I first encountered Joe Carnahan’s work when he directed Ticker, one of the mini-movies that BMW made with Clive Owen as part of their amazing ad campaign in 2002. He went on to direct only four other features: Narc, Smoking Aces and The A-Team – all of which I enjoyed. So naturally my interest was piqued when I heard that he …

Sony Pictures has released an official synopsis for upcoming Spidey reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. You may now find yourself scratching your head, convinced that you had already seen a Spider-Man synopsis, and wondering why I would bore you with this repetition, when you could be spending your time googling yourself. Well in this new synopsis, some interesting new story elements have come to light: …

Quick, what’s better than a big screen Kung Fu epic film starring Jet Li? Why it’s obviously a Kung Fu epic starring Jet Li on an even BIGGER screen. Writer/director Tsui Hark’s 3D martial arts epic Flying Swords of Dragon Gate has kicked its way into a new record for the Imax debut of the film.

If you were reading yesterday, you’d have perused an article detailing how The Weinstein Company and Relativity Studios had finally brokered a deal to get out of court and back into producing a remake of cult classic film, The Crow. It’s barely been days, and now, the film officially has a director and a writer that have been hired to …

A few weeks back we brought you the soul destroying news that Lily Collins, the model/actress daughter of musician Phil Collins, had been cast as Ash in the remake of cult classic Evil Dead. There was much gnashing of teeth and pulling out of hair. Plagues were visited upon man. These were the Dark Times, as people raged against the thought …

Well the countdown to the biggest night in the film industry’s calendar has officially begun, as actress Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone, The Hunger Games) recently announced the nominations of the 84th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and French silent film, The Artist, have surged to the front of the race with 11 and 10 …

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, you’ll know all about how the majority of the internet savvy global population managed to derail the SOPA and PIPA bills, two anti-piracy acts which would have seen the internet as we know it effectively censored like a communist-era newspaper on democracy. MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd, who was all …

Every hero needs a good villain. And when you’re a group of heroes as high profile and high powered as The Avengers, then that villain better not be a limp wristed second-stringer. In fact, only officially certified badasses need apply. Rumours of exactly who will be throwing down against Captain America and friends have had me the fanboys simply frothing …

Spider-Man and Batman may have quite a few pics out on the web right now for their upcoming films, but trying to see any new pics of Henry Cavill as the iconic Superman (minus those horrible undies on the outside) is proving to be a harder job than that of Lex Luthors’ barber. However, a new picture of the Kryptonian …

It wouldn’t be a morning of news without a whiff of remake in the air. Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company have finally settled their legal battle over the remake rights to the cult classic film, “The Crow”, and will begin work on the film soon. In a joint statement, the two companies said that “The parties will continue to work …

Looks like Team America was a true story after all. Alec Baldwin has recently been appointed to the post of SAG Foundation Amabassador, in a move that will help the non-profit organisation of actors draw more attention to itself. In his new position, Baldwin will help the 1985 founded organisation raise awareness of itself, promote it’s philanthropic deeds and also …