The Woman in Black, 2012. Directed by James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White. SYNOPSIS: A young widower and lawyer Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) travels to a remote village to work out a client’s estate and discovers a populous transformed by the belief that a vengeful ghost of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… A Beautiful Mind, 2001. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer and Josh Lucas. A Beautiful Mind is the stunning story of John Nash (Crowe), a Nobel Laureate in Economics, who […]

Oli Davis reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones season two… I was never a fantasy guy before last summer. Sci-Fi was more my thing – The Matrix over The Lord of the Rings; 40K over Warhammer. How could a sword ever be cooler than a lightsaber? Space ships instead of sea ships, technology […]

Murder by Decree, 1979. Directed by Bob Clark. Starring Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Donald Sutherland, John Gielgud, Anthony Quayle, Geneviève Bujold and Frank Finlay. SYNOPSIS: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves on the trail of Jack the Ripper as they investigate the notorious Whitechapel murders. Sherlock Holmes has offered a […]

The Adam Sandler comedy Jack and Jill enjoyed a clean sweep at last night’s 32nd annual Golden Raspberry Awards – better known as the Razzies – picking up a record-breaking ten gongs and winning in every single category as Hollywood ‘celebrated’ the very worst in cinematic achievement from 2011. Only one other film managed to […]

House of the Rising Sun, 2011. Directed by Brian A Miller. Starring Dave ‘Batista’ Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell, Craig Fairbrass and Danny Trejo. SYNOPSIS: Ray, now a bouncer but once a dirty cop, finds himself ensnared in the politics of a local crime syndicate. He must find who was behind the robbery of one […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… There’s Something About Mary, 1998. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott and Lee Evans. There’s Something About Mary is an absolutely hilarious tale of Ted’s (Stiller) attempts to win […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Charles Gant, on Thursday 29th March, writes for The Guardian: “MGM, disclosed to its investors that box-office for Fincher’s [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo] film was “below our expectations and we booked a modest loss”. The result follows a damp squib return for Let Me In, the […]

After bringing the Autobots and Decepticons to the screen with his big-budget Transformers trilogy, Michael Bay seems determined to replicate this success with further live-action adaptations of classic children’s properties. As we know, Bay is currently working on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot alongside a fourth Transformers movie, and now comes word that his […]

The Hunger Games, 2012. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland and Woody Harrelson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl must compete in The Hunger Games – a televised event where ‘Tributes’ must fight to the death. This is a film review, not a book […]