The Dead List, (a.k.a. Ultimate Heist, a.k.a. Inside Ring), 2009. Directed by Laurent Tuel. Starring Jean Reno, Gaspard Ulliel, Sami Bouajila and Vahina Giocante. SYNOPSIS: The son of a gangster looks to escape the family business as rival mobsters and federal agents close in on his father’s empire. Jean Reno will forever be known for […]

South Central, 1992. Directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson. Starring Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham and Christian Coleman. SYNOPSIS: In South Central, Los Angeles, Bobby, a gang member is put away in prison for ten years after committing a murder. During his time inside, he learns that his son is doomed to follow the same […]

Red State, 2011. Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Kyle Gallner, Michael Angarano, Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman and Stephen Root. SYNOPSIS: Three boys (Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner and Nicholas Braun) get more than they bargained when they answer a sex ad that leaves them drugged hostages of the Five Points Church, led by charismatic […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood in the second of a five-part feature (read part one here)… “After Hang ’em High [1968], I acted in several pictures without being actively involved in their production,” recalled California filmmaker Clint Eastwood. “Then I found myself making my directorial debut directing second unit on […]

Lionsgate have secured the movie rights to the first-person zombie-fighting video game Dead Island, from its developers Deep Silver. Released earlier this month, Dead Island sees a group of survivors at a beach resort threatened by an undead plague ravaging the outside world. The teaser trailer for the game is the “primary creative inspiration” for […]

Shiver (Spanish: Eskalofrío), 2008. Directed by Isidro Ortiz. Starring Junio Valverde, Mar Soupe and Blanca Suarez. SYNOPSIS: Santi has a serious case of photophobia, to improve his health him and his mother are forced to move to a shadowed village in the Spanish mountains but not all is quite right about their new hometown. In […]

My Voyage to Italy (Italian: Il mio viaggio in Italia), 1999. Directed by Martin Scorsese. SYNOPSIS: Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese embarks on a journey through Italian cinema history. Let’s get something straight, right now. If you’re a film lover, you will quite happily soak in Scorsese’s documentary of Italian cinema for all four hours of […]

With Jurassic Park being re-released in cinemas this week and news of Ghostbusters getting the same treatment next month, Luke Owen explores a possible new trend in Hollywood… October 2010, I was in the car with my housemates on the way to my local over-priced multiplex. But we weren’t on our way to see the […]

51, 2011. Directed by Jason Connery. Starring Bruce Boxleitner, Rachel Miner, Vanessa Branch, Jason London, Andrew Sensenig and Damon Lipari. SYNOPSIS: Following pressure from the American public, the military open the doors to Area 51 to two well-known reporters only for the well-managed tour to turn into a fight for survival when one of the […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It’s been quite an active week from The Dark Knight Rises camp, with several of the film’s cast talking (briefly) about Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman feature; Tom Hardy told The Scotsman that the director “has relative carte […]