Red Dwarf is coming back for a feature-length special By Poppy-Jay Palmer 18-10-19 2,118 Red Dwarf is back! Almost. There’s a feature-length special on the way in 2020, and it will be filled with all your favourite smegheads. Returning for the special are Craig Charles as Lister, Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Danny John-Jules as the Cat
Month: October 2019
“I could have picked an easier project for sure, but I’m really glad that I didn’t!” laughs director Michael Dougherty. “I mean, there’s a lot of different adjectives that I could use! Overwhelming, exhausting, challenging obviously, but ultimately very rewarding. It was definitely the most difficult thing that I’ve ever done or put myself through.”
We are thrilled to be able to reveal the book cover for John P Murphy’s new sci-fi novel Red Noise, as well as an exclusive Q&A interview with the author himself. Find out more about the book below: When an asteroid miner comes to Station 35 looking to sell her cargo and get back to the
Paul Dano is officially playing The Riddler in The Batman By Poppy-Jay Palmer 18-10-19 4,807 After all the talk, Jonah Hill (Superbad) definitely won’t be playing the Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Instead, that famous villainous role is going to the brilliant Paul Dano. Dano will be joining a cast made up of Robert Pattinson
Paul Rudd makes four hours of Netflix comedy series Living With Yourself worth it By Abigail Chandler 18-10-19 4,541 Released: Now streaming Cast: Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea, Alia Shawkat If you like this, try… Orphan Black No-one plays a dozen different characters quite like Tatiana Maslany in this clone drama. Proving that there’s no such
Aardman Studios have always been into their sci-fi – Wallace and Gromit’s first outing took them to the moon for A Grand Day Out, there’s the Terminator homage in A Close Shave, not to mention that pesky Were-Rabbit. In their next film, though, Aardman are bringing us aliens for the first time. The follow-up to
Double Tap begins with Jesse Eisenberg’s know it all hero Columbus marvelling that we’ve shown up to find out what’s going on with the Zombieland survivors ten years on, that trademark Reese-Wernick meta humour (the duo joined by returning director Ruben Fleischer and new co-writer Dave Callaham) trying to paper over the looming question of:
Here’s our review of The Addams Family, the gothic fam’s first feature-length animated adventure By Abigail Chandler 17-10-19 7,613 Released: 25 October Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon Cast: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard Distributor: Universal If you like this, try… The Addams Family (1991) This film is likely to give you
Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick has joined The Matrix 4 in a lead role By Poppy-Jay Palmer 17-10-19 144 The Matrix 4 casting news just won’t quit, with the latest addition to the ensemble being Jessica Henwick. According to Deadline, she is in talks for a lead role in the film. The news comes shortly after casting
Win Alan Parker’s Angel Heart on Ultra HD Blu-ray with our competition By Poppy-Jay Palmer 16-10-19 589 Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Lisa Bonet, ANGEL HEART follows private investigator Harry Angel (Rourke) who is hired by Louis Cyphre (De Niro) to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. The investigation soon takes an unexpected
A Haitian girls’ boarding school is riddled with weirdness in this new trailer for Zombi Child By Poppy-Jay Palmer 16-10-19 2,453 It’s anyone’s guess what’s going on in this new trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s folklore flick Zombi Child, fresh from the BFI London Film Festival and coming to Mubi on 18 October: Here’s the film’s synopsis:
The Matrix 4 has been busy. Since the recent announcement that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has joined the cast in a lead role, the film has already added a few more stars. According to Variety, Neil Patrick Harris has been added to the ensemble cast in a currently undisclosed role. Harris is known for his roles in Doogie Howser
Some thought it would never happen but the King is back, and with a vengeance! From Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, comes ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’, the epic monstrous action tale of ancient super species. To celebrate the release, which is OUT NOW on Digital Download, DVD, Blu-ray™, 3D Blu-ray™, 4K Ultra HD,
Zoe Kravitz has been cast as Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson in The Batman By Poppy-Jay Palmer 15-10-19 2,418 In a particularly juicy piece of casting news, The Wrap brings word this week at Matt Reeves’ upcoming film The Batman has cast Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. Kravitz is known for her roles in films like X-Men: First Class, The Divergent
Otis Driftwood gives some advice from prison in this exclusive clip from Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell By Poppy-Jay Palmer 14-10-19 823 To mark the release of horror 3 From Hell, we have an exclusive clip from the film to share with you featuring Otis Driftwood (Bill Moseley) in prison. Check it out: First there
