Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood – “Soul of Fire”… All of the several major story-lines in this epic season have dwindled down into about only two. The first one being the battle, more like war, between the vampires and the witches. Led by […]

After falling out with just about everyone in Hollywood off the back of star Edward Norton’s re-editing of American History X, director Tony Kaye has found it mighty difficult to follow up his acclaimed feature film debut. However, it looks as if the British filmmaker is finally set for a breakthrough with the announcement today […]

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 “The Force is what gives the Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds […]

Points of Interest, 2011. Directed by Anthony Lopez and Jon Salimes. SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 2010, a group of filmmakers accompanied the bands Juniper Tar and Strand of Oaks on a 10-day tour of the American East Coast. This film is the result of what happened; as best they remember it. How do I […]

8 Million Ways to Die, 1986. Directed by Hal Ashby. Starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks and Andy García. SYNOPSIS: An alcoholic Los Angeles narcotics cop, Matt Scudder, takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsend… “I come very much from a design background,” states Visual Effects Supervisor Christopher Townsend who studied Graphic Design at Coventry University. “I learnt a lot about composition and how to place things in relation to each other so as to make a decent looking image.” The […]

Writer Seth Grahame-Smith and producer David Katzenberg’s company KatzSmith Productions has signed a two-year first-look deal at Warner Bros. One of their first projects is expected to be a sequel to Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s supernatural comedy from 1988, which starred Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. The planned film is intended to […]

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 V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK And so, we reach the first entry from The Empire Strikes Back – the crowning achievement in George Lucas’ […]

Hatchet II, 2010. Written and Directed by Adam Green. Starring Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: Having escaped the deranged killer Victor Crowley, Marybeth returns to the bayou with an army of gunmen to end the butcher’s reign of terror once and for all. I happen to be quite a big fan of […]

Sean Guard calls for quiet in the multiplexes… I’m sure it’s all happened to us. You finally find some spare time to take in a movie. You check your local listings, find someone to go with, arrive at the theater, empty half of your savings account for two tickets, locate the theater playing your film, […]