Escape (Norway: Flukt), 2012. Directed by Roar Uthaug.Starring Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Kristian Espedel, Isabel Christine Andreasen and Milla Olin. SYNOPSIS: Ten years after the Black Plague ravaged their country, a poor family sets out on a journey for a new home.  On a remote mountain pass, they are attacked by a band of merciless killers […]

We’ve known for a while that Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to reprise the role of Robert E. Howard’s Cimmerian warrior Conan the Barbarian for The Legend of Conan, but it seems that the proposed sequel to the 1982 original may not be the only time we’ll see Arnie returning to the world of Hyboria. According to […]

A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Wallace Shawn and Liraz Charhi. SYNOPSIS: A well-established string quartet begins to suffer some setbacks after one member is diagnosed with Parkinson’s and the others get mixed up in love and affairs. Given the names on […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013. Directed by Don ScardinoStarring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini and Jim Carrey SYNOPSIS: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately […]

Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s ‘Franchise Wars’… The franchise wars.  A phrase used by a young Sandra Bullock in the movie Demolition Man used  to explain why all restaurants are now Taco Bell.  It’s a clever idea:  The concept that massive conglomerates ended up in brutal combat eviscerating one another until only one bloody, battered survivor […]

Yesterday we brought you some news coming out of Star Wars Celebration Europe, with confirmation that John Williams is set to return to score Star Wars: Episode VII joined by some concept art from the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels [see here]. Now we have an update on the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel […]

Scenic Route, 2013. Directed by Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz.Starring Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie, Christie Burson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jamie Donovan and Ethan Maher. SYNOPSIS: The relationship between two old friends is tested as they are stranded in the desert. I love the movies that come out of the festival circuit.  They’re at […]

Dial M for Murder, 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings and John Williams. SYNOPSIS: An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. Rarely does 3D demand your attention. Avatar broke the mold; Life of Pi brought heart […]

Star Wars Celebration Europe kicked off in Messe Essen, Germany yesterday and it is of course an extra special year for fans of the epic space opera; not only is it the thirtieth anniversary of Return of the Jedi, but it’s also the first Celebration since 2005 to take place with a new Star Wars […]

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