Hanna, 2011. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Cate Blanchett. SYNOPSIS: A teenage assassin s dispatched on a mission across Europe where she is tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) shifts gear with this audacious espionage […]

Liam Trim on the transition from page to screen of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep… Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel The Big Sleep, the first to star PI Philip Marlowe, was ready made for the big screen. It had a zippy, twisting and engrossing plot, propelled at pace by short, sharp chapters that feel like scenes […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the second of a six part feature… read part one here. “After THX 1138 [1971], I wanted to do Flash Gordon and tried to buy the rights to it from King Features, but they wanted a lot of money for it, more than I […]

The Future, 2011. Directed by Miranda July. Starring Miranda July and Hamish Linklater. SYNOPSIS: When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life is changed dramatically. Following her fantastic multi award winning (most notably Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival) debut Me, You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July’s The […]

Psalm 21, 2009. Directed by Fredrik Hiller. Starring Jonas Malmsjö, Niklas Falk, Björn Bengtsson, Görel Crona, Josefin Ljungman and Per Ragnar. SYNOPSIS: Investigating the death of his father, a priest arrives in a desolate village where he inadvertently opens a door to the other side where ghosts from the past begin to cross over into […]

The Warrior’s Path (a.k.a. The Sanctuary), 2009. Directed by Thanapon Maliwan. Starring Michael B., Russell Wong, Intira Jaroenpura, Patharawarin Timkul and Erik Markus Schuetz. SYNOPSIS: When a priceless antique is discovered deep in the dark heart of the Thai jungle a young explorer thinks all his dreams have come true. Little does he know that […]

Hobo with a Shotgun, 2011. Directed by Jason Eisener. Starring Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Brian Downey, Molly Dunsworth and Rob Wells. SYNOPSIS: Hobo (Rutger Hauer) comes into Hope ‘Scum’ Town on a freight train and after being disgusted by the Drake family and their murderous torture games, he decides to enact some vigilante justice with […]

Rabbit Hole, 2010. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest. SYNOPSIS: A married couple struggle to return to their everyday existence after the loss of their child. Nicole Kidman’s performances can simultaneously win her further legions of adoring fans and additional ranks of grumbling haters. She is wonderful to […]

Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… With Green Lantern arriving this coming week Warner Bros. have really ramped up the publicity with eight new clips from the film, in addition to a host of video interviews featuring director Martin Campbell, screenwriter Greg Berlanti, producers Geoff Johns and […]

With talk of Michael Fassbender as a potential future Bond, Liam Trim oversees a battle between the X-Men: First Class star and 007 himself, Daniel Craig… Okay so I know technically Michael Fassbender isn’t a Bond but there was no way I was calling this anything else. If you’ve seen the new X-Men film you’ll […]