Our Superman Month continues as Oliver Davis looks at the Top 5 Superman Things Not Actually From the Comics…. Superman’s history in popular culture might have began in the comic book – Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Action Comics #1 from June 1938 – but his appearances in radio serials, television shows, video games and […]

The Vineyard, 1989 Directed by James Hong and William RiceStarring James Hong, Karen Witter and Michael Wong SYNOPSIS:Crackpot scientist and celebrated winemaker Dr. Elson Po has made the ultimate discovery: the secret to everlasting life. As with all good things, however, there’s an inevitable downside; and a bunch of good-looking and horny youngsters, invited to […]

The Manson Family, 2003.Written and Directed by Jim Van Bebber.Starring Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse, Amy Yates, Jim Van Bebber, Tom Burns and Michelle Briggs.SYNOPSIS:On a ranch outside of Los Angeles, the dream of the “Love Generation”is transforming into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips […]

With the death of Tony Scott last August, question marks have been hanging over the status of the long-rumoured sequel to his 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, which would have reteamed the director with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Tom Cruise. However, speaking at the 2013 Produced By conference on Sunday, Bruckheimer revealed that Top Gun […]

Blood, 2012. Directed by Nick MurphyStarring Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Mark Strong and Brian Cox.  SYNOPSIS: Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed. A young girl lies murdered inside two pools: one […]

Django, Prepare a Coffin (Italian: Preparati la bara!), 1968. Directed by Ferinando Baldi. Starring Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, Jose Torres and Pinuccio Ardia. SYNOPSIS:  A mysterious gunfighter named Django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land. In […]

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, 2011. Directed by Morgan Spurlock.Featuring Stan Lee, Jos Whedon, Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, Seth Green and a few hundred thousand extras. SYNOPSIS: Have you ever imagined a place where Vulcans and Vampires get along? Where Wizards and Wookies can be themselves? …Welcome to Comic-Con San Diego.Comic-Con Episode IV: A […]

Populaire, 2012.Directed by Regis Rosinard.Starring Romain Duris, Deborah Francois, Berenice Bejo and Shaun Benson.SYNOPSIS:1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.Populaire is a delightfully fresh, fun, and light French comedy, the kind of which Hollywood seem incapable of producing […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Peter Preston writes for The Guardian about the “train-wreck” of an interview Janice Turner conducted for The Times with Rhys Ifans:“News is a train wreck rather than the 3.35 from Bournemouth arriving on time; so Janice Turner’s train wreck of a Times interview with antibiotically challenged actor Rhys […]

According to the British newspaper The Telegraph, the BBC has made an offer to Rory Kinnear to replace Matt Smith as the next incarnation of the Time Lord in the long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who. According to The Telegraph’s source, Kinner – who portrayed MI6 officer Bill Tanner in the Bond films Quantum of Solace […]