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Netflix has become a byword for quality television. Original series from the online streaming service such as Orange is the New Black and House of Cards have reached both critical and cultural acclaim. The site’s own content over the last few years has been continuously raising the bar for quality drama and comedy, but its new upcoming epic looks to … Continue reading →

The Third Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer in Two Weeks. In an age where cinema is dominated by genuinely good super hero movies, everyone is in some way a fan of either the Marvel or DC cinematic universes. But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. When the Comic-con 2014 teased the … Continue reading →

Based on the Joe Hill novel of the same name, Horns is a paranormal rock and roll thriller that despite its devilish name, brings out the best in Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and director, Alexandre Aja. With demonic horns protruding from his skull, Ig (Radcliffe) wakes up the morning after the night before to find that his … Continue reading →

Iridescent in it’s approach to colour, Wish I Was Here is a heartfelt comedy drama in which Zach Braff, very much in the same vein as his directorial debut Garden State, captures life’s struggles. Grasping online attention back in early 2013 by attaining funding via a kickstarter campaign and then going on to debut at 2014’s Sundance Film Festival, … Continue reading →

This week Katie Dippold, writer of 2013’s buddy cop drama The Heat, was announced to be penning the revival of the 80s beloved Ghostbusters franchise. The reveal was made via Twitter by Paul Feig who will be directing the project and incidentally was also behind the camera for The Heat. In his Tweet, Feig also confronted rumours suggesting that Ghostbusters 3 would feature … Continue reading →

Confirmed in a press release published today by the BBC, the world-famous detective drama Sherlock has been renewed for a special episode followed by a further three, making up its fourth season. Before breaking the news, the BBC had teased the upcoming Sherlock update not only by replacing their BBC One Twitter picture to that of the detective’s nemesis, Jim … Continue reading →

[Intended For Students] Apologies for the hiatus, but now that the essays and exams are out of the way, it’s back to business. In scenes reminiscent of a John Lewis christmas advert you will soon be resurrected from the revision-comas in which you have dwelled for the past few months. Soon you can break free of … Continue reading →

The BBC have posted brand new promotional photographs from the upcoming feature length Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode. In just over a month Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary but surprisingly little has come forward in the way of promotion.. until now. This morning BBC publicised through their Doctor Who Facebook page these brand new snaps from the upcoming special, The Day of the Doctor. The … Continue reading →

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sent an open letter to the actor who will portray him in the upcoming biographical film on the journalist. ScreenJotter reported last month on the conveniently opportunistic way in which the promotion for The Fifth Estate has converged with certain events that are changing the environment of journalism. The article … Continue reading →

ScreenJotter reported a couple of weeks ago that beloved teen drama, The O.C. was being picked up again for a foreign language remake. Well it looks like this is becoming a trend with successful American television programmes. The finale of AMC’s absurdly popular drama, Breaking Bad raked 10.3 Million viewers who wished Bryan Cranson’s Heisenberg a fond farewell, but … Continue reading →

Ant-Man director, Edgar Wright has shared a photo from the set of the latest Marvel studios film, after pre-production that has lasted almost eight years. Wright was hired to direct the story of the miniature hero back in April 2006 off the back of Shaun of the Dead’s success and since then we’ve had news of constant … Continue reading →

Today a second trailer has been released online by Warner Bros giving fans a new taste of fiery fantasy action in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit Sequel: The Desolation of Smaug So what can fans of our pint sized burglar, Bilbo Baggins expect to see in the second instalment of the Hobbit Trilogy? Well by the looks of this new trailer quite a … Continue reading →

[Contains Spoilers for Breaking Bad] As the dark cloud of the Breaking Bad finale descends over Albuquerque, in the midst of all of the depression and heartache bleeding through the final episodes, one single optimistic light shines through for the future of AMC’s meth-cooking drama. Sony Pictures and AMC have announced their agreement to launch a spin off … Continue reading →

Now, one month after it’s tenth anniversary, beloved Teen-drama, The OC is set to get a turkish makeover in the all new Medcezir! since the show’s original run ended in 2007 fans of the The OC have pleaded for its return. And it’s looking like it will… though not in the way we quite expected. Medcezir, which translates as Tide in … Continue reading →

J.K. Rowling, the author behind the world of the boy wizard, Harry Potter, is set to make her screenwriting Debut. Rowling made a surprise announcement via her Facebook yesterday that she is going to be making a most unexpected return to the world of Harry Potter, though this time her new project will not involve … Continue reading →

[Contains Spoilers] In 2009, director J.J. Abrams revived what was a archaic cult obsession and morphed it into a Hollywood success while still maintain the show’s continuity and dignity. This year Abrams and his original cast converged to create the sequel of that film; Star Trek Into Darkness. Creating a sequel to his phenomenally successful first … Continue reading →

This week Bill Condon’s The Fifth Estate opened the Toronto International Film Festival. The bio-pic on WikiLeaks editor, Julian Assange isn’t realised world-wide until next month but in the crucial final months of promotion leading up to the release, the producers could not have hoped for better news stories to have been printed not only in UK … Continue reading →

A superhero sequel is always a worrying title to have on the ‘now showing’ list. Historically they tend not to live up to their predecessors with the exception of course of the odd masterpiece like The Dark Knight.  The darkly-charming Kick-Ass (2010) was so successful not onlybecause of its loyalty to the original graphic novel but … Continue reading →

Yesterday Sue Vertue, the producer of BBC’s hit detective drama, Sherlock, announced that filming has wrapped. But, what do we actually know about the upcoming series? Though there’s been no set release date we can deduce that the first of the three new instalments or ‘films’ as writer Steven Moffat calls them, will begin either at the … Continue reading →

This week the actor who will play the  adversary of marvel’s avengers in their sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron, has been decided. The Office actor, James Spader has been announced as the man to play Ultron, the villainous robot enemy of The Avengers. Since director, Joss Whedon, announced the title of the superhero sequel at San Diego … Continue reading →

Actor, Peter Capaldi, has been cast to succeed Matt Smith as The Doctor in BBC’s flagship drama Doctor Who.  Capaldi [55] is set to take on the helm of the TARDIS this Christmas when he replaces current Doctor, Matt Smith who began his own reign in 2010. The news broke during a live broadcast that was, compared to … Continue reading →

AMC’s Breaking Bad has worked its way into culture to earn a place along side dramas like The Wire  and Game of Thrones as one of those shows that people demand you watch. I’m afraid though if this sounds annoyingly familiar, I’m not going to be helping things. The reason why shows like these have become a conversation … Continue reading →

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charity that celebrates, promotes and encourages film, a medium that I am passionate about. However, as a born and bread Cornish lad, the idea of setting foot in the smog of London to educate myself on them quite frankly terrifies me.  In Waterloo, London, BFI shows off two … Continue reading →