Captain Phillips, 2013. Directed by Paul Greengrass.Starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, Chirs Mulkey and Yul Vazquez. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American […]

Le Week-End, 2013. Directed by Roger Michell.Starring Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Duncan and Olly Alexander. SYNOPSIS: Revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon, a long-married British couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) run into an old colleague (Jeff Goldblum) and discover a new vision of what life and marriage might be. Poignant, […]

Enough Said, 2013. Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener.Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Ben Falcone and Toni Collette. SYNOPSIS:A divorced and single parent, Eva, spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert – a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an […]

Confession of Murder (South Korea: Nae-ga sal-in-beom-i-da), 2012. Written and Directed by Byeong-gil Jeong. Starring Won-yeong Choi, Gwang Jang, Jae-yeong Jeong, Eun-ji Jo, Yeong-ae Kim, Ji-a Min, Shi-hoo Park and Choi Won Young. SYNOPSIS: After the statute of limitations expires on a series of high profile murders, a man writes a book claiming to be […]

A few years ago, The Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin signed onto write a biopic of tech wizard Steve Jobs. Unlike the preposterous Ashton Kutcher vehicle, it will be split into three, 30 minute scenes. Until now, it was a mystery as to who would direct, however, David Fincher looks set to reunite with Sorkin […]

Over the past year we’ve been tortured by rumour after rumour surrounding the casting of Disney and Lucasfilm’s eagerly-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII. Just this week, it’s been alleged that Gary Oldman (RoboCop, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness) are set to venture to a galaxy […]

To promote next month’s update for Random House’s George R.R. Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire app, a brief excerpt – read single paragraph – from the The Winds of Winter, the sixth novel of Martin’s epic fantasy saga has arrived online, with a full chapter set to land with the app update. The […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the eleventh episode of The Walking Dead season 4… Thinking that the end of the last episode would provide a decent new set of characters may have been a mistake. That’s not to say that Abraham, Eugene and Rosita are meaningless, but their impact on the show has yet to be made. […]

Gangster Squad and Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer has signed onto helm family comedy Overnight, a Home Alone-style romp set in a toy shop similar to FAO Schwartz. Plot details are being kept to an absolute minimum but it looks set to centre on a recently divorced father trying to save his relationship with his son. Neal […]

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #30… “Captain Jane Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise fight fortheir lives in this concluding chapter of a 2-part story overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci! The Five Year Mission between blockbuster movies continues here, in this all-new mind-bending adventure!” Some of you may remember that I wasn’t overly […]