Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, 2011. Directed by Laurent Bouzereau. Starring Roman Polanski and Andrew Braunsberg. SYNOPSIS: Roman Polanski talks about being a Holocaust survivor who became a controversial public figure and an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. During the time Roman Polanski was under house arrest in Switzerland where he was to receive a life time achievement award […]

For those attending the 2013 Toronto Jewish Film Festival, they will be able to see the documentary Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010) which is to be aired as part of the PBS series American Masters back in 2010.   The story is as educational as the man who decided to bring the plays of William Shakespeare […]

Neil Diamond: Solitary Man, 2010.Directed by Samantha Peters. Starring Neil Diamond, Robbie Robertson, Jeff Barry, Neil Sedaka, Lulu and Mickey Dolenz. SYNOPSIS: A shy Jewish boy from Brooklyn, New York goes through a life-long quest to discover himself through his music. Back in 2010 BBC Two produced a 60 minute documentary about an American songwriter […]

The horror genre does not seem to be slowing down and making a contribution to the blood-soaked tradition of storytelling is actress Jessica Cameron (Silent Night) who has decided to write, produce and helm her first feature film called Truth or Dare.  The debut cinematic effort centres around “6 college kids who find internet stardom […]

Ollie England on How the Internet has radically changed Sci-Fi movies…. Before the widespread availability of the Internet, there was a whole genre of movies known as Cyberpunk (Hackers / Jonny Mnemonic / Lawnmower Man amongst others) in which the future was a nightmarish blend of surveillance corporations and personal restrictions created through intrusive technology. […]

Pearls of the Far East, 2011 Directed by Cuong Ngo. Starring Ngo Thanh Van, Kieu Chinh, Huy Khanh, Diem My, Truong Ngoc Anh, Kris Duangphung, Anh Hong, Richie Kul, Huy Hoang, Leon Le, Minh Ngoc Nguyen and Thai-Hoa Le. SYNOPSIS: Seven Vietnamese women at various stages of their lives seek to find love and to be […]

The Croods, 2013. Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk De Micco.Featuring the voice talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman, Catherine Keener and Clark Duke. SYNOPSIS: A prehistoric family go on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world. The Croods is the latest in the ever increasing Dreamworks Animation collection. […]

For those who believe that crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.com is only for funding unknown filmmakers, think again.  Rob Thomas who has attempted to bring his TV series Veronica Mars to the big screen ever since it was cancelled in 2007 struck a deal with Warner Bros that if he could raise $2 million from a Kickstarter […]

The creative minds of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Bryan Hitch have joined together to produce the fifth instalment of the devastating robotic revolution where heroes and villains must submit or perish.The few remaining members of Earth’s Mightiest must head to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive and […]

Trevor Hogg reviews the second instalment of the four-part miniseries… Cliff Secord on the run! Betty in the clutches of the ghastly Otto Rune! And what is Peevy’s connection to the missing scientist? All this and more… as the Rocketeer must prevent nothing less than the wrath of the Lord Himself! Dahlia stumbles out of […]