The Panic in Needle Park, 1971. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg. Starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright and Raul Julia. SYNOPSIS: A stark portrayal of life among a group of drug addicts in New York City. The Panic In Needle Park is an eminently watchable film on a depressing and dark subject. The […]

Julia’s Eyes, 2010. Directed by Guillem Morales. Starring Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar and Pablo Derqui. SYNOPSIS: The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister. I have a small fear: I’m scared of losing my eyesight. Call it a shallow fear if […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE EXT. TATOONE – LARS HOMESTEAD The giant twin suns of Tatooine slowly disappear behind a distant dune range. Luke stands […]

Fright Night 3D, 2011. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Imogen Poots and Dave Franco. SYNOPSIS: A high-school student discovers that his next door neighbour is a vampire. Straight away I want to say this is one of the year’s worst films. And hereby follows a […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES I think the majority of people would agree that the prequel trilogy didn’t exactly get off to the best […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It was thought that the conclusion of the Cleveland leg of The Dark Knight Rises shoot would put an end to the incessant wave of spoilers coming out of Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman feature, but this past […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE VI – RETURN OF THE JEDI Now I must admit, I’m not the greatest fan of Return of the Jedi, but while much of Episode […]

The Last American Hero, 1973. Directed by Lamont Johnson. Starring Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey and Geraldine Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Elroy ‘Junior’ Jackson helps his bootlegger father transport moonshine. After accidentally getting his father arrested, Junior looks at raising money through demolition derby and NASCAR racing to raise the cash needed to free […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the introduction to this series here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE The 20th Century Fox fanfare fades and a hush overcomes the cinema as a title card fills the […]

The Guard, 2011. Directed by John Michael McDonagh.Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan and Mark Strong. SYNOPSIS: A small town Irish cop with a confrontational personality teams up with an FBI agent to investigate an international cocaine-smuggling ring. The Guard is an small, off-beat film that works well as a […]