My Neighbour Totoro (Japanese: Tonari no Totoro), 1988. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.Featuring the voice talents of Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Lea Salonga, Frank Welker, Pat Carroll and Paul Butcher. SYNOPSIS: Two young girls move to the countryside with their father where they discover friendly spirits living in the forest surrounding their house. Type […]

The Castle of Cagliostro (Japanese: Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro), 1979. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of David Hayter, Bridget Hoffman, John Snyder and Kirk Thornton. SYNOPSIS: Charismatic super-thief Lupin III and his gang try to free a beautiful princess from an evil Count, whilst simultaneously searching for the hidden treasure of […]

City State (Iceland: Borgríki), 2011. Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.Starring Philip Jackson, Jonathan Pryce, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson and Sigurður Sigurjónsson. SYNOPSIS: Set in modern day Iceland, an immigrant vows revenge after losing his unborn child in an attack by a crime syndicate, thereby binding his fate with a troubled policewoman, her […]

Silver Linings Playbook, 2012. Written and Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: After being discharged from a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his family and attempts to get back together with his ex-wife. His problems seemingly escalate […]

With the release of The Dark Knight Rises bringing the curtain down on Christopher Nolan ‘Dark Knight Trilogy’ earlier this year, Warner Bros. is now faced with the unenviable task of finding a new director to pick up the mantle of the Bat and launch the next chapter of The Dark Knight’s illustrious screen career. Naturally […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Neal Gabler, for The LA Times, writes about how the Star Wars and Marvel deals from Disney says much more about the industry… “It used to be that the movie created the brand, which is exactly how George Lucas built his empire. Now the brand creates the movie. […]

Helen Murdoch presents her five essential war films… With our poppies pinned firmly to our coats, it’s the time of year where we remember the lives lost through war. War has always gripped cinema goers, whether through battle scenes or emotional tales of adversity and so on. It is a diverse genre that has created […]

With Disney and Lucasfilm having secured a writer for the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII in Academy Award-winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3), the big question now is, just who will direct the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga? From the moment that Disney made the shock announcement that a new […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, The Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, Deadpool, Kick-Ass 2, Man of Steel, Heaven Sent, The Dark Knight Rises, Beware the Batman, Arrow […]

Mark Millar is certainly a busy man at the moment, with several Millarworld properties in various stages of development – including the currently-in-production Kick-Ass 2 and the forthcoming adaptation of The Secret Service from director Matthew Vaughn – while he’s also getting to grips with his new role as creative consultant on 20th Century Fox’s […]