Rear Window, 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. SYNOPSIS: Confined to his apartment after suffering a broken leg, a voyeuristic magazine photographer comes to suspect that his neighbour may have murdered his wife. The first of four consecutive collaborations between Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael […]

Jake Wardle presents his top ten movie monarchs… As some of you might possibly have gathered, this weekend sees the mandatory celebration of all things Royal, as her Maj Queen Elizabeth II makes it 60 years of waving and feigning interest in the activities of provincial townspeople. What better way, then, to celebrate this milestone […]

Passport to Pimlico, 1949. Directed by Henry Cornelius. Starring Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis, John Slater, Jane Hylton, Naunton Wayne and Hermione Baddeley. SYNOPSIS: When an unexploded WWII bomb detonates in Pimlico, an ancient document is unearthed which states that the area is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign […]

Luke Owen on last night’s final episode of The Apprentice 2012… If I may, let me take you back to week one of this process when I typed, “if this contest was based on great quotes, the show would already be over with Ricky’s ‘I am the reflection of perfection’.” Well this wasn’t a show […]

Juan of the Dead (Spanish: Juan de los Muertos), 2011. Written and Directed by Alejandro Brugués. Starring Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina and Andrea Duro. SYNOPSIS: Cuba is under attack by a zombie invasion, so Juan sets up a business killing your loved one. The best zombie films aren’t actually about zombies. In fact, […]

Luke Graham reviews Daddy’s Girl, Episode 2 of E4’s latest American sitcom. Read Luke’s review of the pilot here. The latest episode of Don’t Trust got off to a slow start, but overall it improved and built up from the first episode. At the start of the episode, June (Dreama Walker) is moving on after […]

You Only Live Once, 1937. Directed by Fritz Lang. Written by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. Starring Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda and Barton MacLane. SYNOPSIS: A recently released criminal is determined to go straight and marry the woman he loves. Circumstance says otherwise. StudioCanal are releasing Fritz Lang’s second American film on DVD June […]

Prometheus, 2012. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: During their search for clues to the origins of mankind, a team of explorers discover a threat that could lead to humanity’s extinction. 2012 appears to the year of ‘hyped’ […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Russ Fischer on Film on the new trailer for The Bourne Legacy: “So this trailer does a lot more to set up the links between the film’s new story and the plotlines of the other three Bourne films without really giving too much away. It’s a nicely-cut trailer […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It’s been another busy week for Batman fans as The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign continues to pick up the pace ahead of the film’s arrival next month. Earlier in the week, two new TV spots were released, along with a […]