Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Dan Glass and Bryan Hirota about the creation of Terrence Malick’s latest, The Tree of Life… Considered by many to be an enigma because of his reclusive nature and the long gaps between his films, American director Terrence Malick returns to the big screen with The Tree of […]

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, 2009. Directed by Jack Perez (as Ace Hannah). Starring Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Vic Chao, Sean Lawlor and Jay Beyers. SYNOPSIS: When two enormous prehistoric creatures contend for supremacy of the sea, the California coast becomes the setting for a showdown that’s been centuries in the making. When you give […]

With a remake of the original A Nightmare in Elm Street currently in cinemas, Luke Owen looks back over the classic horror franchise… Freddy Krueger is one of the biggest horror icons in the world. Even people who have never sat down and watched a Nightmare movie know who Freddy Krueger is. He has featured […]

The Collector, 2009. Directed by Marcus Dunstan. Starring Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth, Karley Scott Collins and Juan Fernández. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home only to discover a second criminal known as “The Collector” has imprisoned the family and rigged […]

Luke Owen examines the classic horror franchise Friday the 13th in the first of a two-part feature… Friday The 13th came at the right time in American cinema. The box office success of Halloween was to kick start a slasher horror revolution that consumed the 1980s and Friday the 13th was one of the first […]

Luke Owen with his thoughts on the low budget horror debut… Some people have accused me in the past of having double standards. I have criticised films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for having a terrible story structure, dreadful dialogue and awful acting. Yet I can sit and watch Happy Birthday to Me, […]

Seconds Apart, 2011. Directed by Antonio Negret. Starring Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin and Gary Entin. SYNOPSIS: Damned from the moments of their births, two brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis – a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. If cinema history has taught us anything, it’s that twins are scary as […]

Luke Owen charts the ‘High School Musical’ trilogy… No wait! Come back! Alright, so this may hardly be “one of the greatest trilogies of all time”, however I once again refer to my original post and my rules: 1. It has to be a trilogy And like it or not, this is a trilogy of […]

Luke Owen examines the classic horror franchise Friday the 13th in the second of a two-part feature… read part one here. While the first half of the Friday series was a bit hit (parts 1, 2 & 4) and miss (parts 3 & 5), the latter half was more cut and dry in the miss […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Marvel Studios are gearing up to deliver their second superhero movie of 2011 (and the fifth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) as Chris Evans steps into the role of Super Soldier Steve Rogers for Joe Johnston’s World War II-set […]