Cheap Thrills, 2013. Directed by E.L. Katz. Starring Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner and Amanda Fuller. SYNOPSIS: Determined to drown his sorrows Craig heads to a bar where he runs into old friend Vince. Things then go from nostalgic to crazy when the duo hooks up with a wealthy couple out for […]

Extraction aka Extracted, 2012. Directed by Nir Paniry.Starring Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Richard Riehle and Nick Jameson. SYNOPSIS:A scientist who has invented a technique to watch people’s memories finds himself in a dangerous situation after he’s tasked with entering a heroin addict’s mind to see whether the man committed murder. Watching this film […]

The Frozen Ground, 2013. Written and Directed by Scott Walker.Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell, and 50 Cent. SYNOPSIS: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. Some films try […]

Last year, Joss Whedon left many a fanboy fighting back tears with the “death” of everyone’s favourite S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers (although of course the fan favourite is set to return next month for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Whedon is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches to the script for […]

Frankenstein’s Army, 2013. Directed by Richard Raaphorst.Starring Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry, Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, and Mark Stevenson. SYNOPSIS: Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal […]

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Luther creator Neill Cross has confirmed that the hit BBC One crime drama will not return for a fourth series, although he has once again expressed his interest in taking Idris Elba’s Detective Chief Inspector to the big screen to wrap things up with a Luther movie. “There […]

R.I.P.D., 2013. Directed by Robert Schwentke.Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak, James Hong, and Marisa Miller. SYNOPSIS: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Will Smith plays a young, idealistic […]

Anghus Houvouras asks whether anyone cares about The Fifth Estate…. There was a day and age where breaches of trust perpetrated by Governments believing themselves to be above the law would have felt more like fiction than fact.  The kind of stuff you’d find in a Tom Clancy novel or the plot to the latest […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. Christopher Williams, for The Telegraph, covers Kevin Spacey’s comments at The Edinburgh International Television Festival… “The actor said giving viewers more choice and control over how they consume films would mean there would be less incentive to unlawfully download them for free. … He said: ‘Why is Game […]

Clear History, 2013. Directed by Greg Mottola.Starring Larry David, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan, J.B. Smoove and Amy Landecker.  SYNOPSIS: A disgraced former marketing executive plots revenge against his former boss, who made billions from the electric car company they started. For fans […]