Short Circuit, 1986. Directed by John Badham.Starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara and Tim Blaney. SYNOPSIS: An experimental military robot becomes sentient after being struck by lightning and befriends a young woman, who attempts to help him from being recaptured by the army. Let’s take a trip back […]

Men Behaving Badly 20th Anniversary Complete Collection Created by Simon Nye.Starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin. SYNOPSIS: Flatmates Gary and Tony are your typical “lads”, a pair of irresponsible, politically incorrect and seriously juvenile men who refuse to grown up and whose idea of heaven is sitting on the sofa, drinking […]

The Lost Episode, 2012. Directed by Michael Rooker.Starring Haylie Duff, Beverley Mitchell, Amanda Dunn, J. LaRose, Jimmy Palumbo, Robb Pruitt, Michael McKiddy and Michael Rooker. SYNOPSIS: Years after its closure, a local TV crew return to Pennhurst Asylum, hoping to capture evidence of paranormal activity. Instead, they discover something completely unexpected and find themselves fighting […]

License to Drive, 1988. Directed by Greg Beeman. Starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri and Nina Siemaszko. SYNOPSIS: A high school student hopes to impress his dream girl by getting his driver’s license, but when he fails the test he’s forced to take drastic action and steals his […]

The Dark Knight Rises, 2012. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. SYNOPSIS: Eight years after taking the blame for Harvey Dent’s crimes, Batman has disappeared and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne now lives as a recluse. However, when Gotham comes under threat […]

Gary Collinson on the Justice League and a shared DC Cinematic Universe… It’s hardly surprising given the $1.45 billion box-office haul of The Avengers, but shared universes are all the rage at the moment. Rival movie studios have watched on with envy as Marvel Studios carefully crafted their Cinematic Universe with Iron Man, The Incredible […]

Absentia, 2011. Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan. Starring Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine, Morgan Peter Brown, Justin Gordon, James Flanagan and Doug Jones. SYNOPSIS: A woman and her sister come to suspect that a pedestrian tunnel could be linked to a series of neighborhood disappearances, including that of her own husband seven years […]

Rear Window, 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. SYNOPSIS: Confined to his apartment after suffering a broken leg, a voyeuristic magazine photographer comes to suspect that his neighbour may have murdered his wife. The first of four consecutive collaborations between Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael […]

Red Dog, 2011. Directed by Kriv Stenders. Starring Koko, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, John Batchelor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Loene Carmen and Luke Ford. SYNOPSIS: The remarkable story of the legendary Red Dog and the small mining community of Dampier, Western Australia. Last year, as canine sensation Uggie carved a path to international superstardom in […]

Gary Collinson with an alternative theory on the final scene of The Dark Knight Rises… “The final scene of The Dark Knight Rises is exactly [the] scene we talked about [when Christopher Nolan and I started the trilogy with Batman Begins],” stated David S. Goyer in a recent interview with Empire Magazine (via Screen Rant). […]