Savages, 2012. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta and Demian Bichir. SYNOPSIS: Two pot growers face off against a Mexican drug cartel who have kidnapped their shared girlfriend. Oliver Stone claims that, when writing Scarface, he was addicted to cocaine and used the […]

Doing the promotional rounds for the home-entertainment release of Joss Whedon’s blockbuster superhero ensemble The Avengers (which hit UK shelves today), Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito has taken a few moments to discuss several forthcoming projects in an interview with the German website FilmJunkies (via ComicBookMovie), including Edgar Wright’s long-in-development Ant-Man, the Shane Black-directed sequel […]

The Cabin in the Woods, 2012. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. SYNOPSIS: A group of five teens head to a secluded cabin for a weekend getaway and inadvertently revive a “zombie redneck torture family.” But more than fate is conspiring […]

Racing Dreams, 2009. Written and Directed by Marshall Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the World Karting National Series, Marshall Curry’s documentary is a coming-of-age story following three kids and their dreams of racing success. Kids don’t get much of a good press these days. With rioting, gangs and failing standards at schools and colleges, it is […]

Anghus Houvouras comes to the defense of the new look RoboCop… The Internet is a funny place. Because people claim it’s a place where people can go online and talk about things they like. In reality, it’s a place where people converge to scream bloody murder like neglected children over the most useless of topics. […]

Liam Trim reviews episodes 2 and 3 of the new series of Doctor Who… Warning: Spoilers! Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Sadly I don’t have the luxury of time travel and I can’t hop back seven days to ensure my thoughts on Dinosaurs on a Spaceship make it online on time. I can summarise my thoughts […]

During an interview with Access Hollywood Live, former Dick Grayson Chris O’Donnell has revealed that Warner Bros. intended to develop a spin-off that would have seen him reprising his role as Robin from Batman Forever and Batman & Robin: “They were going to do [a Robin movie] back in the day and then [Batman & […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… John Patterson interviews Elizabeth Olsen for The Guardian, with an attention-grabbing headline of “I never got a job because of my sisters!”. The quote comes from one frank discussion about the issue: “[At the age of 10] My parents made me write down a pros and cons list. […]

Emperor, 2012. Directed by Peter Webber. Starring Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda and Kaori Momoi. SYNOPSIS: After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the American occupying forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur must decide whether to execute Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. The American military occupational force under the command of General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) […]