We were expecting some Agents of SHIELD casting news from San Diego Comic Con and Marvel didn't disappoint, announcing three new actors for season two on Saturday. Most notably, they confirmed the worst kept secret...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th July 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman, the actor widely considered to be the greatest of his generation, is garnering posthumous acclaim for his turn in Anton Corbijn's twisting, turning new thriller A Most Wanted Man. It is the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th July 2014
Adam West, the actor who played Batman in the 1966 hit TV series, says he's looking forward to seeing Ben Affleck in the iconic role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and feels he...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th July 2014
Joaquin Phoenix, the Oscar nominee often tipped as one of the world's greatest actors following stellar turns in Gladiator, The Master, and Her, is in talks to star in Doctor Strange. Until now, Benedict Cumberbatch...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th July 2014
Daniel Radcliffe was the star attraction at Comic-Con International 2014 on Friday (July 25, 2014), touting his new dramedy 'Horns' - an adaption of the Joe Hill novel by the supremely talented Alexandre Aja. Radcliffe,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th July 2014
Eels frontman Mark Everett was been given the Freedom of the City of London ahead of his concert at the Barbican Centre on Thursday (July 24, 2014). Everett was previously mistaken for a terrorist in...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th July 2014
It will probably be bittersweet to fans of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman that one of the Oscar winner's final performances before his untimely death in February just happened to be one of his finest....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th July 2014
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Synder sent the comic book movie world into raptures on Thursday (July 24, 2014) after tweeting a photo of Henry Cavill - aka Superman - dressed in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th July 2014
David Gordon Green's Manglehorn - a drama featuring a promising performance from Al Pacino - is heading to the Venice Film Festival and will screen in competition. It joins Alejandro Gonzelez Inarritu's Birdman at the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th July 2014
We've been reporting on the chances of Robert Downey Jr returning for Iron Man 4 all week, and, despite some speculation that Colin Farrell is waiting in the wings to take up the role of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th July 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy is still three weeks ago from hitting cinemas - it's Rotten Tomatoes page still baron, save for one Marvel fan who isn't really looking forward to it that much. However, whispers...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd July 2014
In the first year since opening up nominations to international writers, The Man Booker Prize has announced its longlist for 2014 with almost a third of writers coming from America. In a much criticised decision,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd July 2014
The second season of FX's critically acclaimed series Fargo will feature a new setting and new cast, it's executive producer Noah Hawley has announced. The series starring Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton is a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd July 2014
It's no surprise that Richard Linklater's movie Boyhood was this week installed as the favorite to win Best Picture at the Oscars next year. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, the movie is...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2014
18 years since Fight Club ripped up the rule book for modern day American fiction, Chuck Palahniuk has confirmed he is working on a sequel that will be published in May 2015, as a 10-issue...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2014
We probably shouldn't have to remind you by now, but Zach Braff's crowd-funded movie 'Wish I Was Here' is now playing in theatres. In a sort-of-but-not-really sequel to the cult Garden State, the movie follows...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2014
A tree planted in tribute to former Beatles guitarist George Harrison has died after being infested by...beetles. The pine tree was planted in Los Angeles' Griffith Park in 2004, three years after the musician's death.George...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 22nd July 2014
Thomas Berger, the renowned US author best known for his novel Little Big Man - later adapted into a movie starring Dustin Hoffman - has died aged 89. The novelist died in New York state...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2014
We already know that rockers Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love are two of the new faces on Sons of Anarchy for season 7 and creator Kurt Sutter has been explaining his decision to cast the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2014
It appears Benedict Cumberbatch has thrown his hat in the ring for next year's Oscars, playing Alan Turing in the forthcoming drama The Imitation Game. The movie tells the story of the legendary code-breaker and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st July 2014
Jack Bauer is coming back. Basically. At the 2014 Summer TCA Press Tour on Sunday, Peter Price, chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group was quizzed on whether '24' could return for a new season...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st July 2014
A Star Wars Episode 7 plot leak, from the usually reliable Badass Digest, has thrown the Universe into disarray this weekend. We're still treating this as a rumour, but if you're totally against hearing anything...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st July 2014
Despite casting the same lead actor, those behind 'Gracepoint' - a remake of the acclaimed BBC crime drama 'Broadchurch' - insist the show will have differing plotlines to the original, as well as new characters.David...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st July 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes confirmed itself as one of the biggest cinematic success stories of 2014 this weekend, holding off three new releases to top the box office for a second successive...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st July 2014
Sony's Cameron Diaz starrer Sex Tape opened to just $5.7 million on Thursday, tracking towards a $16 million overall weekend. The comedy, which cost $40 million, suffered frightfully bad reviews and scored just 19% on...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
Hollyoaks has been found to be the UK's most violent soap opera, according to regulator Ofcom. New research has discovered that the Channel 4 soap has overtaken EastEnders as the most violent, with some viewers...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
Marvel Studios has just announced five new release dates through summer 2019 - this on top of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America 3 and Ant-Man.Guardians of the Galaxy hits in AugustNo titles yet have...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
Thor, the Norse superhero from the Marvel Comics universe, is to become a woman to attract more female fans to the franchise. The new incarnation , which sees Thor with long blonde hair, metal armour...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
The high school musical comedy Glee could be forced to change its name when shown in the UK after it was found to be in breach of copyright of the British comedy club chain The...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
Actress Christina Chong, probably best known for 24: Live Another Day, has signed on for a small role in JJ Abrams' 'Star Wars: Episode 7', according to Latino Review. Chong's previous credits include Madonna's W.E.Her...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th July 2014
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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