Red Tails, 2012. Directed by Anthony Hemingway. Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Ne-Yo, Method Man, Nate Parker, Elijah Kelley, Tristan Wilds, Theo James, David Oyelowo, Michael B. Jordon, Josh Dallas, Daniela Ruah and Bryan Cranston. SYNOPSIS: The true story of the heroic exploits of the Tuskegee airmen during World War II. As much as […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Xan Brooks writes for The Guardian on 19th January about the audience members who demanded a refund (!!!) after realising that The Artist was a silent film: “Stories like this are reliable broadsheet catnip, because they make us feel so superior to those cultural illiterates who don’t read […]

Haywire, 2011. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton, Antonio Banderas, Michael Angarano and Michael Douglas. SYNOPSIS: After being double-crossed on her last mission, a female black ops soldier seeks revenge. Steven Soderbergh is many things. He is one of the most pioneering directors of digital filmmaking […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… As the comedian W.C. Fields once said, “Never work with children or animals,” and The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan will have found some truth in that this past week as young actress Joey King revealed what probably […]

Abduction, 2011. Directed by John Singleton. Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A youth discovers that the people who raised him aren’t his real parents, a revalation that leaves him running for his life. Abduction is the one of the worst movies I’ve ever […]

D.J. Haza presents the fiftieth entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Black Hawk Down, 2001. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, Gabriel Casseus, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gruffudd, Jason Isaacs, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy and Matthew Marsden. Black […]

M, Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, 1931. Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre and Otto Wernicke. SYNOPSIS: In early 1930s Berlin a child killer is on the loose. The police and the local gangsters both independently vow to track him down. Despite being quite a prolific director, Fritz Lang is a name associated primarily […]

J. Edgar, 2011. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: The story of J. Edgar Hoover, who was the founder and head of the FBI for almost fifty years. The man with everyone else’s secrets must make sure his own aren’t revealed, otherwise everything he has worked […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… 127 Hours, 2010. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco. Danny Boyle followed up his multi Oscar winning box office smash Slumdog Millionaire with a film that continued his indie roots. I’m sure many offers came flooding in for […]