Talk was rife last week after Quentin Tarantino once again expressed his desire to explore the Spaghetti Western and juxtapose the traditional Western elements to a slavery-era American South. Tarantino has been kicking the idea around for a few years and once again he was spilling the beans after the Oscars. He has stated that […]

Paul, 2011. Directed by Gregg Mottola. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Blythe Danner and Gregg Turkington. SYNOPSIS: Two British comic book geeks meet up with an extraterrestrial who has escaped from Area 51. Where is the optimum position to sit in the cinema? […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary American filmmaker Martin Scorsese in the first of a five part feature… “Marty never gave me much trouble,” stated Charlie Scorsese of his famous filmmaking son. “Marty and his friends used to drink my liquor and fill empty bottles with water and Kayro syrup, but they were good […]

Cuckoo, 2009. Directed by Richard Bracewell. Starring Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath, Adam F. and Tamsin Greig. SYNOPSIS: Trapped in a dead-end job and with her relationship falling apart, a young woman finds herself questioning her grip on reality and turns to her boss for support, but he has a dark secret of […]

Movie star Will Smith hasn’t starred in a film since his 2008 offerings Hancock and Seven Pounds but he seems set to make a comeback. Currently filming Men in Black III, he is now attached to the forthcoming project Joe. The film is an updated version of the biblical story of Job, written by screenwriting […]

Silver screen siren Jane Russell passed away yesterday from a respiratory-related illness at her home in Santa Maria, California, aged 89. Born in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1921, Russell began her career as modelling before studying drama and acting with Max Reinhardt’s Theatrical Worksho. She was quickly signed to a seven year contract by Howard Hughes. […]

Falling into the “what might have been?” category, The LA Times has revealed that Tom Hooper was offered the chance to follow up his Academy Award-winning drama The King’s Speech by stepping into Jon Favreau’s shoes for Iron Man 3. Hooper ultimately declined the offer, paving the way for Robert Downey Jr. to reunite with […]

Terror Trap, 2010. Directed by Dan Garcia. Starring David James Elliot, Heather Marie Marsden, Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen and Andrew Sensenig. SYNOPSIS: Don (David James Elliot) and Nancy (Heather Marie Marsden), a couple with an unhappy relationship, are run off the road on a rural back road. The surly Sheriff Cleveland (Jeff Fahey) drives the […]

Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich (German: Mein Kampf), 2009. Directed by Urs Odermatt. Starring Tom Schilling, Götz George, Wolf Bachofner, Henning Peker, Simon Schwarz, Elisabeth Orth and Anna Unterberger. SYNOPSIS: Rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the young and strikingly untalented Adolf Hitler (Tom Schilling) embarks on a journey that will […]

The 83rd Academy Awards takes place today and as Hollywood gears up for its big night there are those who would argue that the whole awards season is little more than an excuse for industry back-slapping and mutual appreciation. However one ceremony that could never be accused of that is the Razzies – which of […]