Earlier this week it was revealed that Pixar has at least one other sequel in development beyond 2015’s Finding Nemo follow-up Finding Dory; while Toy Story 4 must surely be at the top of any list, it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise to see the Disney-owned animation studio attempting to capitalise on the […]

I’m So Excited (Spanish: Los amantes pasajeros), 2013. Writted and Directed by Pedro Almodovar.Starring Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Lola Dueñas, Laya Martí, Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz. SYNOPSIS: When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a […]

Iron Man 3, 2013. Directed by Shane Black.Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, and Jon Favreau. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.   Marvel’s latest instalment in their comic book franchise and […]

White Tiger (Russian: Belyy tigr), 2012. Directed Karen Shakhnazarov.Starring Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko, Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov, Gerasim Arkhipov and Aleksandr Vakhov. SYNOPSIS: After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction. From the looks of the DVD packaging and a brilliantly hammy […]

The Collection, 2012. Directed by Marcus Dunstan.Starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Tim Griffin, Andre Royo and Randall Archer. SYNOPSIS: A traumatized man forced to help rescue a beautiful woman who has become the latest obsession of a crazed killer who collects humans in a booby-trapped house of horrors. Another day, another […]

You Will Be My Son (French: Tu seras mon fils), 2011  Directed by Gilles Legrand.Starring Niels Arestrup, Lorant Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Marivan, Nicolas Bridet and Valerie Mairesse. SYNOPSIS: Paul de Marseul (Arestrup) is a prestigious but aging wine-maker whose son Martin (Deutsch) lacks talent or indeed the will to succeed him. When Philippe (Bridet) […]

Bernie, 2011. Directed by Richard Linklater.Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. SYNOPSIS: In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s alive.  Director Richard Linklater is one of the most unpredictable film […]

The Lords of Salem, 2012. Written and Directed by Rob Zombie.Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Judy Geeson, Meg Foster, Patricia Quinn, Ken Foree, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, and Sid Haig. SYNOPSIS: Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record — a “gift from the Lords.” The sounds within […]

Bernie, 2011. Directed by Richard Linklater.Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. SYNOPSIS: Small-town Texas mortician Bernie Tiede begins a friendship with a recently-widowed millionaire, and after he kills her the local community rallies in support of Bernie. In Bart Layton’s excellent 2012 film The Imposter the line between documentary and thriller is blurred […]

Gone Wild, 2012. Directed by Dan Curean. SYNOPSIS: A documentary chronicling a herd of wild horses on the Danube Delta.  Gone Wild narrowly misses out on full marks due to its last moments spent on making protest noise, but the rest of the doc has beauty and quiet insight reminiscent of Terrence Malick. No documentary […]