Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Euan Ferguson writes in The Observer about the recent TV and, crucially, the outstanding This Is England ’88: “Tellingly, I thought, the hugs said it all. When members of the old bunch hugged, even after estrangement, it was real. When Woody and new girl Jen tried to group-hug […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Anticipation for The Dark Knight Rises went into overdrive this past week with the build up to the release of the six-minute IMAX prologue and new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Batman swansong, both of which generated huge amounts of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… In Bruges, 2008. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes and Clémence Poésy. In Bruges is a black comedy crime film written and directed by award winning playwright Martin McDonagh. The films follows Ray (Farrell) […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The French Connection, 1971. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco and Marcel Bozzuffi. The French Connection is a crime film adapted and fictionalized from Robin Moore’s non-fiction book of the same […]

We’ve known for the past couple of years that Harrison Ford will be dusting off the fedora once again as director Steven Spielberg and executive producer George Lucas attempt to atone for 2008’s underwhelming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with a fifth outing for everyone’s favourite archaeologist. Although development appears to […]

Public Enemies, 2009. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Cudrup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang, Stephen Graham, Carey Mulligan, Giovanni Ribisi and Channing Tatum. SYNOPSIS: Infamous American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd are targeted in a “war on crime” campaign by the fledgling FBI during […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Tilda Swinton and Elias Koteas. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a fantasy-drama loosely based […]

Another Earth, 2011. Directed by Mike Cahill. Starring Brit Marling and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: One night people start to spot what to all intents and purposes it looks to be a carbon copy of Earth. Aspiring Physicist Rhoda Williams (played by co-writer Brit Marling) hears this on the radio whilst driving home drunk from a […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Quadrophenia, 1979. Directed by Franc Roddam. Starring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Leslie Ash and Sting. Quadrophenia is a classic British film about youth revolt and loosely based upon the 1973 rock opera of the same name by […]

Gary Collinson chats with José Padilha, director of Elite Squad, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the upcoming RoboCop remake… Earlier this month I had the opportunity to speak to José Padilha, the acclaimed director of Bus 174 and Elite Squad, about his latest film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, which comes to DVD and […]