Things have been pretty quiet on The Dark Knight Rises front, lately. Sure, we’ve had rumours of Chris Nolan showing a rough cut of the film to studio execs, and what we thought was the beginning of a viral campaign, but nothing of any real note since. So, in this dearth of information, it makes the release of a new synopsis for the movie all the more significant – Continue reading
The Weekly Ricochet is jam-packed to the rafters this week, so let’s get to it.
Rumour has it that The Dark Knight Rises has had its first showing to Warner Bros. execs. Continue reading
First, check out The Avengers banner above. It’s a combination of all the individual posters released earlier in the week. That’s not why you’re here, though. You want to see the crazy-ass Japanese trailer that gives us a lot more footage to get excited about. If you know your Marvel, some of the stuff in the new trailer will blow your mind! I recommend you click off the page now if you want to remain spoiler-free. Continue reading
I haven’t had the opportunity to see Chronicle yet. From what I’ve heard it’s a fine superhero movie that isn’t a superhero movie, and does well within the increasingly over-used ‘found footage’ genre. It’ll come as no surprise then that Chronicle director Josh Trank is being circled by Sony to head up its Spider-Man spin-off, Venom. Continue reading
The Avengers hype machine rolls on, this week delivering some cool posters of the individual members. I shall pepper them throughout the article as we deal with the infinitely more interesting news coming out of SXSW. Joss Whedon was in Austin, Texas this week along with director Drew Goddard promoting upcoming film The Cabin In The Woods. It’s been getting great reviews but, of course, talk soon turned to Whedon’s The Avengers. Continue reading
I’m not one who usually comments on these types of rumours. I generally like to stick to the facts. This one, though, is a goodie. As Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr. are about to launch into full production of Iron Man 3 (code-named Caged Heat), the first possible leaks of the film’s plot may have come to light. Continue reading
We’re back with the Weekly Ricochet and we’re opening with a flipping epic pic of Batman from The Dark Knight Rises. Christian Bale is pulling his fiercest, most comic book-like pose ever as The Bat. I love it. We’ve had a lengthy trailer from both The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers, isn’t it time Chris Nolan gave us The Dark Knight Rises one? Continue reading
We start off this week’s Ricochet by taking a look at some pics of the wonderfully named Cobie Smulders as S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Maria Hill. Marvel.com released these shots into the wild not long after The Avengers trailer hit computer screens the world over and got itself download over THIRTEEN MILLION TIMES. Continue reading
The original Ghost Rider was an anaemic bit of filmmaking, especially considering the premise – A stunt-bike riding daredevil sells his soul to the Devil to save his father but ends up cursed with a spirit that punishes the sinful and causes his head to burst aflame. So, with Ghost Rider – Spirit Of Vengeance (a sequel of sorts), directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor of Crank fame have been brought in to shake some life into the series. Have they been successful? Let’s see. Continue reading
Wednesday saw the release of The Avengers trailer, the first of the three summer tentpole superhero movies. It is EPIC. Honest. Check it out.
Anyway, this the breakdown of the trailer that I promised. It contains more than NINETY screen caps and many of my insane theories about the film. I hope you enjoy. Continue reading
The Shootening 