Jayne Mansfield’s Car, 2012. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Starring Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, Shawnee Smith, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, John Hurt , Billy Bob Thornton, Katherine LaNasa, Tippi Hedren and Frances O’Connor.  SYNOPSIS:During the 1960s three generations of fathers and sons come to terms with family resentments and secrets in the American South. A dysfunctional Southern American family features a cranky and emotionally unavailable patriarch (Robert […]

Storm Surfers 3D, 2012. Directed by Justin McMillan and Christopher Nelius. Starring Tom Carroll, Ross Clark-Jones and Ben Matson. SYNOPSIS: Australian surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones go on the hunt for the biggest waves. A key line in the documentary is when 45 year old surfer Russ Clarke-Jones declares that his colleague Tom Carroll, who is on the cusp of turning […]

Promoting his new film Looper at the Toronto International Film Festival this week [read our TIFF review here], The Dark Knight Rises star Joseph Gordon-Levitt was asked whether he’d be keen to don the cape and cowl as Batman for Warner Bros.’ proposed superhero team-up Justice League, which has apparently been earmarked by the studio […]

Passion, 2012. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace , Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth, Leila Rozario, Rainer Bock, Ian T. Dickinson and Frank Witter. SYNOPSIS: When she is betrayed by her boss and mentor a young businesswoman seeks revenge. When a marketing executive (Rachel McAdams) claims a campaign idea which originated from […]

Capital (French: Le Capital), 2012.Directed by Costa-Gavras.Starring Gabriel Byrne, Gad Elmaleh, Liya Kebede, Céline Sallette, Jordana DePaula, Hippolyte Girardot, Natacha Régnier, Bernard Le Coq and Paul Barrett. SYNOPSIS: The head a European investment bank attempts to stay in power while an American hedge fund attempts to buyout the company. When the CEO of a European […]

The Master, 2012. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Rami Malek and Kevin J. O’Connor. SYNOPSIS:A wayward U.S. Naval veteran becomes the protégé of man who leads his own religious following. U.S. Naval veteran Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is set adrift in […]

Lines of Wellington, 2012. Directed by Valeria Sarmiento. Starring Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich, Carloto Cotta, Marcello Urgeghe, Victória Guerra, Jemima West, José Afonso Pimentel and Miguel Borges. SYNOPSIS:Napoleon Bonaparte invades Portugal in 1810 where he encounters resistance from the Anglo-Portuguese army led by General Wellington. After defeating the French troops in […]

Our weekly round up of the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Dark Knight Rises Director’s Cut, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Thor: The Dark World, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, The […]

Lawless, 2012. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce. SYNOPSIS: In Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits. Lawless is a film which tries very hard to be […]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Dylan McDermott, Mae Whitman, Ezra Miller, Melanie Lynskey and Kate Walsh. SYNOPSIS: A freshman haunted by the suicide of his best friend begins to look at life differently with the help of two high school […]