A Knight’s Tale, 2001. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Alan Tudyk, Paul Bettany and James Purefoy .SYNOPSIS:After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.Everyone has watched the odd cheesy B-movie once […]

Trance, 2013.Directed by Danny Boyle.Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani and Matt Cross.SYNOPSIS: An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.Danny Boyle’s latest flick, the mind-bending crime thriller Trance is a mixed bag. While it sports […]

The Heist (a.k.a The Maiden Heist), 2009. Directed by Peter Hewitt.Starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. SYNOPSIS: Three security guards decide to take action and steal their beloved pieces of art when the art gallery they work for plan to move the exhibits oversees. The Heist actually has a […]

Room 237, 2012. Directed by Rodney Ascher. SYNOPSIS: An exploration into the numerous theories regarding the subtexts within Stanley Kubrick’s phenomenal horror The Shining. Room 237, or Room 237: Being an Inquiry into The Shining in 9 Parts, begins with the voice of a man describing a ‘eureka’ moment upon viewing Stanley Kubrick’s film; noticing […]

Trance, 2013. Directed by Danny Boyle.Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani and Matt Cross. SYNOPSIS:Concussed and confused, Simon (James McAvoy) has forgotten where he’s hidden a rather expensive painting from a gang of professional criminals. After an unsuccessful attempt at torture, the gang leader (Vincent Cassel) hires the talents of a young […]

Point Blank, 1967.Directed by John Boorman.Starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O’Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong and John Vernon.SYNOPSIS:After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker (Lee Marvin) single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him. In Point Blank, director John Boorman […]

Starbuck, 2011. Directed by Ken Scott.Starring Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, David Michael, Mac Belanger, Igor Ovadis, David Giguere, Patrick Martin and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse. SYNOPSIS: As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class […]

Reincarnated, 2012. Directed by Andy Capper. SYNOPSIS: Hip Hop artist Snoop Dogg changes his name to Snoop Lion, travels to Jamaica, emerges himself in Rastafarian culture and produces his first reggae record. In July 2012 Snoop Dogg announced his new stage name, Snoop Lion, to mockery from any number of followers. He had travelled Jamaica, […]

One Mile Away, 2012Directed by Penny Woolcock.SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring gang tensions in inner city Birmingham and the attempts by two notorious gangs to bring peace to their neighbourhoods. This intriguing and effective documentary charts two years in the life of Birmingham’s urban sprawl; a tense and at time frightening place, particularly if you happen […]

Good Vibrations, 2012Directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glen Leyburn.Starring Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Ryder, Dylan Moran, Adrian Dunbar and Niall Wright.SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the life of Terri Hooley, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast’s punk-rock scene. The late 70s punk scene of the United Kingdom (or, as we shall see the […]