Liam Trim reviews Episodes 3 and 4 of BBC drama Parade’s End… Warning: Spoilers! In my review of Episode 1 of Parade’s End I said that Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) could give the performance of his career as archaic conservative Christopher Tietjens. And in that first episode his character really was the […]

Liam Trim reviews episodes 2 and 3 of the new series of Doctor Who… Warning: Spoilers! Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Sadly I don’t have the luxury of time travel and I can’t hop back seven days to ensure my thoughts on Dinosaurs on a Spaceship make it online on time. I can summarise my thoughts […]

Emperor, 2012. Directed by Peter Webber. Starring Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda and Kaori Momoi. SYNOPSIS: After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the American occupying forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur must decide whether to execute Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. The American military occupational force under the command of General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) […]

The actor who used to play Quentin, the werewolf brother to vampire Barnabus Collins on the original ABC television series Dark Shadows, has been transformed into Commissioner James Gordon for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. To mark the arrival of Part 1, Warner Home Video has released a Q&A with the man behind the voice […]

Rhino Season, 2012. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi. Starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Belçim Bilgin, Caner Cindoruk, Arash Labaf and Ali Pourtash. SYNOPSIS:After spending 30 years in an Iranian prison, a poet searches for his wife. Inspired by a friend who was incarcerated during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, filmmaker Bahman Gobadi tells a […]

Much Ado About Nothing, 2012. Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Ashley Johnson, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Riki Lindhome and Spencer Treat Clark. SYNOPSIS:Sibling rivalry leads to a series of romantic miscommunications that threatens the ability of a young couple to marry. Considering he is known for writing […]

To the Wonder, 2012. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Ben Affleck,,Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko,,Charles Baker, Romina Mondello,,Cassidee Vandalia and Darryl Cox. SYNOPSIS: After his marriage fails a man renews a relationship with a hometown sweetheart. The key to understanding the movies made by Terrence Malick is that he adopts a narrative based on the subconscious […]

Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: The actions of individuals influence the past, present and future lives of others. From […]

Jayne Mansfield’s Car, 2012. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Starring Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, Shawnee Smith, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, John Hurt , Billy Bob Thornton, Katherine LaNasa, Tippi Hedren and Frances O’Connor.  SYNOPSIS:During the 1960s three generations of fathers and sons come to terms with family resentments and secrets in the American South. A dysfunctional Southern American family features a cranky and emotionally unavailable patriarch (Robert […]

Storm Surfers 3D, 2012. Directed by Justin McMillan and Christopher Nelius. Starring Tom Carroll, Ross Clark-Jones and Ben Matson. SYNOPSIS: Australian surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones go on the hunt for the biggest waves. A key line in the documentary is when 45 year old surfer Russ Clarke-Jones declares that his colleague Tom Carroll, who is on the cusp of turning […]