• 'The World's End' - What Did You Think?

    Edgar Wright's new film, the final chapter in the loose trilogy of films that also includes Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, is The World's End. The movie opened outside the US earlier this summer, but this weekend it hits the States. The story of five friends (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie…

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  • 'Filth' Trailer: James McAvoy Is A Deranged Pervert

    We've still got a few years to go before Danny Boyle gets around to that Trainspotting sequel, but in the meantime Jon S. Baird's Filth should tide us over nicely. Also adapted from an Irvine Welsh novel, the dark comedy stars James McAvoy as bad cop Bruce Robertson. And I mean bad: Bruce is corrupt,…

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  • 'The World's End' Trailer: Prepare To Get Annihilated

    Here's the second trailer (well, the first US one) for Edgar Wright's new film The World's End. Five friends (played by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, and Eddie Marsan) reunite to complete the epic bar crawl they never manage to finish twenty years ago. But things are different, and it isn't just because…

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  • 'Jack The Giant Slayer' Review: A Classic Fairy Tale Gets A Generic CG Makeover

    In Jack the Giant Slayer, Bryan Singer engages in the time-honored tradition of taking a classic fairy tale and reshaping it to fit the times. Current trends being what they are, that means turning the film gritty and (relatively) realistic, with plenty of Lord of the Rings-style action. Screenwriters David Dobkin and Darren Lemke take…

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  • Martin Freeman And Eddie Marsan Join Edgar Wright's 'The World's End'

    In Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's upcoming film The World's End, five friends attempt to relive a bar crawl they did 20 years prior. We know that Pegg and Nick Frost will be two of the friends, completing the Cornetto Trilogy with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and recently Paddy Considine was revealed as…

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  • Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots Join Irvine Welsh Adaptation 'Filth'

    When last we checked in with the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Filth, which is being directed by Jon S. Baird, the days were still long and warm. That August update revealed that the film about an evil Edinburgh cop would feature James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming in the key roles. The…

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  • 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' Trailer #2

    As we're already halfway through October, we'll soon see a deluge of new marketing materials for films being released in the coveted holiday window. Kicking things off is a new trailer for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. This one uses all the same light comedy and heavy speed ramping that was in…

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  • Nick Frost Is The Final Dwarf In 'Snow White And The Huntsman'

    I like it! Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman has already cast a stellar group of British actors to play the seven dwarfs in the action film that will see the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) saving and mentoring Snow White (Kristen Stewart) rather than doing away with her as commanded by the evil queen (Charlize Theron).…

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  • 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' Trailer

    We gave you an early, low-quality look at footage from Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows earlier this week, along with two character posters that gave the first look at the fortune teller played by Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and the devious arch-fiend Professor Moriarty, played by Jared Harris.…

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  • First Footage & Posters For 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows'

    One again, we get to see the first footage of a blockbuster via the whizzing graphics and frighteningly cheerful hosts of Entertainment Tonight. The trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will premiere this week (see it in front of Harry Potter, or very likely online) but you can check out some footage in…

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  • 'Snow White And The Huntsman' Planned As First Of A Trilogy

    Snow White and the Huntman isn't just Universal's entry in the madcap race to produce a film that updates or otherwise reinterprets the classic story of Snow White. The movie, which stars Kristin Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and a whole host of wonderful actors as the dwarfs, is intended to kick off a series…

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