To coincide with the 40th anniversary of Straw Dogs, Santosh Sandhu explores the troubled history of Sam Peckinpah’s notorious thriller here in the UK… Many of the decisions the BBFC had made up to the early 1970s revolved around politics, religion and sex. Whilst then censor John Trevelyan had made the BBFC more accepting of […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning cinematographer John Seale about his collaborations with filmmaker Peter Weir… While directing episodes for Luke’s Kingdom (ABC, 1976), a miniseries chronicling the colonial hardships in the Australian Outback, filmmaker Peter Weir worked with a camera operator whom he decided to recruit for his next feature film. The creative partnership […]

Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, rumoured to be named “Skyfall”, could be considerably thinner in the action department, according to The Express. The paper claims that director Sam Mendes wants to focus his adventure on “characterful performances” instead of the franchise’s usual action set pieces. Most strikingly of all the director, with his background […]

In the first of a two-part feature, Gary Collinson looks at 23 actors who could have found themselves uttering the iconic line, “The name’s Bond. James Bond…” Despite the fact that Daniel Craig is only just gearing up for the production of his third outing as 007 in Sam Mendes’ oft-delayed Bond 23 (a.k.a. Skyfall), […]

Hammett, 1982. Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear and Elisha Cook, Jr. SYNOPSIS: When and old detective friend shows up at his door, pulp fiction writer Dashiell Hammett gets involved in a world of gangsters and double-crossers that he thought he had left behind. Hammett is a curiosity. […]

Mother’s Day, 2010. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Patrick Flueger, Warren Kole, Matt O’Leary, Deborah Ann Woll, Shawn Ashmore, Frank Grillo, Lisa Marcos, Lyriq Bent, Tony Nappo, Kandyse McClure and Jessie Rusu. SYNOPSIS: Three brothers return to their childhood home to take refuge following a botched bank […]

Trespass, 2011. Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn, Liana Liberato and Jordana Spiro. SYNOPSIS: A wealthy couple are held hostage in their home by a group of cold-blooded criminals. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage. Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman. Two of my favourite stars together in the same film; when […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It seems that Tom Cruise’s latest impossible mission, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, will enjoy a hefty IMAX opening when it hits North America this December, with /Film breaking the news that the sequel will be accompanied by a […]

Wild Bill, 2011. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White, Sammy Williams, Leo Gregory, Jaime Winstone, Jason Flemyng, Andy Serkis and Olivia Williams. SYNOPSIS: Upon his release from prison, a violent ex-con attempts to build a new life for himself with his two sons, only to run into trouble with his […]

Back in August it was reported that director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves were looking to follow up the hugley-successful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with another book adaptation, developing what was described as ‘multi-part film series’ based upon Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic opus, The Stand. However, Deadline have revealed that Warner […]