True Grit, 1969. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeff Corey and Dennis Hopper. SYNOPSIS: After her father is murdered a young girl hires an aging U.S. Marshal to track the killer through hostile Indian territory. True Grit has just been through a contemporary revival at the capable […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Last week’s column came off the back of a dry patch in terms of decent superhero gossip (hey, when the biggest news story is the filming of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, you know times are tough) but things have […]

The Fighter, 2010. Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. SYNOPSIS: An inspirational drama exploring the remarkable rise of Massachusetts-born junior welterweight boxing champion “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). It seems like every single week through 2011 a new Oscar nominated and much hyped film hits our […]

French Film, 2008. Directed by Jackie Oudney. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Anne-Marie Duff, Douglas Henshall, Victoria Hamilton and Eric Cantona. SYNOPSIS: As a journalist starts growing apart from his girlfriend after refusing to marry him, his best friend has found the perfect girlfriend. I don’t see why the English and French still have an air of […]

Brighton Rock, 2011. Written and Directed by Rowan Joffe. Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: Pinkie (Sam Riley) is a young gangster in 60s Brighton who must seduce the naïve Rose (Andrea Riseborough) after she is a potential witness to to a murder Pinkie’s gang committed. The first […]

Following his Academy Award nomination for Best Director on The King’s Speech, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Tom Hooper in the second of a two part feature… read part one here. Expecting to do a film about Katharine Graham, the legendary publisher of The Washington Post, British director Tom Hooper found his […]

Black Dynamite, 2009. Directed by Scott Sanders. Starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman and Tommy Davidson. SYNOPSIS: After his brother is killed, the gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding, ladies man and soul brother Black Dynamite sets out for revenge against ‘The Man’. On November 4th 2008, history was made. After months of campaigning, picketing, […]

Brotherhood, 2010. Directed by Will Canon. Starring Trevor Morgan, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta, Jesse Steccato and Jennifer Sipes. SYNOPSIS: When an initiation prank goes horribly wrong the members of a college fraternity desperately try to suppress the truth and take ever more desperate steps to cover their tracks, forcing one pledge to […]

Academy Award winning composer John Barry has passed away after suffering a fatal heart attack, aged 77. Born in York in 1933, Barry began performing as a musician during his National Service and formed The John Barry Seven before going on to work for the BBC on the likes of Juke Box Jury and Drumbeat. […]

Rising British actor Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming reboot Man of Steel, with the director releasing a statement today to confirm the news. Cavill is best known for his work on the television period drama The Tudors, while his feature credits include The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, dir. […]