I watched Joe Cornish's Attack the Block recently, and loved it. The best description of it that I've come across is "The Wire meets Alien". It stars some recognisable faces like Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz), Luke Treadaway and Jodie Whittaker, but it's the young newcomers cast as a gang of project kids who make the biggest impression. The standout for me ( Read more... )

The cast juggling for Danny Boyle's heist thriller starring James McAvoy, Trance, is definitely keeping me on my toes. Latest news: Colin Firth out, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson in. (The Playlist)

Newly released photos from The Hunger Games showing Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson). (The Playlist)

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Teaser trailer for Showtime's new drama Homeland, starring Damian Lewis as Marine Sergeant Scott Brody, who returns home eight years after going missing in Iraq, and Claire Danes as Carrie Anderson, a driven CIA officer who suspects he might be plotting an attack on America. Cast also includes Mandy Patinkin (Dead Like Me) and Laura Fraser (A ( Read more... )

The Hunger Games casting news is coming thick and fast: joining Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson are Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, newcomers Dayo Okeniyi and Amanda Stenberg as Thresh and Rue, Paula Malcolmson (!!!!!) as Mrs. Everdeen, Willow Shields as Prim, and Leven Rambin and Jack Quaid as Glimmer and Marvel. John C. ( Read more... )

Idris Elba, Sean Harris and Kate Dickie join Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron in Ridley Scott's upcoming original sci-fi film, Prometheus. The plot is apparently tightly underwraps, however Fassbender is apparently playing an android. (The Playlist)

Trailer for Rango, an animated western directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of ( Read more... )