Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… On Friday 27th January, John Dugdale commented on the movie industry’s heavy reliance on literature; writing for The Guardian, he mentions the Best Picture nominees not based on books, noting: “Diehard believers in cinema’s creative autonomy will no doubt point in the Oscars list not only to The […]

The Long Riders, 1980. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring James Keach, Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, James Remar and Savannah Smith Boucher. SYNOPSIS: The story of the legendary bank raids of the James-Younger Gang. Last year saw the end of Bin Laden and Gaddafi, […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… After giving us a sneak peek at The Dark Knight Rises back in November, Britain’s Empire Magazine has now turned their attention to The Avengers, delivering plenty of Marvel goodness within the pages of their latest issue. Along with individual […]

Cash (a.k.a. Ca$h), 2008. Directed by Éric Besnard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Jean Reno and Valeria Golino. SYNOPSIS: A master thief attempts to pull off the biggest robbery in history. The current awards season (2011/12) has been most kind for Jean Durjardin, following his star making performance in The Artist. It’s a wonderful film and a […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Bad Boys, 1995. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Joe Pantoliano and Theresa Randle. Bad Boys is the directorial debut of Michael Bay and since the majority of his films have the same shots […]

Final Destination 5, 2011. Directed by Steven Quale. Starring Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechnerand Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: A group of co-workers face a race against time to escape Death’s sinister agenda after they survive a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. For the last 11 years we’ve watched people get sliced, decapitated, […]

Steven Spielberg (War Horse, Schindler’s List) is close to signing on to direct a Braveheart-esque version of the story of Moses for Warner Bros. The film, which has a working title of Gods and Kings, will include him forming an army, freeing the Hebrew slaves, wandering in the wilderness, receiving the Ten Commandments and parting […]

Megan is Missing, 2011. Directed by Michael Goi. Starring Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn and Dean White. SYNOPSIS: Megan is an outgoing, confident 14-year-old whilst her best friend, Amy, 13, is not so self-assured. Megan meets a boy online, Josh, and agrees to meet him. Next thing Amy knows, Megan is gone. In pursuit of finding […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Hurt Locker, 2009. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce. The Hurt Locker is the gritty tale of a three-man bomb disposal team […]

Carnage, 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. SYNOPSIS: Two sets of parents meet to discuss the matter of one child assaulting another. Things steadily go from bad to worse. Everything about Carnage is quite simple, both the plusses and minuses. I know it’s early in […]