Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the third of a five part feature… read part one and part two. Inspired by the title of a George and Ira Gershwin song (sung on the movie soundtrack by Sting, Roberta Flack, and Gene Ammons), filmmaker Ridley Scott produced his first modern-day picture Someone […]

The Joneses, 2009. Directed by Derrick Borte. Starring David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Head and Ben Hollingsworth. SYNOPSIS: A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighbourhood but when it comes to the truth as to why they’re living there they don’t exactly come clean with their neighbours. I had seen the posters with confusion […]

Iron Man 2, 2010. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson. SYNOPSIS: An unmasked Tony Stark is pressured to relinquish the ‘Iron Man weapon’ to the US government, while Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer is developing rival weaponry. Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) aka Whiplash arrives on the scene […]

The never-ending stream of Hollywood unoriginality continues today with alarming news that studio 20th Century Fox are reported to be prepping a remake of the classic 80s actioner Commando, which of course starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the ultimate one man army, Colonel John Matrix. David Ayer is signed to write and direct the remake and […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the second of a five part feature… read part one. Influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Dark Star (1974), and Star Wars (1977), British filmmaker Ridley Scott set about designing a science fiction tale called Alien (1979). Nostromo, a commercial-towing spaceship, intercepts a transmission […]

Possession, 2002. Directed by Neil LaBute. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle and Lena Headey. SYNOPSIS: Roland’s discovery of an undiscovered letter of a famous poet changes the course of his life – and scholarship. It leads him to Maud, an expert on a hitherto unconnected poet. They retrace the Victorian bards’ […]

Rumours of Ridley Scott reuniting with Sigourney Weaver to return to the franchise he launched back in 1979 with his breakthrough sci-fi horror Alien had been swirling around for many a year before confirmation last summer that he would indeed be slipping into the director’s chair once again to helm a prequel. Well, Scott has […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the first of a five part feature… “I spent three fantastic years at the Royal College [of Art],” reminisced British filmmaker Ridley Scott of his student days in London. “I went in specifically as a graphic designer. But what was particularly good about the RCA […]

Some massive news today for fans of a Galaxy Far, Far Away with confirmation from Lucasfilm representative and legendary Star Wars collector Steve Sansweet that a high-definition Blu-ray release of the saga is on the cards in the not too distant future. Steve, who was attending the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo at the weekend, […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Hong Kong Action Stars… From the fantasy swordplay of early wuxia films to the kung fu explosion of the 70s and ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ of John Woo and Ringo Lam, the action genre has always held a prominent position in the cinema of Hong Kong. The innovative output of the […]