Miss Bala, 2011. Directed by Gerardo Naranjo. Starring Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads, Jose Yenque and James Russo. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring beauty queen is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel and quickly finds herself sucked into the vicious world of South American drug trafficking. Films about the South American drug […]

Demons Never Die, 2011. Directed by Arjun Rose. Starring Robert Sheehan, Ashley Walters and Tulisa Contostavlos. SYNOPSIS: A group of troubled teens make a suicide pact after a classmate takes her own life. But all is not what it seems. The best way to describe Demons Never Die is to call it an ‘urban horror’. […]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 2012. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth, Fergus Riordan and Christopher Lambert. SYNOPSIS: Former motorcycle stuntman-turned-Satan’s bounty hunter Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is approached by a religious sect and tasked with protecting a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Jane Mulkerrins interviewed Dustin Hoffman for The Telegraph, regarding his new television series, Luck… “This transfer of some of film’s greatest talents to the small screen – Martin Scorsese directing HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; the likes of Al Pacino, Julianne Moore, and now Hoffman taking on TV roles – […]

The Muppets, 2011. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel and Tyler Bunch. SYNOPSIS: The Muppets reunite to save the old Muppet Theater from an evil oil tycoon. For sheer […]

Xtro, 1983. Directed by Harry Bromley Davenport. Starring Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, Maryam d’Abo and Simon Nash. SYNOPSIS: A father is abducted by aliens and returns to Earth three years later to try and reconnect with his family. The release and subsequent success of Alien (1979) seemingly opened the door to mind-altering tales […]

A Dangerous Method, 2011. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel. SYNOPSIS: In the early twentieth century, Dr Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) attempts to cure an unbalanced young woman (Keira Knightley) using the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), only for both men to […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Despite being less than two months into the year, 2012’s superhero slate got underway yesterday with the arrival of the Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor-directed sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris […]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 2012. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth, Fergus Riordan and Christopher Lambert. SYNOPSIS: Hiding out in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is forced to take on the mantle of Ghost Rider once more to protect a young […]

Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries) is set to play the lead role in Zorro Reborn, a sci-fi reimagining of the Zorro mythology that will take place in an apocalyptic wasteland. This futuristic take on the story of the Spanish swordsman will portray him as a masked vigilante fueled by vengeance. […]