Some may think it’s too little too late, but Michael Bay in a recent profile with The Miami Herald, the Transformers director has apologised for his 1998 blockbuster Armageddon.“I will apologize for Armageddon, because we had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks,” Bay told the newspaper while promoting his upcoming Pain & Gain. […]

Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #4….The Avengers, 2012.Directed by Joss Whedon.Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard and Samuel […]

As Marvel prepares to embark on Phase Two of its Cinematic Universe with the release of Iron Man 3, the studio’s animated arm is gearing up to launch its own new wave of programming with two shows – Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. – set to join Disney XD’s Marvel Universe […]

Knightriders, 1981. Written and Directed by George A. Romero.Starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, Christine Forrest, Warner Shook, Brother Blue and Cynthia Adler. SYNOPSIS: A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a […]

Man at the Top, 1973.Directed by Mike Vardy.Starring Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin and John Quentin.SYNOPSIS:Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, where he makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide because of his involvement in a […]

Love Crime (French: Crime d’amour), 2010. Directed by Alain Corneau.Starring Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas and Patrick Mille. SYNOPSIS: When ruthless business executive Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) is threatened by her young and ambitious protégé Isabelle (Laudivine Sagnier), she begins to undermine and toy with Isabelle’s naive innocence. The fallout changes the lives of both […]

Spanish Fly, 1976. Directed by Bob Kellett.Starring Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska, Frank Thornton and Sue Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: On the Mediterranean island of Minorca, expat Sir Percy de Courcy buys 100,000 gallons of local wine, hoping to sell it at a vast profit. Unfortunately, the wine tastes foul, and when he asks his chauffeur […]

Ultraviolet, 1998.Created by Joe Ahearne.Starring Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast.SYNOPSIS:A police detective is thrown into the world of vampires when hunting for his missing partner. The whole world is in a state of despair, and the people in it are under threat from distinctly un-sexy vampires in Ultraviolet. This is London, […]

On the Fiddle (a.k.a. Operation Snafu), 1961. Directed by Cyril Frankel.Starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway and Eric Barker.  SYNOPSIS: Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative […]

Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #5…Superman: The Movie, 1978.Directed by Richard Donner.Starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York and Jeff […]