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 […]

I Didn’t Come Here To Die, 2010 Written and Directed by Bradley Scott SullivanStarring Indiana Adams, Kurt Cole, Madi Goff, Niko Red Star and Emmy Robbin. SYNOPSIS: The story of six young volunteers working on a humanitarian project in the woods. Horrific accidents, rash decisions and the unpredictability of human nature leads them all to […]

Paul Risker chats with Francesca Gregorini, writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes… On day two of Sundance London 2013 I was fortunate to have an opportunity to sit down and speak with the writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, Francesca Gregorini. Despite Emanuel being Francesca’s second feature film following 2009’s Tanner […]

Luke Owen looks back at last year’s The Avengers…. Last year saw, for me at least, the biggest event in comic book movie history. The first movie to assemble some of the Earth’s mightiest heroes together on the big screen – Marvel’s The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble if you’re part of Good Ol’ Blighty). Although […]