Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne), 2011. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Aksel Hennie and Synnove Macody Lund. SYNOPSIS: Norweigan corporate recruitment headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) steals art on the side to finance his opulent lifestyle and to impress his beautiful wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund). He meets a potential client in […]

The Woman in Black, 2012. Directed by James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White. SYNOPSIS: A young widower and lawyer Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) travels to a remote village to work out a client’s estate and discovers a populous transformed by the belief that a vengeful ghost of […]

Margin Call, 2011. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: After being retrenched, Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) gives his research to his protege Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) to complete. All signs point to an impending (nigh inevitable) global financial crisis and Margin Call follows the […]

50/50, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston. SYNOPSIS: A twenty-something guy struggles to beat cancer with the help of his best friend. Inspired by the true story of writer Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer, 50/50 sees best friends Adam (JGL) and Kyle […]

The Rum Diary, 2011. Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli and Richard Jenkins. SYNOPSIS: It’s the late 1950s and American novelist and journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) – a.k.a Hunter S. Thompson – takes on a freelance job at a Puerto Rican local newspaper. […]

Trevor Hogg chats to illustrator Mike Maihack… “I’m the only person in my giant extended family that does any form of drawing or graphic design,” admits American illustrator Mike Maihack who graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design. “I had one instructor in particular who was very encouraging of my desire to be […]

Wish You Were Here, 2012. Written and Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Starring Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, Antony Starr and Teresa Palmer. SYNOPSIS: Two sisters Steph (Teresa Palmer) and Alice (Felicity Price) and their partners Jeremy (Antony Starr) and Dave (Joel Edgerton) lose themselves in the fun of a carefree South East Asian holiday to Cambodia. […]

A Separation, 2011. Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. SYNOPSIS: A married couple are faced with separation when they’re unable to agree on a difficult, life changing decision. Should they leave Iran to improve the life of their adolescent daughter, or stay in […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Visual Effects Supervisors Nick Davis, Gary Brozenich, Olivier Dumont and Bryan Hirota as well as CG Supervisor Martin Chamney about their work on Wrath of the Titans… “It certainly changed the stylistic approach towards them,” states Visual Effects Supervisor Nick Davis (The Dark Knight) who collaborated with filmmaker Louis Leterrier on […]

The Raid (a.k.a The Raid: Redemption), 2011. Written and Directed by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Yayan Ruhian, Doni Alamsyah, Joe Taslim and Ray Sahetapy. SYNOPSIS: A SWAT team attempts to covertly raid a tenement run by a ruthless mobster (Ray Sahetapy) that serves as a barracks for his private army of the […]