The first time we see Samantha (Anja Savcic) in writer/director Kurtis David Harder’s InControl, she is facing a mirror. This follows a prologue in which pretty cheerleader Marissa (Sarah Troyer) tries desperately – and vainly – to phone Mark and Jenny, before, in her distraction, flipping her car spectacularly. The connection between these two sequences
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“We meet only once every fifty years,” says the Duke (Vincent Regan) to Peter (Tony Curran) as a small group of people of different ages, genders and ethnicities (played by Charlie Cox, Freema Agyeman, Annette Crosby, Lukas Leong and Jordan Long) gathers around the table in a farmhouse at night to discuss boundaries, quotas and
We don’t really know what to say about this new Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 promotional video besides, YES PLEASE. You can read the official synopsis for the film here: Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians
Some troubling news is afoot: Pacific Rim: Uprising‘s release date has been pushed back again. The sequel, which is directed by Steven S DeKnight, is moving from 23 February 2018 to 23 March 2018. The reason for the move isn’t clear, but whatever the cause we’re super ticked at it for making us wait another month.
Finally! After sitting through an eternity of Wimbledon and post-Wimbledon chat tracking Roger Federer like a wolf through a series of corridors, the BBC unveiled the actor who will be playing the next incarnation of The Doctor, and we’re delighted that the awesome Jodie Whittaker has been given the key to the TARDIS. Here’s the video
If you’re missing Welsey Snipes you should check out this exclusive new trailer for his latest film, Final Recall… Here’s the full synopsis for Final Recall: A group of friends are spending the weekend at a cabin on the lake while, unbeknownst to them, aliens have begun to attack planet Earth. A number of the friends are
Click here to see full size. After that awful hot mess of a poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming that was released a few weeks ago, we’re sure most of you will be thrilled to learn that the film’s posters have got good again as proven by the beaut above. You can read the official synopsis for Spider-Man: Homecoming below: A
Back in January of this year, director Liam Garvo and the Dresden Pictures team crowdfunded a proof-of-concept short for an ambitious dystopian sci-fi called Biopunk, starring Game Of Thrones‘ Hodor himself: Kristian Nairn. That campaign was successful and now the short is available online, and it’s looking excellent. In fact, just check it out: BIOPUNK from Dresden Pictures
Fantastic news from the most excellent people at Big Finish today, as it has been announced that Sir Derek Jacobi will be reprising his role as The Master in four new audio adventures collectively titled The War Master! It’s ten years to the day since he appeared as “Professor Yana” in Utopia, the first episode in
Netflix is ramping up the promotion for Bong Joon-ho’s adorable creature adventure/social satire Okja (read our review here) and there’s a new promo which shows the film’s animal rights activists (Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Daniel Henshall and Devon Bostick) hacking a broadcast by corporation head Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton). There’s also a trailer full
Ren Warom’s SF debut no Escapology was one of the most gripping and inventive cyberpunk novels in recent memory. The world she created, with Slip Haunt Shock Pao being forced into a deadly and potentially catastrophic heist and coming up against mob bosses, assassins and insane AIs, was both grounded and blisteringly creative, showing a
The first trailer has arrived for Christopher Landon’s Blumhouse horror Happy Death Day (previously titled Half To Death), and it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. The movie is obviously going for a slasher take on Groundhog Day, and also looks a lot like the glorious Supernatural episode ‘Mystery Spot’ (“Do these
If you couldn’t get enough of the emotional story and captivating visuals of 2014 indie animation The Book Of Life, you’ll be thrilled to learn that the film is officially getting a sequel. Variety reports that the Dallas-based Reel FX Animation Studios is reteaming with The Book Of Life director Jorge R Guiterrez to bring the sequel to
The third season of The Man In The High Castle is on the way, and the Amazon sci-fi series based on the Philip K Dick classic has added a new star in a leading role. Deadline reports that TV veteran Jason O’Mara (Agents Of SHIELD, Terra Nova, that American Life On Mars remake that happened)
TNT’s TV series based on Snowpiercer has added a couple more names to join Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly in the post-apocalyptic social satire/thriller. Deadline reports that Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha), Annalise Basso (Oculus, Ouija: Origin Of Evil) and Sasha Frolova (Red Sparrow) have joined the cast of the pilot that will be directed
