Variety have announced that Lionsgate Entertainment has started development on a low-budget remake of American Psycho, the screen adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis controversial 1991 novel, which first graced the screen courtesy of director Mary Harron just eleven years ago. According to the report, the project is yet to receive the official green light, […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Mike Bassett: England Manager, 2001. Directed by Steve Barron. Starring Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Philip Jackson, Phill Jupitus and Dean Lennox Kelly. This satirical comedy follows the rise of Norwich City manager Mike Bassett as he is […]

Burning Man, 2011. Written and Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Rachel Griffiths, Jack Heanly and Essie Davis. SYNOPSIS: An English chef with a restaurant in Bondi tries to put his life and his relationship with his son back together in the wake of a life changing event. We’re truly in an […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror… “In Serling’s day, the atom bomb, civil rights, McCarthyism, psychiatry and the space race were of primary concern. Today he’d be writing about terrorism, the economy, the media, privacy and our relationship with technology.” – Charlie Brooker on Black Mirror Last Sunday […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Requiem for a Dream, 2000. Written and Directed Darren Aronofksy. Starring Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans and Jennifer Connelly. Today’s film to see before you die is based upon the novel of the same name written by Hubert […]

Film journalist Nick Goundry considers the evolution of the IMAX format… Christopher Nolan wants to steer cinemagoers back towards the bigger picture. A lengthy IMAX-filmed trailer for his new Batman film The Dark Knight Rises will tower before audiences in selected IMAX theatres later this month, ahead of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. With the […]

More than ten of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick’s novels and short stories have been adapted into films, including Blade Runner, Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. Now another of his stories, Now Wait for Last Year, has been optioned by Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions, with Ted Kupper adapting. Published in 1966, the […]

Marvel Studios’ plans for their Cinematic Universe post-The Avengers took a knock yesterday with the news that Patty Jenkins has vacated the director’s chair on the upcoming sequel Thor 2, which is currently slated for a release in 2013. According to Deadline, Jenkins – best known for directing the Charlize Theron drama Monster, along with […]

Miami Vice, 2006. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley, Luis Tosar, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eddie Marsan and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: Two Miami Vice detectives go undercover to bring down drug traffickers. “When I first read Tony Yerkovich’s screenplay for the original Miami […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Casino, 1995. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, Don Rickles, Frank Vincent, James Woods and Kevin Pollack. Martin Scorsese’s gangster story Casino is based upon real-life crimes and lives of several mob figures […]