Small Fry, 2011. Written and Directed by Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Angus MacLane, Teddy Newton, Jane Lynch and Timothy Dalton. If you weren’t already looking forward to The Muppets, I’m going to give you yet another incentive to get along […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Almost Famous, 2000. Directed by Steve Carr. Starring Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don ‘D.C.’ Curry and Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister. If you watched Friday on last week’s recommendation then you are in for a treat this […]

The Beaver, 2011. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job and his family a man develops an alternate personality, which takes the form of a beaver hand puppet. Mel Gibson talking to a beaver puppet? Surely this had to be a bizarre documentary […]

José Padilha talks to Flickering Myth about his upcoming RoboCop remake… Earlier today I was fortunate enough to interview José Padilha ahead of the UK home entertainment release of Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the Brazilian filmmaker answered a few questions about his next project, the upcoming remake of Paul Verhoeven’s cult 1987 classic, […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Almost Famous, 2000. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Starring Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson and Philip Seymour-Hoffman. Almost Famous is the story of 15 year old aspiring writer William (Fugit) who after several articles for […]

Anghus Hourvouras wonders whether the world’s greatest filmmaker has endorsed himself into a corner… There was a time when Steven Spielberg’s name on a film meant something. It was an event. A reason to go to the movies. There are few filmmakers that have been able to generate excitement in film fans both young and […]

Heat, 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo and Jeremy Piven. SYNOPSIS: A professional thief is hunted by an unrelenting detective in the streets of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… He Got Game, 1998. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Jim Brown and John Turturro. He Got Game is a sports film with a difference! The story follows Jesus Shuttlesworth (Allen), the […]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, 2011. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Julia Jones, Billy Burke, Maggie Grace and Michael Sheen. SYNOPSIS: The newly-wed Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen find themselves contending with a […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November 2011… There was little surprise at the UK box office this past weekend as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 pulled in another £4.6m in receipts, with the fourth entry in the hugely popular vampire romance […]