JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is only seven months away from cinemas, and despite the film-maker’s reputation for holding his cards close to his chest, details are beginning to emerge. Thanks to the magic of the internet (and the magazine’s own leaks) we’d learned from the new issue of Vanity Fair thatLupita Nyongo’o plays a CGI pirate, Adam Driver is weird, lightsaber-wielding villain Kylo Ren, and JJ Abrams […]
Warning: This post contains spoilers for both Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ex Machina. As luck would have it, theaters are currently screening two separate movies in which a soft-spoken nerd and a guy with weird facial hair explore the risks of artificial intelligence. The first is Avengers: Age of Ultron, a film you might have heard of. The second is Alex Garland's fantastic Ex Machina, the story of office drone Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), who's […]
Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon has denied that he closed his Twitter account this week following feminist criticism of his new film, calling the claims “horseshit”. He told BuzzFeed News that speculation he had left Twitter because feminists criticised his portrayal of Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in the film had angered him so much he decided to speak out. “Believe me, I have been attacked by militant feminists since […]
Tony Stark is a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. But more than that, he’s hilarious. In terms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we credit Stark’s hilarity to the man that’s given him life, Robert Downey Jr. RDJ has turned Tony Stark into one character that is always guaranteed to make Marvel fans laugh. 1. His opinion on gang signs: 2. His response to Pepper calling Phil by his first name: […]
The sequel had a massive $201.2 million debut abroad Avengers: Age of Ultron surpassed even its own studio’s expectations with a huge $201.2 million box office across 44 territories this weekend. Disney had projected that the movie would open at $175 million overseas, according to Variety. The Avengers sequel will likely continue to soar this week. After premiering in about half the international marketplace this weekend—in markets like the U.K., […]
Lorraine Bracco, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Debi Mazar and Paul Sorvino reunited over the weekend for a 25th anniversary celebration of their classic gangster picture Goodfellas. Saturday night's screening of the fact-based movie, followed by a question and answer session moderated by Jon Stewart, closed out the 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival, which De Niro co-founded. Absent from the event were director Martin Scorsese and scene-stealer Joe Pesci. Although […]
The new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, unveiled on Thursday, makes the upcoming JJ Abrams-directed sequel look like a lengthy love letter to every series fan who hasn’t stopped complaining since 1999’s The Phantom Menace. From the dogfight inside the ruined hulk of a crash-landed Imperial Star Destroyer to the not-quite-a-surprise appearance in the last moments of the trailer of Han and Chewie, there’s not an uncomfortably racialized alien […]
Director Joseph Kosinski, of Oblivion fame, is gearing up to kick off production of the third installment on the Tron saga in the fall. Vancity Buzz reports the sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy will begin filming in Vancouver on October 5. Thus far only Garrett Hedlund has been confirmed to reprise his role as Sam Flynn, the son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), in the new film. The original Tron […]
Can't wait for the all-female Ghostbusters? Well, there's even moreGhostbusters news to be excited about. Dan Aykroyd and director Ivan Reitman have reconnected to form Ghost Corps, a production company that will develop a new comedy set in theGhostbusters universe, Deadline reports. And even better news – Channing Tatum is producing and could be starring in the project, which will be a male-centric version of the Ghostbusters reboot starring Kristin […]
