Pacific Rim may not have been the modern monster classic we all hoped for but although it carried a huge budget, it made well over $400 million at the box office, opening the door for a possible sequel. Well, Guillermo del Toro may be involved in a whole variety of projects but he has announced […]

This won’t come as much of a surprise seeing as Man of Steel has already made over $170 million from promotional tie-ins and is shaping up to be one of the biggest movies of the year, but according to Deadline Warner Bros. Pictures has given the green light to director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David […]

Following this week’s home entertainment release of The Long Riders and Sweet Vengeance, Paul Risker looks at the evolution of the Western…One of the intriguing characteristics of the Western is the story of its evolution. From morality tales of heroes in white hats and villains dressed in black, to Sergio Leone’s distortion and subversion of […]

Paul Risker talks zombies with Matthias Hoene, director of Cockneys vs Zombies and #dontbescared… Did you hear the news? Wednesday night saw Zombies take over Channel 4 when the short film #dontbescared aired; created by the writer-director of Cockneys vs Zombies Matthias Hoene and giffgaff. But these were not the Zombies we have become accustomed […]

Paul Risker chats with Jonnie Hurn, writer, producer and star of Do Elephants Pray… Ahead of the release of Do Elephants Pray? I had the opportunity to speak with the film’s multi-talented writer, producer and star Jonnie Hurn. He spoke to me about the film’s personal genesis, how writing and performance are complementary skills, his […]

With Volume One of the Van Veeteren Films arriving on DVD today, Paul Risker discusses the Scandinavian detective series… Just as Shaun Evans steps into the shoes of the legendary John Thaw to travel back in time to introduce us to a young Endeavour Morse, his time travelling journey coincides with the arrival of the […]

Bringing Up Bobby, 2011. Written and Directed by Famke Janssen.Starring Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Rory Cochrane, Marcia Cross and Spencer List. SYNOPSIS: Despite con artist Olive’s (Milla Jovovich) aspirations for a better future for her son, her arrest sees Good Samaritans Kent (Bill Pullman) and Mary (Marcia Cross) take over his guardianship. Debut films will […]

Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam Retrospective… American director John Huston once remarked, “The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on and one day you die. That […]

Paul Risker reviews the finale of Sons of Anarchy season 5…. Last night the finale of the fifth season of Sons of Anarchy directed by creator Kurt Sutter aired on 5USA. UK SOA viewers – the under-privileged – have been forced to wait a further five months to their American counterparts, and it was worth […]

Paul Risker looks at Starz’s Spartacus and its place amongst the historical epics of the big and small screen… By the time Steven S. DeKnight brought his vision of Spartacus: Blood and Sand to the small screen in January of 2010, the story of Spartacus’ revolt against the might of the Roman Empire and its […]