Sucker Punch is the latest feature film from director Zack Snyder of 300 and Watchmen fame. Unlike those comic book adaptations, Snyder not only directs here, but also developed the original story and co-wrote the screenplay with the relatively unknown Steve Shibuya. This meant Snyder had extensive freedom to envisage the kind of narrative and visual style he wanted for the movie, but without the kind of strong existing [...]

The guys at Deadline have it that Mr Waterworld himself Kevin Costner is in talks to star in Superman: Man of Steel alongside Henry Cavill (Tudors), who was recently cast to don the blue tights, and Lindsay Lohan, who is rumored to be playing villain Ursa.

To be directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen), Man of Steel is the latest attempt by [...]

A sigh of immense relief. That would’ve been the first reaction for Henry Cavill as the world was let in on the latest superhero secret. At the announcement the Englishman is to be the next Superman (in yet another reboot of the franchise), months of speculation have finally come to a close, and now Cavill can breathe easy knowing his shot has finally come.

I can’t even say anything before I say this…WTF is with Hollywood’s sudden need to reboot a whole bunch of iconic movie franchises even when most are still less than a decade old? I see the point in a new Tron, a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre and maybe even the bomb that was Russel Crowe’s Robin Hood remake. But recent blockbusters like [...]

With Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole hitting Australian screens this week, it seems a fitting time for a retrospective on director Zack Snyder.

The former television commercial director made his feature film debut in 2004 with his remake of the classic zombie flick Dawn of the Dead.

Not only becoming one of a handful in the zombie sub-genre to cross the 100 million mark worldwide, even more impressively [...]

It’s easy to laugh at the inherent goofiness of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, a Tolkien-esque fantasy epic in which a bunch of talking CGI owls don ornate suits of armour and deliver lines like “Trust your gizzard, Soren” without so much as a wink. In fact, there isn’t a single sight gag or pop culture reference to speak of, which is astonishing, really, when [...]

It’s exciting to see a film that questions not just society, but you as a person; your moral standing and how you see life. Even more fascinating for some is that it can come from a ‘superhero’ film. At the time of writing, Watchmen is still in cinemas after receiving mixed reviews from both the critics and the general public. Those expecting a film of the Superman kind are kidding themselves because this film is the anti-Christ to all the G-rated crime-busters. Watchmen is as relevant now in today’s world as it was in 1985, when the graphic novel series took readers’ worldly perceptions to a whole new place. (Warning: Spoilers)

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s celebrated graphic novel Watchmen has long been considered “unfilmable” for good reason, looking likely to stay that way when you consider the film’s turbulent production history. Before Warner Bros. asked director Zack Snyder to come onboard in 2005, the film had already failed to go into production at the hands of no less than three major studios, three directors and multiple script rewrites. The success of Snyder’s 300, despite its MA15+ rating, gave Warner confidence in the director’s ambitious vision for making the most faithful adaptation possible – rape, child murder, impotence and a naked blue guy all inclusive. The result is a visually striking film that, despite its flaws, is an ominous, provocative and audacious comic book adaptation in the same vein as The Dark Knight…albeit one that is not quite as easy to, well, watch.