The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark […]

Paul Risker chats with Judy Ironside, Director of the 16th UK Jewish Film Festival… The embracing of past and present was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the 16th edition of the UK Jewish Film Festival. Opening with the directorial feature debut of Sophie Lellouche, Paris-Manhattan, the UKJFF welcomed violinist and Artistic Director of The […]

Luke Owen reviews the third episode of Peep Show series eight… The last two weeks have been particularly hard to sit through as a Peep Show fan. It’s quite hard to be a massive fan of something only to watch it produce mediocre to poor efforts that make you want to put on a DVD […]

Last week the James Bond movie franchise celebrated its 50th anniversary in style when Skyfall surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time on home soil, and having returned to the top of both the UK and US box office charts at the expense of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Moviescope writes, on December 6th, about the purchase of Picturehouse by Cineworld: Arts Alliance has been the majority shareholder of Picturehouse – which trades as City Screen Group – since 2002. Cineworld are now in possession of a total of 21 Picturehouse sites across the country, as well […]

Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, Justice League, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fantastic Four, The […]

Here in the UK, we’ve still got a couple of months to wait until the arrival of Disney’s video game-inspired CG-animated offering Wreck-It Ralph (and sadly, we’re embargoed from telling you how good it is). However, the film has already proved a big hit with audiences and critics alike across the pond (not to mention […]

Kevin Smith had been promising to bring the curtain down on his directorial career with his next offering, the two-part feature Hit Somebody, but after announcing earlier this week that he’s decided to restructure the hockey comedy-drama as a six-hour TV miniseries, Smith has now revealed that his feature film swansong will see Dante Hicks […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the midseason finale of The Walking Dead season 3… Perhaps due to the massive build up, there was no way The Walking Dead’s midseason finale could really knock your socks off. Furthermore, with it being mid-way through the season’s arc, there couldn’t have been too many threads opening out without the drama […]

During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, actor Thomas Jane delivered a treat for fans of Marvel’s vigilante anti-hero The Punisher by reprising the role of Frank Castle for a gloriously violent short film entitled Dirty Laundry [which you can watch here]. The unofficial short saw Jane returning to the role he portrayed on the big screen […]