Cracks, 2009. Directed by Jordan Scott. Starring Eva Green, Juno Temple, Maria Valverde and Imogen Poots. SYNOPSIS: A diving team of adolescent girls at a boarding school adore their inspirational teacher, Miss G (Eva Green), whose favourite is team captain, Di (Juno Temple). But when an aristocratic new girl arrives, focuses shift, and tensions begin, […]

Gary Collinson traces the many screen incarnations of The Dark Knight in the first of a three-part feature… With Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman debuting in Action Comics #1 in 1938 to unprecedented success, publisher DC Comics tasked 18-year-old Bob Kane with creating a new character to extend their line of superheroes. Inspired by […]

With his latest offering Inception hitting cinemas this July, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan in the first of a three part feature… While studying English Literature at University College London, British director Christopher Nolan discovered the two loves of his life – his long-time producing partner and wife Emma Thomas, […]

Luke Owen examines the classic horror franchise Friday the 13th in the second of a two-part feature… read part one here. While the first half of the Friday series was a bit hit (parts 1, 2 & 4) and miss (parts 3 & 5), the latter half was more cut and dry in the miss […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the final instalment of a five part feature… read parts one, two, three and four. “Although I have thought about leaving the world of animation many times,” confessed renowned anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, “whenever I see a piece of work that I really […]

The Collector, 2009. Directed by Marcus Dunstan. Starring Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Karley Scott Collins and Juan Fernández. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home only to discover a second criminal known as “The Collector” has imprisoned the family and rigged […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season One Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 2009. Executive Produced by George Lucas. Featuring the voice talents of Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Matthew Wood and Anthony Daniels. SYNOPSIS: As the Clone Wars rage across the galaxy the Jedi lead the Grand Army of […]

The Disappearance of Alice Creed, 2010. Written and Directed by J Blakeson. Starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: Two guys kidnap Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton) and demand two million dollars from her father. However things aren’t quite what they seem and everything starts to fall apart. In essence this is a fairly […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. “I certainly do not make animated films just so they will be popular with children,” stated Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. “I try to create what I wanted to see […]

The Brothers Bloom, 2008 [Only now receiving a UK cinema release]. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con-artists since children. Bloom wants to quit but Stephen persuades him to take part in one last con. […]