With A Good Day to Die Hard currently in cinemas, Tom Jolliffe revisits the original Die Hard… The fifth Die Hard has now exploded into cinemas. It’s been 25 years since the film world was introduced to Officer John McClane. The latest instalment has been pounded with a barrage of criticism and undisputedly called the […]

Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective… Brazil is the film that best represents the pinnacle of Gilliam’s career, and if not it would certainly feature in any such discussion. If I am permitted to express my subjective opinion, then I would land on the side of it being his masterpiece, comparable to both Orson […]

Luke Owen reviews the second episode of Black Mirror… Last week’s episode was an incredibly sombre and slow paced show that was centred around one performance. This week’s episode, White Bear, however was a completely different kettle of fish – which is what makes Black Mirror such an interesting show. White Bear was a visceral, […]

As well as launching Phase Two of its Cinematic Universe with the release of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, Marvel is also hoping to branch out into live-action television this year with S.H.I.E.L.D., the pilot episode of which has been co-written and directed by The Avengers mastermind Joss Whedon. Having wrapped filming […]

Lore, 2012. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Saskia Rosendahl, Nick Holaschke, Nele Trebs, Mika Seidel, André Frid, Urdina Lardi and Hans-Jochen Wagner. SYNOPSIS: Following the fall of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945 and the imprisonment of her senior SS parents, 14 year old Lore leads her young siblings from their home northwards […]

R.I.P Richard Briers The actor Richard Briers, best known for his role as Tom Good on the hit 70s BBC comedy The Good Life, has passed away at the age of 79. According to his agent the star died “peacefully” at his home in London on Sunday. In a fairly recent interview, Briers said that […]

Scott Davis reviews the second episode of Community season four… “Hallo-tine” (Halloween on Valentine’s Day) time on Community this week, as Season 4 does its season staple Halloween episode, hoping for the success of the previous episodes, all of which were undoubted highlights in each of the previous season. Sadly, the cracks are beginning to […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award winner Colleen Atwood about her Oscar nominated costume design work on Snow White and the Huntsman… Contending for an Oscar is nothing new for Colleen Atwood (The Silence of the Lambs) who has won three Academy Awards and received her 10th nomination for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel, Batman, Lobo, Arrow, Kick-Ass 2, Spawn, Super Clyde, Green Lantern: The Animated […]

I Give It a Year, 2013. Written and Directed by Dan Mazer.Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Farris, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Stephen Merchant and Olivia Coleman. SYNOPSIS: Dan Mazer’s Brit rom-com examines the various trials and tribulations of newlyweds Nat and Josh in their first year of marriage. You wouldn’t expect the producer behind […]