House of the Rising Sun, 2011. Directed by Brian A Miller. Starring Dave ‘Batista’ Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell, Craig Fairbrass and Danny Trejo. SYNOPSIS: Ray, now a bouncer but once a dirty cop, finds himself ensnared in the politics of a local crime syndicate. He must find who was behind the robbery of one […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… There’s Something About Mary, 1998. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott and Lee Evans. There’s Something About Mary is an absolutely hilarious tale of Ted’s (Stiller) attempts to win […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Charles Gant, on Thursday 29th March, writes for The Guardian: “MGM, disclosed to its investors that box-office for Fincher’s [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo] film was “below our expectations and we booked a modest loss”. The result follows a damp squib return for Let Me In, the […]

After bringing the Autobots and Decepticons to the screen with his big-budget Transformers trilogy, Michael Bay seems determined to replicate this success with further live-action adaptations of classic children’s properties. As we know, Bay is currently working on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot alongside a fourth Transformers movie, and now comes word that his […]

The Hunger Games, 2012. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland and Woody Harrelson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl must compete in The Hunger Games – a televised event where ‘Tributes’ must fight to the death. This is a film review, not a book […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The Disney marketing machine really has gone into overdrive recently, with the studio flooding the internet with all things Avengers as we inch ever closer to release of the epic superhero team-up. Just trying to keep on top of everything is […]

28 Days Later…, 2002. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns and Christopher Eccleston. SYNOPSIS: A virus sweeps across Britain, turning the population into raging creatures. Four weeks later, a man in a coma awakes to find the country in a dire state. Before discussing 28 Days […]

Margin Call, 2011. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: After being retrenched, Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) gives his research to his protege Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) to complete. All signs point to an impending (nigh inevitable) global financial crisis and Margin Call follows the […]

Trevor Hogg reviews The Games by Ted Kosmatka… Making the creative leap from short fiction, Ted Kosmatka has released his debut novel, The Games, which envisions the world where mutant gladiators become the main attraction at the Olympics. In the Prologue which is reminiscent of Part 1: Distant Thunder, introduces geneticist Dr. Silas Williams who […]