TV “It’s a fun thing to just d*ck around!” Stephanie Beatriz on Twisted Metal
“Whether or not you play the games, the characters in this series are absolutely unhinged.”
TV 
TV Bargain: Organ trafficking and earthquakes in dystopian thriller series
Check out the trailer for the award-winning South Korean dystopian thriller series, Bargain…
Theatrical review: Iron Man 2
The first major blockbuster of the summer season… and the first major disappointment
The rise of the micro-budget
Or, you don’t need hundreds of millions of dollars to make a decent film.
Nickelodeon buys Turtles franchise
Popular property fetches large price tag.
G.I. Joe sequel already confirmed
Summer actioner gets second go, according to Paramount boss
Theatrical review: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
The biggest money grab since the gold rush.
DVD & Blu-Ray Blu-ray review: Event Horizon
Despite a level of notoriety gained from his work on the Resident Evil and Alien vs. Predator franchises, English director Paul WS Anderson’s third feature is arguably still his most satisfying.
DVD & Blu-Ray Blu-ray review: The Truman Show
Peter Weir’s deconstruction of televisual voyeurism is one of those rare Hollywood products; an intelligent but accessible movie, that feels as fresh today as when it debuted ten years ago.
In the news…8-12 June 2009
Veteran end-of-the-week pub trip survivor Michael O’Connor is here to keep you occupied midway through the excitement of Friday, with a round-up of the week’s major headlines.
Paramount denies GI Joe rumours
Paramount Pictures has denied that Stephen Sommers, the director of the upcoming GI Joe adaptation, has been fired from the production.
World War Z adaptation finds director
Paramount Pictures, according to Variety, has snapped up Marc Forster, the director of the just released Quantum Of Solace, to helm a big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks’s novel World War Z. J Michael Straczynski is penning the screenplay with Brad Pitt’s Plan B producing. The novel tells the story of a zombie apocalypse from the … Continued
Indy becomes the highest grossing film of the year (so far)
Monkey-man Mutt be damned! Despite the poor critical reception Steven Spielberg’s Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull received, it has motored on home to a worldwide gross of over $700 million. Breaking the $300 million barrier domestically last week on top of a pretty healthy $400 million in overseas receipts, Harrison Ford’s return as Indiana Jones … Continued
Abrams and Paramount at it again
In one of the more bizarre adaptation decisions of recent times, JJ Abrams will be producing a silver screen version of a New York Times article, describing a luxury home on Fifth Avenue in New York. The house in question, which actually exists, was built for the children of Steven Klinsky and Maureen Shelly as … Continued
