Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, 2013. Directed by Declan Lowney.Starring Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Nigel Lindsay, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall and Phil Cornwell. SYNOPSIS: When Alan’s radio station, North Norfolk Digital, is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having […]

Planes, 2013. Directed by Klay Hall.Featuring the voice talents of Val Kilmer, Priyanka Chopra, Anthony Edwards, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyus, Dane Cook, John Cleese, Brad Garrett, Stacy Keach, Larry the Cable Guy and Cedric the Entertainer. SYNOPSIS: Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is […]

The Heat, 2013. Directed by Paul Fieg.Starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Spoken Reasons and Dan Bakkedahl. SYNOPSIS: An uptight FBI Agent and a ‘doesn’t play by the rules’ Boston cop have to team up to bring down a drug lord. Racist. Sexist. Stereotyping of foreigners and highly […]

Quest for Fire, 1981. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.Starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong and Gary Schwartz. SYNOPSIS: This story takes place in prehistoric time when three prehistoric tribesmen search for a new fire source. In the cinematic universe there exists a galaxy. This (cinematic) galaxy is populated with daring films which […]

RED 2, 2013. Directed by Dean Parisot.Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, and Anthony Hopkins. SYNOPSIS: Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Without fear of reducing a review to its […]

Fruitvale Station, 2013. Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler.Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. Fruitvale Station is directed by first time […]

The Lottery of Birth, 2013. Directed by Raoul Martinez and Joshua van Praag. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the social, cultural and psychological elements involved in the shaping of human identities. The Lottery of Birth is the first of three films in a documentary series entitled Creating Freedom, which endeavour to examine modern notions of power […]

Damn you Tim Minear. The writer and producer of Firefly has teased fans of Joss Whedon’s cult classic television series in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, suggesting a possible return as a limited series. While discussing the show, he said: “I would never foreclose the possibility [of a return]. The fact that it was even […]

With the animated movie Batman: Assault on Arkham set for release later this year, Anthony Stokes feels that Arkham Asylum would be better suited as a live-action movie…. A lot of the time I find myself stuck in the middle of excitement and disappointment with news that is generally regarded as a reason to celebrate. […]

Anghus Houvouras on the problem with remaking good movies…. Lamenting about the woeful lack of originality in Hollywood is hardly novel.  Much like the politics or religion, it’s a topic that gets discussed often but rarely comes to any real resolution.  I’ve said it a dozen times in a dozen columns: Hollywood studios are averse […]