Inspired by Bleak House where a prolonged battle over a will results in the disputed inheritance being consumed by legal costs, author Lynn Messina explores the drawn out business of turning a book into a Hollywood production. Whereas ‘bleak’ is a word which accurately describe the tales intricately woven by Charles Dickens, the book title […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Emmy Award-nominee Angus Bickerton about the craft of visual effects, the founding of a VFX facility, and his love for reading books… “I always wanted to be a pilot when I was younger,” admits British Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). “There were reasons I couldn’t […]

This month’s Sight and Sound dropped through my letterbox this morning, and in it contained their once-a-decade Top 10 Films of All Time, as voted for by critics and filmmakers. If you’ve been living as a recluse in your own personal Xanadu, Orson Welles, who’s been number one for the past half century, got Citizen […]

Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Chuck Norris Rampage’… Chuck Norris is brilliant. Chuck Norris doesn’t do push ups, he just pushes the Earth down! His action man persona and his on-screen invincibility have become internet legend with thousands of different […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Emmy Award-winning VFX Producer Sophie Leclerc about her directorial project Happy Downloadday… Following in the footsteps of Tron [1982] where human beings become entwined with software programs is the science fiction tale Happy Downloadday; the short film depicts a dystopian society where computer generated children are not allowed a human body […]

Luke Graham reviews the final episode of Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23’s first series… The season finale to Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, entitled Shitagi Nashi after a fictional Asian manga that features in the plot, was a compelling affair. Between holidays, graduation and searching for work, it has taken me […]

Following a previous article on movie villains, Liam Trim wonders whether BBC dramas Blackout and Line of Duty actually needed any bad guys at all… Spoiler warning: the following article contains spoilers from The Dark Knight Rises and the recent BBC drama series Blackout and Line of Duty. Earlier this year I wrote a feature […]

Liam Trim gets into the Olympic spirit by reviewing BBC drama Bert and Dickie… If you’re not excited about the Olympics yet then Bert and Dickie is perfect viewing for you. If you suspect you’re not capable of ever being excited about the Olympics, Bert and Dickie is perfect for you, too. If you fear […]

The 25th Reich, 2012. Directed by Stephen Amis. Starring Jim Knobeloch, Serge De Nardo, Angelo Salamanca, Jak Wyld and Dan Balcaban. SYNOPSIS: During World War II, five US soldiers are selected to travel forward in time to protect the world from the tyranny of Hitler’s 25th Reich. There has always been in this argument within […]

Gary Collinson rounds up today’s Dredd panel from the London Film and Comic Con 2012, which included brand new footage, along with talk of sequels and Dark Judges… After a ‘preview’ on Friday evening, the first day proper of this year’s London Film and Comic Con drew to a close on Saturday with a world […]