Posted: March 4th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Bryan Singer’s fairytale adap Jack The Giant Slayer topped the US box office this weekend (with a trawl of $28m), and the film’s stars have been out in force promoting the film, a reimagining of the Jack And The Beanstalk fairytale. Read More…
Posted: February 25th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Filming on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 only kicked off on 4 February, but director Marc Webb hasn’t been shy about dishing details about the high-flying sequel. After drip-feeding info via his official Twitter account, he’s now unveiled Spider-Man’s jazzed-up new suit, which was been specially re-designed for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Read More…
Posted: February 20th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
This March, director Sam Raimi will be whisking us back to the Land of Oz with Oz: The Great And Powerful, a prequel to the 1939 musical The Wizard Of Oz. While we wait to touch down on the Yellow Brick Road, a newly-released featurette has offered a few tantalising glimpses at some of the film’s spectacular costume designs.
“We started very specifically with each of the witches,” explains costume designer Gary Jones, who previously won an Oscar for his work on The Talented Mr Ripley. Starting with the witches was quite a task, considering Oz contains three spell-casters in the form of Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), all of whom have their own unique looks. Read More…
Posted: February 19th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
With filming now in full swing on comic-book follow-up Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, director Robert Rodriguez has unveiled the first images from the film.
Taking on his Twitter account to give fans a taste of the good things to come, he posted pre- and post-effects snaps of Josh Brolin in character as Dwight McCarthy. “Here’s bad ass Josh Brolin driving a Rodriguez-mobile. (A green box with a steering wheel bolted on),” Rodriguez tweeted of the first image (above). Read More…
Posted: February 15th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Iron Man is blasting back into cinemas this April with his third standalone movie, and Marvel Studios has ramped up the excitement levels by releasing a new poster for Iron Man 3. Read More…
Posted: February 14th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Now here’s something we’re sure a few of you are itching to get your paws on. The original Cowardly Lion costume worn by Bert Lahr in 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz has been put up for sale. You’ll need to dig deep, though, if you fancy buying it – it’s expected to come with a price tag of Read More…
Posted: February 13th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Between Skyfall’s massive box office haul (it broke records to become the highest-grossing film in the UK ever with £100m at the box office) and its recent BAFTA win (for Best British Film), James Bond has barely been out of the headlines in the past 12 months. Read More…
Posted: February 8th, 2013 | Author: Josh Winning |
Last year, the Avengers assembled on the big screen and blew just about every other comic book movie out of the water. This year, they’re assembling once more. Except you won’t be able to catch them on the big screen. Instead, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye and S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Nick Fury will be taking to the stage at the 85th Academy Awards. (Presumably Black Widow and Thor are off on some important undercover op.) Read More…
Posted: July 19th, 2012 | Author: Martin Delaney |
With the next Summer Olympic Games set to officially start in a matter of days, a mixture of excitement, concern, controversy, and joy is fuelling a bubbling atmosphere in the event’s host city, London. Today we are going to take a look back at prior Olympic Games hosted by the British capital in 1908 and 1948. Specifically, we will be focusing on unusual, controversial and undesired incidents that should not be repeated in 2012.
No, this didn’t occur in London, this type of tectonic activity just doesn’t happen in the UK. But, it did happen in the Gulf of Naples in 1906. At the beginning of April that year Mount Vesuvius erupted. It produced a lava fountain three kilometeres high and severely damaged the nearby city of Naples, resulting in the death of over 200 people.
How is this related to the London Olympics? The bid for the 1908 Games was won by Rome over competitors Berlin, London and Milan at the 6th International Olympic Committee session in 1904. Two years later, the above national emergency occurred and the Italian government was forced to cancel the Olympic Games so additional funds could be re-directed to Naples for damage repair. London inherited the responsibility of hosting the Olympics soon-thereafter which meant the city had just two years to prepare for it. Obviously, there is an extremely small chance of a volcanic eruption occurring in London over the next few weeks, so we can rule this out as a repeated incident. Phew!
Posted: July 6th, 2012 | Author: Kieran Brown |
It’s possibly one of the most talked about, in demand sequels ever to be proposed and we’re still all wondering if it will actually happen. 23 years of waiting and anticipation has done little to quell the enthusiasm for the Ghostbusters franchise for most of us but it seems at least one person has a different opinion.
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