Disney has been on a live-action kick as of late with taking their classic animated stories and adapting them into live-action feature movies. Their most recent example is the success of this past spring’s live-action version of Cinderella, starring Downton Abbey‘s Lily James as the title character. The movie went on to gross an impressive $539.5 million worldwide. […]
The day Emmy nominations are announced each year is like Christmas for television critics. Well, Christmas if you were really hoping to get that awesome new bike with all the bells and whistles, only to wake up early and find out that you got socks. Again. Because every year we get our hopes up that […]
In years past, the summer was a time when networks aired a steady stream of repeats, assuming the viewers would be more concerned with their vacation plans than with spending time in front of the television watching new and engaging shows. However, as of late, the summer has morphed into a season where networks and […]
Director James Wan is experiencing a bit of success lately, as his current directorial effort, Furious 7, has grossed a massive $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, which is a franchise best for the ongoing series. Much of that success can be attributed to the film paying tribute to late actor Paul Walker, but the movie […]
Remember how excited people got when HBO announced it was going to launch a standalone service, bringing its mega hit Game of Thrones to the unwashed masses who couldn’t afford (or just didn’t want to) subscribe to the channel via cable? Well, it looks like HBO’s little brother Showtime has decided to throw its hat […]
With every new big-budget, large-scale RPG that is released we get a raising of the bar in terms of how much just general ‘stuff’ a developer can pack in. It’s a veritable arms race to create the the most impressive and substantial world we’ve yet witnessed in a video game, and it’s one that’s ramped […]
A movie called San Andreas could only be about one thing: Earthquakes! Absolutely no two ways about it. We’re not talking about a series of your run-of-the-mill quakes that knock over a few buildings and put a couple cracks in the ground. We’re talking about a kind of quake so massive that its effects could be […]
The fourth entry in the Mad Max series, Mad Max: Fury Road has been a hit with critics and audiences alike, being a great return for the action icon. But there has been a sector of so-called men’s rights activists – or to use a more accurate term, morons, who have demanded audiences boycott “Fury […]
The Wonder Woman adaptation at Warner Bros. has taken a while to get off the ground, due to changing directors who have expressed “creative differences” with the studio. The project received attention when Warner Bros. announced that actress Gal Gadot had landed the coveted title role. There was plenty of online commentary on whether a relative […]
The tale of Cinderella is a story that has been often told in different variations. Most people who have ever read a book or watched a movie are familiar with the tale. Disney’s animated version from 1950 is one of the more popular and well-known interpretations. Disney has now enlisted director Kenneth Branagh (Thor) and screenwriter Chris […]
