“All of us harbour dark recesses of violence and horror. I’m just a man hiding in the corner with a camera, watching,” says Anthony Hopkins as famed director Alfred Hitchcock in the first trailer for the biopic Hitchcock. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil), with a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin (Black […]
Continue readingYou must remember this – Total Recall review
Total Recall – Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel. Directed by Len Wiseman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Paul Verhoeven movies don’t get remade. They get reduced. Len Wiseman’s Total Recall – a shiny, shallow take on Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” – is a far cry from […]
Continue readingJessica Biel starring in The Wolverine
After years of false starts, we won’t officially believe this movie is actually happening until we see it unspooling on the screen, but here is some more news on The Wolverine. According to Twitch (and confirmed by Deadline), Jessica Biel will star as Viper in the James Mangold directed X-Men spin-off. Once a significant cog in the evil Hydra machine, Viper […]
Continue readingShould old acquaintance be forgot? – New Year’s Eve review
New Year’s Eve – Starring Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker. Directed by Garry Marshall. Rated M. Originally published December 7, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. New Year’s Eve is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. These movies must be really easy to write. You know the kind. They’ve got a countless number of tangentially-related stock characters portrayed by typecast actors (saves […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Total Recall
Hollywood can remake it for you wholesale. The trailer for Len Wiseman‘s Total Recall reboot has arrived online. Colin Farrell takes on the role of Quaid, made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Paul Verhoeven‘s 1990 feature of the same name. Both are adapted from Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. […]
Continue readingShould old acquaintance be forgot? – New Year’s Eve review
New Year’s Eve – Starring Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker. Directed by Garry Marshall. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. These movies must be really easy to write. You know the kind. They’ve got a countless number of tangentially-related stock characters portrayed by typecast actors (saves time normally spent on characterisation!) who make […]
Continue readingBeckinsale and Biel join Total Recall
Len Wiseman‘s upcoming remake of Total Recall has found its leading ladies. Collider has confirmed Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel will join Colin Farrell and Bryan Cranston in the new film. The long gestating retooling of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven flick (itself based upon Philip K. Dick’s story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale) features Farrell in the […]
Continue reading>Who will play Lois Lane in Superman? Not Kristen Stewart, that’s for sure.
>Earlier this week it was revealed that Henry Cavill will take on the highly coveted role of the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s new Superman flick. Now, Hollywood turns its attention from one horse race to another: which lucky lady will star opposite him as love interest Lois Lane? According to What’s Playing, Malin […]
Continue readingValentine’s Day sequel in the works
source: variety.com A sequel to Valentine’s Day has been announced by New Line – mere days before the film makes its official debut. Entitled – ahem – New Year’s Eve, the film will focus on some of your favourite characters from Valentine’s Day. Of course, having not yet seen the film, it’s unlikely that you […]
Continue readingDistrict 9’s Sharlto Copley joins A-Team
source: hollywoodinsider.ew.com 20th Century Fox have cast Sharlto Copley in the coveted role of ‘Howling Mad’ Murdoch in the upcoming A-Team big-screen remake. The 35-year-old South African actor emerged from obscurity after being given the starring role in his buddy Neill Blomkamp‘s hit film District 9. Copley will join Liam Neeson (Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith), […]
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