12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS:In 1841 New Yorker Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. A talented violinist believes that he has been offered a financially rewarding job only to be sold into slavery; over […]

Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, and Dylan Minnette. SYNOPSIS: When two young girls vanish one of their parents resorts to extreme measures to find them. During a Thanksgiving dinner two young girls leave and do not come back causing their parents to go from being concerned […]

The Wind Rises, 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Mansai Nomura, Steve Alpert, and Masahiko Nishimura. SYNOPSIS: An animated biopic about Jiro Horikoshi who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Like all great creators Jiro Horikoshi is driven to make his dreams become reality.  As a boy he becomes so […]

After the box-office success of this year’s Hasbro sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Paramount Pictures were quick to give the “Yo Joe!” to a third movie in the action franchise. Retaliation helmer Jon M. Chu was quickly tied up to return to the director’s chair for the third instalment, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed […]

With Marvel’s roster of superheroes spread between 20th Century Fox (X-Men, The Fantastic Four), Sony (Spider-Man) and Marvel Studios (everybody else), it looks unlikely that we’ll ever get to see a truly definitive Marvel Universe on the big screen, regardless of how many times Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) express their interest in […]

Serial killers are big business on TV these days, what with A&E’s Bates Motel and NBC’s Hannibal both gearing up for the second seasons, and now FX is looking to fill the void created by the impending Dexter finale, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that the network is developing a new series based upon author Bret […]

There’s just a week to go before the release of one of this generation’s most anticipated video games as Rockstar unleashes Grand Theft Auto V, and with Hollywood once more casting its eye towards triple-A gaming titles (see Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, World of Warcraft etc.) you’d have to imagine that a GTA […]

Much like the whole Robert Downey Jr. contract situation, there has been some talk this year that Chris Hemsworth was yet to reach a deal with Marvel Studios about returning as the God of Thunder after November’s Thor: The Dark World, but anyone concerned that Thor could be absent when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes reassemble for […]

Ellen Page (Juno, Inception) first appeared as the character Kitty Pryde way back in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. She has reprised the role for next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Now, in an interview with Vulture, Page has said she’d be open to making a standalone Kitty Pryde movie with Marvel supremo Joss […]

Rush, 2013. Directed by Ron Howard.Starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl , Alexandra Maria Lara, Olivia Wilde, and Natalie Dormer. SYNOPSIS: Rush depicts the true story of the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, largely focusing on the 1976 season where both men were willing to risk everything to win. With Rush, […]