The Aggression Scale, 2012. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Boyd Kestner and Ryan Hartwig. SYNOPSIS: When a group of armed men attack a family looking for stolen money, the children hit back. Not having seen any trailers or read any reviews, it was refreshing to go into this […]

Dark Mirror, 2007. Directed by Pablo Proenza. Starring Lisa Vidal, David Chisum and Joshua Pelegrin. SYNOPSIS: A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass. Dark Mirror is a 2007 supernatural thriller from writer/director Pablo Proenza who, according to IMDB, has done very little […]

Liberal Arts, 2012. Written and Directed by Josh Radnor. Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olson, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro and Zac Efron. SYNOPSIS: Jessie (Radnor) returns to his old college for his old professor’s retirement party and it’s during that weekend that he meets a student, Zibby (Olson). The two hit it off right […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Mary McNamara writes for The LA Times about Clint Eastwood’s shocking speech during the National Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida… “The fact that the day after Romney’s big night, many more people appear concerned about Eastwood’s mental state than Romney’s political health says much about our obsession with […]

It’s been seven years since a Star Trek series graced our TV screens, but with the franchise enjoying renewed popularity outside of the hardcore fan base off the back of J.J. Abrams 2009 feature film reboot – not to mention next year’s hotly-anticipated sequel – perhaps the time is right for the long-running sci-fi property […]

Total Recall, 2012. Directed by Len Wiseman. Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bookee Woodbine, Bill Nighy and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: A factory worker begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall, a company that supplies its clients with fake memories, and finds himself on the run from the […]

Our weekly round up of the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justice League, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Returns, The Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future […]

The Central Park Five, 2012. Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. Starring Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Kharey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Ed Koch, Jim Dwyer, and Calvin O. Butts III. SYNOPSIS: When a twenty-eight year old female jogger is physically assaulted and raped in New York City’s Central Park, five juvenile black […]

Perhaps I’m imaging things but there seems to be a theme developing in both the live-action and animated versions of Gotham City. On the big screen Bane breaks the back of the Caped Crusader in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Michael McKean, a band member of Spinal Tap, provides the voice of egomaniacal Arkham […]