Becoming Traviata, 2012. Directed by Philippe Béziat. Starring Natalie Dessay, Jean-François Sivadier and Louis Langrée. SYNOPSIS: French language documentary on the staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, celebrating the bicentenary of his birth. Becoming Traiviata’s opening sequence shows the unhurried preparation of an opera. Workmen carry planks across the stage; paint brushes are framed […]

Villordsutch reviews Think Tank #10… “Slacker genius Dr. David Loren made a calculated gamble that the US government would never allow his latest DNA-targeting virus to go airborne — and lost. Can he mitigate the collateral damage triggered by his deadly invention? Or will he lose everyone he loves?“ I can sum up this comic […]

Last week came the news that X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past) has been brought in to overhaul the script for The Fantastic Four, leading to speculation that 20th Century Fox could struggle to meet its planned March 2015 release date for Chronicle director Josh […]

The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (France: L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps), 2013. Written and Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani.Starring Klaus Tange, Ursula Bedena, Joe Koener and Birgit Yew. SYNOPSIS: Following on from the disappearance of his wife, a man enters a web of intrigue as he tries to uncover […]

Melissa McCarthy is one of the most popular female actresses around right now with every film she’s in raking in huge amounts of money. The Bridesmaids star hopes to continue the streak with a new comedy that her and husband Ben Falcone have sold to Fox. Currently the show is untitled but McCarthy and Falcone […]

Sam Thorne reviews Jinnrise Vol. 1… “International student Andrew Marcus’ world is torn asunder when interstellar forces, the “Kibrani,” invade earth. With all hope seemingly lost, humanity’s last chance may be a long-despised and forgotten race: the Jinn (otherwise known as “genies”)! But are they our hope… or greatest fear?” So simply put Jinnrise is […]

Mystery Road, 2013. Written and Directed by Ivan Sen.Starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten and Tony Barry. SYNOPSIS: Mystery Road is the slow burning tale of an Aboriginal police detective returning to his hometown after a long absence to investigate the murder of a young girl. Australian thrillers have a tendency to […]

Coherence, 2013. Directed by James Ward Byrkit.Starring Emily Foxler, Nicholas Brendon, Maury Sterling, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen, Hugo Armstrong, Lauren Maher and Alex Manugian. SYNOPSIS: On the night a comet is passing near Earth, a dinner party takes an odd turn. When the power goes out, eight friends discover that the only house on the […]

It seems that the original shock rocker Alice Cooper could be set to swap the stage for the… erm… stage, with the New York Post reporting that the School’s Out singer is in negotiations to join the cast of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as the villainous Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green […]

Anthony Stokes reviews Afterlife with Archie #1… “This is how the end of the world begins… Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Carrie, Archie meets Glee) and Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla (Batman, Black Beetle) take Archie and the gang where they’ve never been before-to the grave and back! A horrific accident sets off a series of […]