We can’t wait to see War For The Planet Of The Apes, and a new clip has been released to introduce Steve Zahn’s character Bad Ape.You can read the full synopsis for War For The Planet Of The Apes here: In War For The Planet Of The Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed
The bad news is Justice League just lost a composer. The good news is it also gained one. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justice League has brought Danny Elfman on board to compose the score for the film. He arrives just as the film is starting work on additional photography, which some believe to be a direct result
With all the news about X-Men: The New Mutants, we’d almost forgotten about Dark Phoenix, the next chapter in the main canon storyline. Well, it sounds like it’s finally getting ready to go. Deadline confirmed the long-running rumour that long-serving X-Men movie writer Simon Kinberg, who’s also producer on all the X-related movies, will be
Following in the footsteps of Annabelle and The Nun, The Conjuring 2‘s creepy juddering sprite The Crooked Man will be spinning off into his own film. THR reports that Mike Van Waes has been brought on to write the film about the character that tormented the Hodgson family in 2016’s The Conjuring 2, and was inspired
Mike Flanagan’s new take on Shirley Jackson’s horror masterpiece The Haunting Of Hill House has found its first cast member. THR reports that Michiel Huisman, star of Game Of Thrones and Orphan Black, has signed on to appear in the 10-episode Netflix series. He’ll be playing Steven Crane, “the oldest Crane sibling and a published
You can read the synopsis for The Gracefield Incident here: Matthew Donovan, a video game editor, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record and document a weekend with friends in a luxurious mountain top cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes the party forcing everyone to face the
Horror-themed puzzle game Little Nightmares, which is a very special blend of adorable and creepy, is getting a TV series and there’s some seriously impressive talent behind it. THR reports that stop-motion animation king Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline) will direct the pilot episode and potentially more, and that Anthony and Joe Russo
Time travel purists should probably steer clear of Rowan Coleman’s latest. Though its heroine, Luna Sinclair, is a quantum physicist, it’s not science that helps her step through the fourth dimension. Nope, it’s the power of love. After a lifetime of struggling with depression, Luna’s mother recently killed herself. But she left a video for
David Gemmell is one of the fantasy genre’s true legends, and we’re excited to hear that 33 of his books will be released as audios for the first time. Orion Audio and Hachette Audio have joined forces to acquire the world audio rights to Gemmell’s entire work, including the Drenai series, the Rigante series and the Troy
Season 2 of Netflix’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events has a hard job ahead of it in attempting to top the first season (which, for our money, was pretty much perfect), but it looks like it’s going to give it a good go. The already immaculate cast just got even better, with five new cast members joining
Leading the pack of Universal’s new Dark Universe (complete with Marvel-style logo) is Alex Kurtzman’s modern-day reboot of The Mummy, which finds itself caught between tones and failing to juggle the responsibilities of being a shared universe starter, a new take on a classic property, and a big Tom Cruise action movie. Soldiers Nick Morton (Cruise)
You can’t keep a Universal monster down. Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, The Creature From The Black Lagoon…all these iconic creations are being exhumed for a new generation, so it seems rather fitting that this new shared universe begins with our action-man hero raiding an ancient tomb: it all starts with
While the idea of uncovering the Mummy in modern day seems like an easy enough leap (misbehaving soldiers looking to make a buck on the black market fit into any era), a film like Universal’s The Mummy needs to make damn sure that it’s got a great monster if it’s going to convince. Luckily for director Alex
To mark the home entertainment release of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest blockbuster Split, award-winning comic book illustrator Amrit Birdi has created a series of illustrations of the individual personalities seen within the film. Check out the Beast, Hedwig, Dennis, Kevin, Patricia, Orwell, Barry and Jade in the gallery above. You can read the full synopsis for Split here: Though Kevin
Tightrope walker Hoshiko is a star. Graceful and beautiful, she’s the main attraction of the glittering Cirque, her daring antics captivating audiences everywhere. She’s also a prisoner, forced to perform to a crowd that wants nothing more than to see her fall to her death. In Hayley Barker’s dystopian YA novel, Britain has torn itself