A sequel has been confirmed for animated film The Secret Life of Pets, despite the fact that the movie is still in cinemas. The sequel has already been given a release date of July 13th 2018. The film will be co-produced by Illumination Entertainment, who worked on the first movie as well as the famously ‘marmite’ […]Read More
In a world of remakes and reboots, nothing seems to be safe anymore, especially not our childhood classics. It was announced last year that Sony Pictures is moving forward with their re-imagined adaptation of Joe Johnston’s 1995 film, and Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s picture book, Jumanji. Pop star, and reemerging heartthrob, Nick Jonas is […]Read More
It’s here. The trailer that every teenage growing up since the 90s has been waiting for. The trailer for T2 has been released. Or, not quite. The 41 second teaser trailer remains tight-lipped towards the excitement to come, but if the trailer is anything to go by, then it’s clear that Spud still looks just as much of […]Read More
George Galloway has apparently made a feature-length documentary about Tony Blair, centring around Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 and his fall from grace into greed. The film is directed by Sanne van den Bergh and Greg Ward, two virtual unknowns, both with only one other credit to their names. Even […]Read More
Following the Orlando LGBTQ nigh club shooting in which 49 people died, over 10,000 people have signed a petition to have the makers of Star Wars include an LGBTQ character in the next film in the trilogy. The petition is in tribute to Drew Leinonen who, alongside his boyfriend Juan Ramon Guerrero, was killed in […]Read More
“I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!” And neither are the reviews coming in for Paul Feig’s reboot of the 1984 classic. Phew! We can all rest easy knowing that the massive backlash towards the all female cast was probably (most definitely) just a bunch of “meninist” supporters wrongfully moaning that women ruin everything, including the […]Read More
Matthew Vaughn’s spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service proved one of 2015’s most talked about films for a number of reasons. Many delighted in its subversive humour and fun characters, while others took great offence to its abundant use of graphic violence (mostly relating to a certain church scene). One thing it was especially notable for was […]Read More
Classic Star Wars antagonist Darth Vader will be making a reappearance in November’s spin-off, Star Wars: Rogue One. The news was confirmed in an article by Entertainment Weekly, following endless speculation whether one of the icons of the saga – and arguably the focal point of all 6 films until The Force Awakens – was […]Read More
Hollywood is coming under target yet again after rumours emerged that Leonardo DiCaprio is to play Jalaluddin al-Rumi, the prolific 13th century Persian poet. David Franzoni – the Oscar winning writer of Gladiator – caused outrage after saying he wanted the white actor to play the Middle-Eastern poet. Somewhat ironically, Franzoni had previously stated that […]Read More
In this political pandemonium created by Britain’s vote to exit the EU where the value of our currency is dropping faster than the Labour shadow cabinet and angry posts litter your social media feeds, it seems that one very important area of impact is being overlooked: Culture. Whilst freedom of movement, currency values, employment, political […]Read More
‘No matter how you slice or dice the calendar, there is no question that the summer of 2016 thus far has been a bit of a bummer’, commented box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian in reference to this year’s slumping box-office figures. And indeed, with US profits being down by 14% between 1st -14th May in comparison to […]Read More
Thea Sharrock, the director of the highly controversial film Me Before You has come out and defended the film from activists’ claims that the film is a ‘disability snuff film’. The film features Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke as a young women who has been hired to assist the disabled Will Traynor (played by […]Read More
The new trailer for Disney Pixar’s long awaited Finding Dory has been released and is already producing massive online-debate. After its release last week on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, many avid viewers pointed out one key aspect of the trailer: possible lesbian parents. You can see this rumoured scene take place a little after the minute […]Read More
Last month, The Independent published an article in which everyone’s favourite stoner Seth Rogen expressed his regret over the homophobic jokes made in the 2007 cult-comedy classic, Superbad. Rogen started writing the film at just thirteen years old, and given the way the teenage characters delivered these jokes so casually, they were, according to Rogen, […]Read More
Fans have been given a first look at the upcoming Assassin’s Creed adaptation. Premièred during a special segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the teaser trailer offers a first look at this new story based on the long running Ubisoft video game series. In the film, Michael Fassbender plays Callum Lynch, a convict removed from the […]Read More
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