Like clockwork high summer in Northern California called global genre fans, the world’s press and giant media conglomerates to the San Diego waterfront for the yearly mass geek pilgrimage to the world’s biggest comic-book, video game, film and pop-culture convention—giving us all a glimpse of what to expect over the next 12 months and beyond. […]

Once again high summer in Northern California saw the yearly mass geek pilgrimage to San Diego, as fans and media conglomerates alike converged on the city’s oceanfront for the world’s biggest comic-book, video game, film and pop-culture convention—giving us all a glimpse of what to expect over the next 12 months and beyond. As always […]

The end of July once again signalled the much anticipated return of the world’s biggest pop-media convention to northern California, as superfans, the world’s press and multinational multimedia conglomerates converged in San Diego bay to share passions at geek ‘Valhalla’ and promote their wares—and give us a glimpse of what to expect over the next […]

After the loss of his father and being thrust into the ‘Avengers’ family quarrel, T’Challa returns to Wakanda to rule and protect his people as the mythical ‘Black Panther’, only to be confronted by threats from within and without when his kingship is challenged as Marvel’s beloved African superhero finally gets his own movie. Directed […]

After the events of ‘The Force Awakens’, The Resistance struggles to hold back a resurgent First Order as Rey begins her training with Luke Skywalker, setting in motion events which will fulfill the destiny of the Jedi in this 8th installment of the epic adventures in a galaxy far, far away . . . Directed […]

After landing on a mysterious planet seemingly ripe for colonisation; the crew of the Weyland-Yutani ship ‘Covenant’ are plunged into a fight for survival when they discover that this uncharted world may not be quite undiscovered and their new paradise may actually be a living hell, as Ridley Scott returns to the story which began […]

After the devastating events in 2014’s ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’, for both sides; Caesar’s evolved apes are on a collision course with the remnants of humanity and an army led by a ruthless colonel, determined to make a last stand for survival and control of the planet. Directed by Matt Reeves and […]

When two 17th century Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan on mission to spread Christianity and determine the fate of their mentor, they encounter open hostility and face persecution in Martin Scorsese’s historical period drama adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s award-winning novel. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson among others. […]

The Galaxy’s move beloved misfits are back!, now finding themselves celebrities after saving billions from the whims of the evil “Ronan”, determined to keep the Galaxy safe from a growing threat while uncovering the mysterious origins of their self-declared fearless leader Peter Quill. Directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Kurt […]

The 1st of the Disney era Star Wars “Anthology” films is a prequel, set before the events of ‘A New Hope’ where a talented trouble-maker joins the rebellion against the Empire on a mission to steal the blueprints for the first “Death Star”. Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker and Ben […]

Isabelle Huppert stars a successful and uncompromising video-game company boss, who engages in a dangerous game with the stranger who assaulted her at home in this French thriller from Dutch genre master Paul Verhoeven. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Isabelle Huppert, Christian Berkel and Anne Consigny among others. Genre: Drama, Thriller UK Release: 24th […]

Haunted by fleeting memories of childhood abandonment; a young man leaves his adoptive Australian family for his Indian roots in an effort unravel the mystery of his survival and separation from his biological family, based on the real story of Saroo Brierley and his book ‘The Long Way Home’. Directed by Garth Davis and starring  […]

The 1st of the Disney era Star Wars “Anthology” films is a prequel, set before the events of ‘A New Hope’ where a talented trouble-maker joins the rebellion against the Empire on a mission to steal the blueprints for the first “Death Star”. Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker and Ben […]

Mel Gibson returns to the directorial chair after 10 years for a biographical drama about Desmond Doss; a World War II hero, Seventh-day Adventist and combat medic who refused to carry a weapon or kill, only to become the first conscientious objector in U.S. Army history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Directed by […]

