Stranded, 2013. Directed by Roger Christian.Starring Christian Slater, Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio, and Michael Therriault.SYNOPSIS:Four isolated astronauts on board a bio-dome space craft experience a ghostly intercession after a meteor storm, leading to paranoia, fear and death.I was trapped watching Stranded. Trapped on a train travelling home from London. There was nowhere to go and […]

Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, 2008.Directed by Adam Yauch.SYNOPSIS:Eight of the U.S.’s top high school basketball players compete in the first “Elite 24” tournament at Rucker Park.When I was young and I had just started Senior school (so that’s Senior 1, or Year 7 in new money), I took an interest in basketball.  I was […]

The Numbers Station, 2013.Directed by Kasper Barfoed.Starring  John Cusak, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham and Hannah Murray.SYNOPSIS:A former black ops agent and the young woman he’s assigned to protect fight for survival after a surprise attack. Directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate) and produced by Bryan and Sean Furst (Daybreakers), The Numbers Station is a story […]

Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., 1966.Directed by Gordon Flemyng.Starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbens, Jill Curzon and Roberta Tovey.SYNOPSIS:The Earth of 2150 AD is a desolate and hostile ruin of a planet, crumbling at the edge of civilisation, slowly disappearing into the darkness of space. For the future of planet earth now belongs to The Daleks, […]

Dr. Who and the Daleks, 1965.Directed by Gordon Flemyng.Starring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.SYNOPSIS: The Doctor (Peter Cushing) discovers the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devasted by nuclear war and populated by two warring species, a peaceful tribe known as the Thrals and a life form heavily mutated by radiation, […]

Having surpassed the box office haul of The Dark Knight Rises late last week to become the highest-grossing solo superhero movie, Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has now moved above Skyfall, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Transformers: Dark of the Moon to crack the top five in the list of […]

The Great Gatsby, 2013.Directed by Baz Luhrmann.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, and Jason Clarke.SYNOPSIS: A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbour.Baz Luhrmann’s remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby may just be his most infuriating, and best […]

Now that Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in full flow, we’re starting to hear little bits and pieces about Joss Whedon’s plans for The Avengers 2, and in the latest issue of Empire Magazine (via ComicBookMovie), the writer-director has offered an update on his progress on the hotly-anticipated sequel. Confirming that he’s […]

This is probably going to make you feel really old, but this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise and as part of the celebrations many of the past characters from the live-action TV series are returning for guest appearances in the show’s latest season Power Rangers Megaforce, including the legendary Green […]

Anghus Houvouras discusses the most disappointing films of all time; next up is Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla….One of cinema’s most endearing icons.  An enormous budget.  A creative team known for delivering crowd pleasing blockbusters.  It couldn’t fail.  And yet, it did.  Epically.If there was ever a film engineered for disappointment, it would have to be Roland […]