Gary Collinson traces the many screen incarnations of The Dark Knight in the third of a three-part feature… read parts one and two. While the Batman franchise was enjoying a prolonged spell of creativity and popularity throughout the 80s and 90s, the release of the much-maligned Batman & Robin (1997) looked to have steered the […]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 2010. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn and Chloë Grace Moretz. SYNOPSIS: Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is about to start middle school. He doesn’t know what to expect or more importantly, how he’s going to survive it. Thankfully his mum has bought him […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of three time Academy Award-winning sound designer and film editor Walter Murch in the fifth of a five part feature… read parts one, two, three and four. On the matter of returning to the director’s chair, American filmmaker Walter Murch remarked, “I’ve thought about it and I tried for a […]

Nazi Dawn, a.k.a. Black Ops, a.k.a. Deadwater, 2008. Directed by Roel Reiné. Starring Lance Henriksen, Gary Stretch, James Russo and Katherine Randolph. SYNOPSIS: A dark and ghostly wartime secret is about to be uncovered when a battle between good and evil breaks out aboard a WWII-era battleship. Nazis are without doubt the greatest baddies to […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of three time Academy Award-winning sound designer and film editor Walter Murch in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. “It has become part of the culture,” observed Walter Murch on the Vietnam War saga starring Martin Sheen (Badlands). “As much as a work […]

Gary Collinson presents Five Essential Christopher Lee Villains… Enjoying an incredible career spanning over sixty years and with more than 250 credits to his name, British actor Sir Christopher Lee has earned his place as a true legend of the screen. After serving in the Royal Air Force and intelligence services during World War II, […]

When Tom Cruise passed on the role of playing a CIA agent fingered for being a Russian sleeper spy because the story echoed too much of his Mission: Impossible franchise, the high-octane action picture nearly fell apart. Salvation for the project came from a casting suggestion made by Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal which sparked […]

Martyrs, 2008. Directed by Pascal Laugier. Starring Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin and Patricia Tulasne. SYNOPSIS: Fifteen years after escaping from captivity a child abuse victim and her friend set out to exact revenge on those responsible only to discover a world of unimaginable terror and depravity. Martyrs was something I picked […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of three time Academy Award-winning sound designer and film editor Walter Murch in the third of a five part feature… read parts one and two. “I was interested to go back and look at the two films I edited, The Conversation [1974] and Julia [1977], which I had done “mechanically” […]

Splice, 2010. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley and Delphine Chanéac. SYNOPSIS: Brilliant genetic scientists Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) splice animal DNA together to create hybrids in search of a specific protein. Wanting to add human DNA, but forbidden by their funding pharmaceutical company, they secretly create Dren, an […]