Amour, 2012 Written and Directed by Michael Haneke.Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert SYNOPSIS: An elderly couple’s bond of love is severely tested after one of them suffers a stroke. Simple, tragic, at times beautiful and others overly long. That is the easiest way to sum up Michael Haneke’s Oscar winning Amour. One […]

Acclaimed director Joe Wright is no stranger to literary adaptations. As well as Ian McEwan’s Atonement, he is responsible for cinematic versions of classics like Pride and Prejudice, and more recently Anna Karenina. However, transforming raunchy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey into a film would certainly be different territory for him. Variety broke the ‘news’ initially and […]

Paul Risker reviews the seventh episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… On reflection of this episode it is easy to recall the expression “made by its ending.” Toad’s Wild Ride does build to a climactic conclusion, so much so that the episode in hindsight is best remembered for its ending. But two things to […]

Much like vinyl of the 70s, VHS are becoming a nostalgic commodity within today’s society – and none more so than for Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS. Luke Owen sits down to have a chat with him… I’m sure you get asked this all the time and I apologise for being so cliché, but how […]

Person of Interest: The Complete First Season Created by Jonathan Nolan.Starring Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman and Michael Emerson. SYNOPSIS: A software genius and an ex-CIA operative work together to prevent violent crimes before they can happen. From Jonathan (brother of Christopher) Nolan and Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams, Person of […]

Paul Risker reviews the sixth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… The curtain rises amongst the episode best described as the bloodbath of season five… And so the season five body count rises. As I write this I have no idea of the total number of souls mowed down by the pen of Kurt […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013 Directed by Don ScardinoStarring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS:When a street magician’s stunt begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton look to salvage on their act – and their friendship – by staging their own daring […]

As we all know, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel appears to hold the key to a shared DC movie universe, with Warner Bros. seemingly holding off on making any firm decisions about its future DC plans until the studio’s accountants have tallied the box office returns for June’s hotly-anticipated Superman reboot. However, it’s also common […]

From Beyond, 1986. Directed by Stuart Gordon.Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel and Carolyn Purdy-Gordon. SYNOPSIS: Doctor Katherine “Wonder-girl” McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) is called upon by the District Attorney to assess whether Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), suspected of the murder of his mentor Doctor Frank Pretorius, is fit to stand trial. With […]

Luke Owen reviews The High Ways #3… Mysteries begin to unfold as our crew learns there are plots within plots and betrayals within betrayals. And just what IS the relationship between Cagney and Megan? I’m not quite sure where I stand with The High Ways. The first issue was this slow-paced sci-fi Dan Dare-esque affair […]