save money, often through using a few well-used, familiar sets, …
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