Following the departure of Matt Reeves, Luke Owen ponders the future of The Twilight Zone movie… Yesterday’s news about Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) leaving The Twilight Zone movie project after more than a year’s worth of work now raises just one question for Warner Bros. –  what’s next for the 5th dimension? Is […]

During an interview Vulture ahead of the theatrical release of his latest film, the sci-fi thriller Looper, writer-director Rian Johnson was asked whether any studios have offered him the chance to tackle a comic book adaptation. “There’s always conversations. It’s flattering to be in that circle of people who are thought about for those things, and […]

Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A professional enforcer investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. Killing Them Softly, the long gestating adaptation of George V. […]

3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, 2012. Directed by Jordan Roberts.Starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd, Ron Perlman and Chris Noth. SYNOPSIS: Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce – usually on film – his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life […]

Looper, 2012. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt and Tracie Thoms. SYNOPSIS: In the future time travel exists, but is illegal, and is used only by criminal organisations to send people back 30 years to be killed by “Loopers”. When one such […]

For the past quarter of a century, there’s been talk every couple of years – usually from star Dan Aykroyd – that the long-rumoured third instalment of the Ghostbusters franchise could finally be one step closer to the screen. However, after countless false starts, it now seems that Ivan Reitman has started to grow weary […]

Trading her Emmy-winning Modern Family for a crime-fighting vigilante, Ariel Winter provides the voice of Batman’s trusted sidekick Robin who appears as a female for the first time in The Dark Knight Returns.  The teenage actress is no stranger to the world of animation as she has also been involved with ParaNorman (2012), Ice Age: […]

Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik.Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Scoot McNairy, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: When a mob gambling game is robbed, an enforcer is sent in to investigate and clean house. I went in to Killing Them Softly with […]

The Raid (a.k.a The Raid: Redemption), 2011. Written and Directed by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim and Ray Sahetapy. SYNOPSIS: Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands a gang-controlled 30 floor high-rise apartment block. A SWAT team must infiltrate this building in […]

The Victim, 2011. Directed by Michael Biehn. Starring Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc, Danielle Harris, Ryan Honey and Denny Kirkwood. SYNOPSIS: When her friend is killed by Sheriff’s Deputies, a young woman finds herself in a life and death situation and flees into the woods, where she stumbles upon a mysterious recluse… 80s icon Michael Biehn […]