Films

Bizarre Star Trek clip

: 03 February 2012; John Howell

This is quite funny, but also very strange. In this tiny clip from the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner as James T. Kirk, crew members lead by Kirk are walking down a corridor. The strange bit however is the guy in the ...

X-Men First Class sequel confirmed

: 31 January 2012; John Howell

X-Men: First Class was an excellent film, significantly better than X-Men: The Last Stand released in 2006. Director Matthew Vaughn took the story of a younger Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and a younger Professor X (James McAvoy) and ...

The World's End Part 3 of the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy

: 29 January 2012; John Howell

If you thought Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were two of the funniest UK film comedies in years, you are in luck. The third part of their trilogy (?) called The World's End is on its way. Pegg and Frost (with ...

Monty Python science fiction comedy Absolutely Anything

: 28 January 2012; John Howell

I didn't expect this one! Looks like the entire living Monty Python team are reuniting for a new science fiction comedy film called Absolutely Anything, directed by Python member Terry Jones. Variety reports that the film will be a "sci-fi farce" ...

Guy Pearce's Lockout a prison break in outer space

: 28 January 2012; John Howell

I know many of you may have disliked the 2002 remake of The Time Machine Guy Pearce starred in with Jeremy Irons, but I rather liked his performance and the film. Either way, it's good to hear that he's venturing into science fiction territory once ...

Star Trek 2 will be in 3D with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch

: 13 January 2012; John Howell

J.J. Abrams surpassed almost everyone's expectations with the stunning relaunch of the Star Trek franchise in 2009, with his plainly titled Star Trek. Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the film took Star Trek back to its humble ...

The God of Mischief speaks about Thor 2

: 11 January 2012; Gerard Wood

This week, during a webchat hosted by Empire, Tom Hiddleston (aka Loki) let fall a few tasty morsels about the follow-up to Kenneth Branagh’s mighty Thor. The webchat was primarily concerned with Hiddleston’s latest movie, War Horse, but ...

Will audio be the bane of Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises?

: 04 January 2012; Gerard Wood

If you've seen the six minute prologue to Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, you will almost certainly have an opinion about the quality of the audio track, or more precisely the clarity of the new villain’s voice. Bane is played by Tom Hardy, ...

First full trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

: 22 December 2011; Gerard Wood

The first full trailer for Peter Jackson's long awaited and highly anticipated adaptation of The Hobbit has been released and it is a glorious vision, to be sure. While it is a delight to be reacquainted with Ian Mckellen as Gandalf, Andy Serkis as ...

Blade Runner sequel and Prometheus update

: 05 December 2011; John Howell

Director Ridley Scott is about to return to science fiction in a significant way. He’s just finished filming the Alien inspired Prometheus due out June 2012, and earlier this year announced he was directing a Blade Runner follow up. What more ...