10 key things the movies teach us about playing poker
Feature Looking to be a poker whiz? Then you, er, might want to take some tips from the movies... Two men stare at each other across a circle of frayed felt. Before them lay five cards spread face up...
View ArticleChris Hemsworth on Snow White, Thor 2, Avengers 2, and Star Trek 2
Feature Louisa Mellor Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, on Snow White & The Huntsman, The Avengers 2, Thor 2 and more... In person, it’s easy to see Chris Hemsworth growing up amongst the crocodiles...
View ArticleConfused Views: The 7 sane solutions to movie piracy
Feature Matt Edwards Following reports that unskippable warning notices are going to be added to American DVDs and Blu-rays, Matt comes up with a few anti-piracy solutions of his own...The latest...
View ArticleDoctor Who news round-up: Steven Moffat, Karen Gillan, Experience & Eternity...
News Simon Brew A few things to do with Doctor Who, all in one place. With the first episode of Doctor Who series 7 premiering in Edinburgh in August, rumours are rife that the show may return to our...
View ArticleThe Raid Q&A: director Gareth Evans and star Iko Uwais
Feature Ryan Lambie Ahead of The Raid’s UK release, the film’s director and star discuss action sequences, injuries, and sequels…Twenty cops. One ruthless criminal. Thirty floors of hell. You really...
View ArticlePeter Weller on the Star Trek sequel
News Simon Brew The former RoboCop drops a quick hint about his role in JJ Abrams' new Star Trek film... Potential mild spoiler ahead... The shroud of secrecy surrounding JJ Abrams' Star Trek sequel...
View ArticleAlcatraz cancelled
News Simon Brew May 10, 2012 JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz won’t be getting a second season, as the show is cancelled… The first season of JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz had been a bit of a bumpy affair, but its...
View ArticleEpisode 1 of Doctor Who series 7 to screen this August
News Louisa Mellor Episode 1 of Doctor Who series 7 is screening in Edinburgh this August. Is a BBC air date soon to follow? Buried in a Guardian profile of this year’s MGEITF (or the Media Guardian...
View ArticleJoss Whedon writes an open letter to his fans
News Glen Chapman Following quite an eventful month in cinematic terms, Joss Whedon has penned an open letter to his fans. 2012 is already turning out to be quite the year for film, and two of the...
View ArticleLooking back at Blue Thunder
Feature Ryan Lambie John Badham’s high-tech helicopter thriller Blue Thunder rode the crest of a decade obsessed with cool cars and aircraft. Ryan takes a look back… Back in the 1980s, a company...
View ArticleThe Legend of Korra episode 6 review: And the Winner Is...
Review A threat looms over the arena in this week's The Legend of Korra. Read Kaci's review here... This review contains spoilers. 1.6 And the Winner Is... This week's episode of The Legend of...
View ArticleDisney confirms The Avengers 2
News Simon Brew It's official: The Avengers 2 is happening. Even if most people on the planet had already worked that out... This is no shock, granted, given that the film has been breaking box office...
View ArticleTop SFX shots No.40: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Feature The entrance to the inner heart of TMP's monstrous space-urchin follows the organic motif established so impressively in Douglas Trumbull's (perhaps excessively-used) footage of V'Ger. The...
View ArticleCharacter details emerge for CBS Sherlock show, Elementary
News Louisa Mellor May 16, 2012 A full series of Elementary starring Johnny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Watson is on its way, and now we know a few more things about it... CBS has just...
View ArticleDavid Gordon Green finds his lead for the Suspiria remake
News Glen Chapman Orphan’s Isabelle Fuhrman is cast in the leading role of the film which is scheduled for a September release. I can’t imagine that many people are excited about a remake of Suspiria....
View ArticleFirst trailer for Elementary, CBS' modern-day Sherlock Holmes
News Simon Brew Get your first proper look at Elementary, CBS' modern day take on Sherlock Holmes... We're probably not going out on a limb here to suggest that most people are really quite cynical...
View ArticleNicolas Cage vs PhotoShop: first poster for Stolen
News Simon Brew Bad PhotoShop alert: the first poster for new Nicolas Cage film, Stolen... Let's do the important bit first. Stolen reunites Nicolas Cage with his Con Air director, Simon West. That...
View ArticleIron Man 3 casting news
News Simon Brew A new face joins the cast of Iron Man 3, in an interesting role... Production is set to begin imminently on Iron Man 3, the first Marvel movie post-The Avengers. Shane Black is...
View ArticlePrometheus: new video introduces Noomi Rapace's character
News Simon Brew A non-spoilery promo video for Ridley Scott's Prometheus, feautring Noomi Rapace... If you're been following our Twitter account, you'll know that we've been holding back on posting...
View ArticleElijah Wood talks Disney's Tron: Uprising
News Louisa Mellor May 17, 2012 Disney’s animated Tron: Uprising will soon be with us, and Elijah Wood has been nattering about what we can expect from the new series The voice of Beck, a young...
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