Whose Line Is It Anyway’s Wayne Brady joins Black Lightning Season 3 as Gravedigger By Poppy-Jay Palmer 14-10-19 2,577 The CW’s Black Lightning cast list is getting even longer for Season 3: Wayne Brady has officially joined the show as Tyson Spikes, AKA Gravedigger. Brady is best known for being a regular on improvisational comedy series Whose Line
Clive Owen will star opposite Julianne Moore in Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story By Poppy-Jay Palmer 14-10-19 4,242 Clive Owen has been cast in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Lisey’s Story, according to Deadline. The series is based on Stephen King’s 2006 horror-romance novel of the same name. It follows Lisey two years after the death
Win a copy of Shadowhunters Season 2 on Blu-ray, out 14 October By Poppy-Jay Palmer 11-10-19 741 The hit supernatural US series Shadowhunters is back and better than ever in Season 2, finally available to own. To celebrate the release, we have Season 2 available to win on Blu-ray! In Season 2, The Shadow World
This new poster of The Grudge reboot is gross By Poppy-Jay Palmer 11-10-19 1,922 If, like us, you totally forgot about the existence of the reboot of The Grudge for a moment, this new poster for the film is here to remind you that it’s still definitely happening. Perhaps the presence of a poster means there’s also
We know Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining but it might as well be called The Shining 2 at this point. These new posters for writer/director Mike Flanagan’s upcoming film are cool but not at all subtle. Here’s the synopsis for Doctor Sleep: Doctor Sleep continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the
Mirrah Foulkes reimagines the infamous seaside puppets in her intoxicating Judy & Punch By Katherine McLaughlin 11-10-19 3,066 Released: 15 November 2019 Director: Mirrah Foulkes Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment If you like this, try… The Company Of Wolves Angela Carter and Neil Jordan’s fantasy horror is startling and ripe
Two brothers attempt to save their warlock dad in this new trailer for Pixar’s Onward By Poppy-Jay Palmer 10-10-19 313 Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon, written by Scanlon and CS Anderson, and produced by Kori Rae. It features the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. Here’s the film’s synopsis:
The Get Down’s Yahya Abdul Mateen II has joined The Matrix 4 in a lead role By Poppy-Jay Palmer 10-10-19 1,645 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has become the first new player to join the cast of The Matrix 4, according to Variety. Details about Abdul-Mateen’s character have not been released, but the actor is set to take
Mackenzie Davis arrives at Bly Manor to take care of a couple of unusual children in the trailer for horror film The Turning. Based on Henry James’ novella The Turns Of The Screw, it promises a modern retelling with thrills, chills and more… For more than 100 years, a deeply haunting tale has been passed down
Trust Stephen King — the king of horror — to be the pioneering figure in what has now become a staple in popular culture: the zombie series. Spanning over multiple films and television adaptations, this idea of a post-apocalyptic world where the dead aren’t quite dead, and humans are forced to face their deceased loved ones in a battle of
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s debut feature Scales toys with fantasy in surprising ways By Katherine McLaughlin 09-10-19 673 Released: TBC Director: Shahad Ameen Cast: Basima Hajjar, Yagoub Alfarhan, Abdulaziz Shitan If you like this, try… Daughters Of The Dust Julie Dash’s seminal debut tells the story of a group of three generations of Gullah women
A new trailer for Netflix’s upcoming post-apocalyptic coming-of-age series Daybreak has arrived, and honestly it looks a lot better than the first one. Check it out now: Here’s the synopsis for the series: High school isn’t the end of the world… until it is. In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding
On the run up to the release of Godzilla: King Of The Monsters — out on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on October 14, and available for digital download now — we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes video to share, which gives a better look at the one and only Mothra and considers why she will always be the queen of the monsters… Following
Here’s our review of the final film in Fabrice du Welz’s Ardennes based trilogy, Adoration By Katherine McLaughlin 08-10-19 733 Released: TBC Director: Fabrice du Welz Cast: Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde, Martha Canga Antonio Distributor: TBC Director Fabrice du Welz concludes his Ardennes based trilogy, following Calvaire and Alleluia, with a nightmarish fairy-tale that recalls
Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona is one of the most powerful depictions of the legend in film By Katherine McLaughlin 08-10-19 2,036 Released: TBC Director: Jayro Bustamante Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic Distributor: TBC If you like this, try… Atlantics Mati Diop’s haunting debut feature gives a powerful voice to those