Author: Simon Andrews

If there’s anything that’s a certainty in life, it’s that comic book characters never truly die. Well, not with any degree of permanence, anyway. From the family members and mentors whose deaths are necessary to create our superheroes, right through to the heavy-hitters themselves, the writers always find a way to bring them all back in some capacity. Last year it was Wolverine’s turn to come back from the dead, and this month, Marvel fans will finally get to find out exactly how Logan managed to beat the odds in Hunt for Wolverine. Though it may seem like no time…

There’s no denying James Cameron’s credentials as a veritable godfather of all things sci-fi and fantasy. He’s spent the last 35 years creating a whole host of iconic and lasting science fiction stories, filling his narratives with some of the darkest and grittiest themes to be found in the genre. Lately though, it seems his views on film-making are starting to come into conflict with the vast majority of his fans and followers, with this week seeing him taking a very public shot across the bows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and The Avengers. Jim Cameron is the man who…

Whilst 2011 would not be the first (or indeed, the last…) year that Marvel fans would get two separate MCU releases in Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, it did represent the first time that the two movies they received were very markedly different in terms of their narrative and the way in which they were presented. Fans were quite quickly picked up and yanked away from the jolly and uplifting tone that the dimension-jumping scenery that Thor had introduced, and were instead bought back down to Earth to a much darker and more foreboding terrestrial setting. On initial…

Why, it seems like it was only last week that we were talking about the 2005 Doom movie. In point of fact, it WAS only last week. Hardly had the (metaphorical) ink dried on our fairly savage Retro Review of the infamous box office car-crash, then the film was again pushed back into the spotlight as Dwayne Johnson took to Twitter to bemoan his role in the affair. And now, several days on we’re once again bringing you another article about Doom, as it seems Universal have already made a start on rebooting the movie. Anybody who’s ever lifted a…

It’s fair to say that Godzilla fans have never had it so good. The character is currently featuring in a staggering number of projects, forming the basis of Legendary’s international Monsterverse franchise, as well as continuing to headline releases in the ongoing Japanese Toho film series. He’s also starring in a new anime movie trilogy, and some recent promotional material has now confirmed that the project’s upcoming second feature will see him facing off against old foe Mechagodzilla. The foreign distribution rights for the new animated movies were snapped up by Netflix, with the first entry, Planet Of The Monsters, being…

We decided to take a look back at Deep Blue Sea with the release of Deep Blue Sea 2 – and we weren’t left disappointed. Twenty-first century cinema goers are an overly-demanding bunch. It’s not enough anymore to just make simply spectacular or gritty films. We’re now at a point where we expect our movie experiences to be a satisfactory blend of conflicting concepts  and styles. Anything falling short of this is considered disappointing and perfunctory, seemingly inferior to what else is available to be seen.  From our animated kids movies to our comedies, every different genre offering has to…

While Avengers: Infinity War movie lands in American cinemas on April 27, international Marvel fans will have an advantage over their US counterparts as the film will be released slightly earlier in overseas areas. In general, Central and European countries have been given an April 26 release date, with Eastern territories benefiting even more from an April 25 release. Indonesia is one of the small number of counties to benefit from this 48 hour advance window, but it’s now emerged that their national censorship office has chosen to remove a significant amount of footage from the original directorial cut. In…

The old movies we choose to revisit and write articles on here at ScreenGeek get classified into one of two categories. In the case of a film that one of our writers loves, but posterity has chosen to utterly condemn, that piece will be pitched as an ‘Underrated Movie’. For the others, where our writers fully agree with history’s judgement, these get presented as a ‘Retro Review’. 2005’s DOOM sadly falls into the latter of the two. There’s always some reason, however random, that my editor sends me an old movie to revisit. Sometimes it’s the result of a new…

Well, this week it looks like Marvel fans can breathe a small sigh of relief, as it has been announced that Jessica Jones will be officially renewed for a third season this week. Not only is this good news for a Defenders franchise which has sluggishly been losing the good grace of both fans and critics, but it also demonstrates that Disney are committed to maintaining their collaborative relationship with Netflix. Ever since Disney announced that it would be launching its own streaming service, the industry has been desperately theorizing exactly what this could mean for the content that the…

Since the spectacular failure of Terminator: Genisys back in 2015, it looked like the final nail had been hammered into the coffin lid of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most famous role. Completing a hat-trick of unsuccessful efforts to reinvigorate James Cameron’s blockbuster franchise, the movie’s haphazard storyline and underwhelming action sequences enraged fans and critics alike, leading to a very explosive public backlash. It turns out though that nothing can actually stop the iconic T-800, with both Schwarzenegger and Cameron personally overseeing the latest attempt to reboot the property, in Terminator 6. We’ve already reported how Linda Hamilton will be making a…