The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012.Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, […]

It’s an exciting time for Superman fans as we count down to the arrival of the third trailer for Man of Steel, and to tide us over while we wait, Co.Create has posted an interview with screenwriter David S. Goyer, who took a moment out from discussing his new Starz series Da Vinci’s Demons to […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the two-hour season 6 premiere of Mad Men….From its humble beginnings, starting with Don Draper sitting in a jazz bar, to the exotic locale of Hawaii, Mad Men continues to expand its scope and its subject matter. Major spoilers ahead…As always, Mad Men’s intricate design (whether it is costume, set or props) […]

John Lucking reviews the second episode of Hannibal… The problem of the recap at the beginning of any episode of a serialised drama comes in its blatant sign-posting-if-not-spoilers for the episode to come. If television is a constant battle between art and commerce then the recap is a fight the artists’ never showed up for. […]

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 #12…A History of Violence, 2005.Directed by David Cronenberg.Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes and Peter MacNeill.Based upon the 1997 graphic novel of the same […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Nellie Andreeva writes about the possibility of a Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul:“…the network and series producer Sony TV are exploring keeping the franchise alive with a spinoff series centered on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. There […]

Me and You (Italian: Io e te), 2012.Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Starring Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sonia Bergamasco, Veronica Lazar, Tommaso Ragno, Pippo Delbono.SYNOPSIS: An an introverted teenager tells his parents he going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in a basement.Sentimental and occasionally even soppy, unambitious in terms of both […]

Mumbai’s King, 2012.Directed by Manjeet Singh.Starring Rahul Bairagi, Dhanshree Jain, Arbaaz Khan, salman Khan and Tejas D. Parvatkar.SYNOPSIS: A mischievous adolescent and a streetwise balloon seller roam the rain-soaked slums of Mumbai, looking to escape the harsh realities of life.Mumbai’s King is just about as far away from the glamour of Bollywood as you can […]

Tom Jolliffe chats with British filmmaker Ross Boyask, director of Warrioress…Brighton born film-maker Ross Boyask has been flying the flag for UK action films over the past decade. He’s directed a host of short films, including Pure Vengeance which starred Scott Adkins (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Undisputed 2 and 3) and was featured on […]

The Collection, 2012. Directed by Marcus Dunstan.Starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Tim Griffin, Andre Royo and Randall Archer. SYNOPSIS: A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as “The Collector” is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer’s booby-trapped warehouse. In 2009, The Collector […]