Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The big story this past week is the complete non-story about the running time for Christopher Nolan’s rough cut of The Dark Knight Rises clocking in at four-hours, which stemmed from a blatantly obvious throwaway joke over at MTV that was […]

21 Jump Street, 2012. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Ellie Kemper, Rob Riggle and Ice Cube. SYNOPSIS: Two cops go undercover in a high-school to crack a synthetic drug ring. The churning out of yet another unwanted and needless remake of an 80s TV show […]

The Rum Diary, 2011. Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli and Richard Jenkins. SYNOPSIS: It’s the late 1950s and American novelist and journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) – a.k.a Hunter S. Thompson – takes on a freelance job at a Puerto Rican local newspaper. […]

Simon Moore reviews the first episode of the Napoleon Dynamite animated series… You saw the film. You raised a quizzical brow at his moonboots. You scrolled past the endless dance scene rip-offs on YouTube. Now Napoleon Dynamite has his own animated TV sitcom. Replacing the spiteful and unfunny Allen Gregory in Channel 4’s late Tuesday […]

Raid on Entebbe, 1977. Directed by Irvin Kershner. Starring Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Warden, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Loggia and James Woods. SYNOPSIS: When a hijacked plane is diverted to Uganda’s Entebbe Airport with over a hundred Israeli passengers on board, the Israeli government authorises a top-secret […]

Trevor Hogg reviews Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen by Gary Collinson… Originally, a three-part feature posted by his own film review site Flickering Myth, Gary Collinson has expanded his exploration of the various small and big screen appearances of The Dark Knight into a book. The 256-page publication is divided […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Forrest Gump, 1994. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field and Haley Joel Osment. Forrest Gump is the multi Oscar-winning epic comedy-drama romance based on Winston Groom’s novel of the same […]

High School Musical 3: Senior Year, 2008. Directed by Kenny Ortega. Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Olesya Rulin. SYNOPSIS: The Wildcats of East High School are now seniors and with graduation fast approaching they have to make some serious decisions about their future. High School Musical 3: Senior […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Once Upon a Time in the West (Italian: C’era una volta il West), 1968. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale. Sergio Leone’s epic Spaghetti Western is widely regarded as a masterpiece. […]

Wish You Were Here, 2012. Written and Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Starring Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, Antony Starr and Teresa Palmer. SYNOPSIS: Two sisters Steph (Teresa Palmer) and Alice (Felicity Price) and their partners Jeremy (Antony Starr) and Dave (Joel Edgerton) lose themselves in the fun of a carefree South East Asian holiday to Cambodia. […]