Luke Owen reviews the prequel comic for Pacific Rim… Don’t miss the exciting sci-fi prequel graphic novel of the highly anticipated movie, Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro! Chronicling the very first time Earth is menaced by incredible monsters known as Kaiju, these inhuman beasts rise from the ocean depths and threaten to extinguish […]

Martin Deer rounds up all the latest talking points from Man of Steel as we count down to the return of Superman this summer…. In this countdown I’ve been looking at the latest news to emerge from the production of Man of Steel, however, these past few weeks I’ve been keeping a low profile as […]

Behind the Candelabra, 2013.Directed by Steven Soderbergh.Starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds, and Scott Bakula.SYNOPSIS:Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.Steven Soderbergh says he is no longer making films because he’s disheartened with the Hollywood system and […]

The Iceman, 2012. Directed by Ariel Vromen.Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Robert Davi, James Franco and Stephen Dorff. SYNOPSIS: Michael Shannon is The Iceman, one of organised crimes most notorious hitmen. The events of his life are recalled in this slick crime drama. At a preview screening of The […]

Anthony Stokes assesses the career of Sam Raimi…When it comes to genre directors it’s harder to find anyone bigger or more respected then Sir Sam Raimi. He has consistently delivered hit after hit and pretty much everything he touches gains a cult following. Raimi has had a lot of commercial success, headlining multiple franchises (Spider-Man, […]

Luke Owen counts down his personal Top 5 Fictional Deaths that he never quite got over…. Perhaps it’s the power of the writing, perhaps it’s the strength of the performance, but sometimes a fictional character’s death in movies can affect us deep down inside to provoke an emotional response. Despite these people not being real, […]

Luke Owen looks at Episode 6 of The Apprentice… I’ve never really been affected by ‘cringe television’. I know of it and I think I’ve seem some examples in comedies such as I’m Alan Partridge, The Office, The Inbetweeners etc but I have never actually watched the TV ‘through my fingers’. Last night’s The Apprentice was […]

Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions has secured the rights to The Stops Along the Way, an unproduced screenplay by Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, which was his final completed work before his death in 1975. The project will be produced by Bad Robot and Warner Bros. TV and is set to […]

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), 1972.Directed by Werner Herzog.Starring Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra and Alejandro Repullés.SYNOPSIS:In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.Werner Herzog in 2013 is something very different to Werner Herzog in 1972. Herzog […]