Sean Guard analyses the hit US TV drama Dexter… A woman is walking out of her usual coffee spot while taking a small sip of a vanilla latte that she has just purchased. She climbs into her car and drives not very far to her empty apartment. She notices a couple holding hands walking along […]

The Door, 2009. Directed by Anno Saul . Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Jessica Schwarz, Valeria Eisenbart and Heike Makatsch.  SYNOPSIS: Plagued with guilt over the death of his daughter, an artist discovers a door that allows him to travel back in time to the day of her death and alter history. We all make mistakes. We all […]

Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… We start things off this week with the news that character actor Michael Shannon (The Runaways, Jonah Hex, Boardwalk Empire) has signed on to Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel as bearded baddie General Zod, a role made famous […]

Blades of Blood, 2010. Directed by Lee Joon-Ik. Starring Jeong-min Hwang, Seong-hyeon Baek, Seung-won Cha, Ji-hye Han and Kim Chang-Wan. SYNOPSIS: In Sixteenth Century Korea, an illegitimate son seeks vengeance for the murder of his father with the help of a blind swordsman. Meanwhile, the country’s leadership is falling apart while an invasion from the […]

Source Code, 2011. Directed by Duncan Jones . Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright and Russell Peters.  SYNOPSIS: A soldier finds himself living and reliving a harrowing train bombing as part of an experimental government program to find out who is responsible for the attack. Source Code is being compared to almost every […]

Sean Guard on the third season of the popular American reality series Jersey Shore… Oh, what can we “shoreheads” say about the third and latest season that was the Jersey Shore? A lot I’m sure but I only have so much typing room before people begin to get tired of my rambling. Last season which […]

Trevor Hogg chats with The Tree of Life visual effects supervisor Dan Glass… As part of Method Studios’ plan to expand its involvement in making visual effects for movies, Dan Glass was hired to be its Senior Creative Director; the decision paid immediate dividends for the Los Angeles-based VFX facility as Glass was presented with […]

Inside Job, 2010. Directed by Charles Ferguson. Narrated by Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exposing the shocking truth behind the global economic crisis of 2008. Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job, the documentary that is now on everybody’s lips courtesy of an Oscar win, has captured the attention of almost everyone that always had that inkling that […]

Liam Trim enjoys a double-bill of Salt on Blu-ray and The American on DVD… The world lacks a female super spy. Angelina Jolie has perhaps come closer than most to filling the void with her all action portrayal of sexy video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, but this was ultimately more Indiana Jones than James […]

With a fourth installment about to hit cinemas, Luke Owen dissects Wes Craven’s ‘Scream’ trilogy… This coming Friday sees the release of the newest instalment of the Scream franchise, a good 15 years since the first one. Which means, as residents of Great Britain, we only have 4 more days to refer to Scream as […]