Matt Damon stars as a soldier of fortune who finds a cause on the newly built “Great Wall” and a Chinese mission to help defend the realms from the mysterious beasts that threaten it, a period fantasy epic and Asian monster mystery from visionary Chinese director Yimou Zhang (Hero, House of Flying Daggers). Directed by […]

The world’s biggest pop-media convention rolled into northern California on the 21st of July this year; with comic-book, Movie, video-game and TV fans amassing to share passions at geek “Valhalla”. As usual the world’s biggest publishers and media conglomerates were present to promote & sell their wares, and give us a glimpse of what to […]

Following the devastating events in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’; Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince scour the globe to recruit its most gifted warriors for a battle against an even greater coming threat, in director Zack Snyder’s first full foray into the adventures of the DC super-team. Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben […]

Gal Gadot further sets the “DC Extended Universe” in motion in the origin story of “Diana Prince”; an Amazonian warrior princess and demigodess, whose encounter with a fallen pilot inspires her to leave an isolated island home and help rescue a dangerous world ripped apart by the 1st World War. Directed by Patty Jenkins and […]

Writer/director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) takes his Jazz sensibilities to Tinseltown in a musical dramedy, starring Ryan Gosling as a jazz musician who falls for Emma Stone’s aspiring young actress in L.A. Directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and J.K. Simmons among others. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical UK Release: 16th of November   […]

Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star in a story about an interracial couple’s struggle for their civil rights after being charged with violating a “Racial Integrity” act in the segregated 1950s American south, a biographical drama from writer/director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special, Mud), based on a true story. Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Joel […]

Based on real events; Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young FBI agent gone deep undercover as a skinhead to infiltrate a dangerous white supremacist group and stop a domestic terrorism attack in America, but his life is soon put in danger as the lines are blurred between his identity and reality in this tense thriller. […]

Clint Eastwood directs and Tom Hanks stars in a biographical drama about Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who saved 155 lives when he made an emergency landing of his crippled Airbus on New York’s Hudson River after it was struck by birds in 2009. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney […]

Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Philip Roth’s prize-winning novel, about a successful Jewish-American man whose idyllic life unravels after his daughter becomes politically radicalized in America’s period of social upheaval during the Vietnam war and Civil Rights battles. Directed by Ewan McGregor and starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly […]

World War 2 period thriller based on the events of operation “Anthropoid”; a British SOE plan to use Czechoslovak resistance agents to infiltrate occupied Prague and assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler’s right-hand-man and one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Directed by Sean Ellis and starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones among others. Genre: Sci-fi, […]

Asa Butterfield stars as Gardner, a Mars-born teenager whose 1st trip to Earth becomes a voyage of discovery of everything we take for granted in this Sci-fi dramedy from experienced rom-com director Peter Chelsom. Directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson among others. Genre: Sci-fi, Drama, Romance UK Release: […]

A young US soldier, paraded as a hero for his service in the Iraq war, struggles with the huge chasm between America’s perceptions and the somber realities of war in Ang Lee’s adaptation of the award-winning Ben Fountain novel. Directed by Ang Lee and starring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel among others. Genre: […]

The makers of last year’s ‘Macbeth’ bring us an adaptation of the hugely successful video game series, starring Michael Fassbender as a criminal forced by a shadowy organisation to unlock the memories of his deadly ancient ancestors. Directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons among others. Genre: Action, Adventure, […]

Oliver Stone directs and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as former CIA and NSA employee Edward Snowden; seen as a hero by some and a traitor by others, wanted by the US government for leaking thousands of classified documents to the media, which exposed the extent of surveillance that the US and its allies conduct globally and […]

With the help of an old “friend” and his memory intact, everyone’s favourite amnesiac super-agent returns on a globe-trotting mission to find out the truth about his origins and haunt the CIA. Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Alicia Vikander among others. Genre: Action, Thriller UK Release: 28th of July […]

Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw, Training Day) reboots the 1960 classic western remake of the Kurosawa masterpiece, following 7 disparate gunslingers and outlaws as they come together to protect a poor village from a ruthless industrialist and his men. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke among others. Genre: Western, Action […]

Director Nicolas Winding Refn applies his aesthetic stylings to a story about a vapid modern society’s obsession with youth and beauty, starring Elle Fanning as a young aspiring model who’s faced with the dark reality of a town and industry intent on bleeding her dry. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Elle Fanning, Christina […]

After an accident ends his career; a self-styled surgeon sets out on a journey of healing and discovery, only to find hidden dimensions of magic and a supreme sorcerer who will teach him the mystic arts that will help in the fight against evil. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton and […]

The 1st of the Disney era Star Wars “Anthology” films is a prequel, set before the events of ‘A New Hope’ where a talented trouble-maker joins the rebellion against the Empire on a mission to steal the blueprints for the first “Death Star”. Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Forest Whitaker and Ben […]

Lavish 21st century remake of a legendary remake, starring Jack Huston as the Jerusalem Jewish prince turned slave after being betrayed by his close Roman friend, on a mission to avenge his family and shake up the Roman Empire in this period epic from the Kazakh director of ‘Night Watch’. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and […]

Over 30 years after the boys save New York city, the girls get their shot in this lavish but risky reboot of a comedy classic, which sees writer/director Paul Feig reunite with stars Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy to apply their 21st century comic sensibilities to a proven formula. Directed by Paul Feig and starring […]

Comedy/drama adaptation of the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an early 20th century New York heiress and socialite who became an opera singer despite having a voice that was so bad it became the stuff of legend. Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg among others. Genre: […]

Paul Reubens’ bizzare and iconic creation returns to film after nearly 30 years when Pee-wee Herman decides to leave humble Fairville on a great American adventure after he’s inspired by a chance encounter. Directed by John Lee and starring Paul Reubens, Joe Manganiello and Stephanie Beatriz among others. Genre: Adventure, Comedy UK Release: 18th of […]

Don Cheadle directs and stars as jazz trumpeter and music giant Miles Davis in this biographical drama about a difficult and complicated genius and his achievements. Directed by  Don Cheadle and starring Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor and Michael Stuhlbarg among others. Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Music UK Release: 22nd of April   US Release: 1st of […]

A pair of straight-laced friends go undercover as dangerous thugs to rescue their kidnapped kitten from a menacing street gang in this fish-out-of-water action/comedy of stereotypes, a film debut for American comedy duo Key & Peele. Directed by Peter Atencio and starring Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Jason Mitchell among others. Genre: Comedy, Action UK Release: […]

A ragtag group of super villains are recruited by a shadowy government organization to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency in this DC Comics all-action birth of the “bad guy” superhero flick from the director of ‘Fury’ and ‘End of Watch’. Directed by David Ayer and starring  Margot Robbie, Will Smith and […]

After a financial advice TV star and his crew are taken hostage live on air, he must help his irate captor expose the fraud and corruption that stole his livelihood and destroyed his life in this moral outrage drama from on-camera star turned director Jodie Foster. Directed by Jodie Foster and starring George Clooney, Julia […]

An all-star cast is assembles for this Coen Brothers golden-age Hollywood comedy revolving around a big Hollywood studio producer’s efforts to find his biggest star after he’s kidnapped under mysterious circumstances. Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen and starring George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Josh Brolin among others. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery UK Release: […]

Dystopian action/drama about an isolated London society in a state-of-the-art high-rise building where a rigid hierarchy and fractured class system descends into decadence and anarchy for the residents, a commentary on class division and the corruptive nature of modern urban living. Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons and Sienna Miller among […]

Mankind has bolstered its planetary defenses by salvaging alien technology from the failed Alien invasion of the mid 90s, but it will take the best of humanity and perhaps more to prevent a devastating new wave of alien attacks in this inevitable and long-time-coming sequel to the 1996 global hit ‘Independence Day’. Directed by Roland […]