Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective… In Part 3 of this ‘Retrospective Series’ I likened Brazil to Orson Welles’ The Trial and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. There is another comparison that can be drawn between Welles and Gilliam, but this time it is Gilliam who has previously drawn the comparison, contextualising his ordeal with […]

James McAvoy is currently gearing up for a return as Professor Charles Xavier in Bryan Singer’s mutant superhero epic X-Men: Days of Future Past, but if rumours are to be believed the British actor may be lining up another comic book movie adaptation, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that the Wanted star is circling Relativity Media’s […]

Scott Davis continues his look at the new series of Community with a review of episode 3, which aired in the US last week… “The question isn’t where Constable, but when…“ It’s weird to think that we are now a quarter of the way through season 4 of Community. Only 12 or so episodes commissioned […]

Last night the stars gathered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California for the biggest night in the film calendar as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the 85th Academy Awards. Going into the ceremony, it was Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln which led the field with 12 nominations, but the big winner on […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Ain’t it Cool News reported another “development” on the Star Wars front… “Drew Karpyshyn – the man that created the scenario and much of the dialogue in the STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC … Well he left BIOWARE back in February of last year to work […]

With eleven nominations under its belt, there was little doubt that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was going to be in for a rough ride last night as the Magicopolis theater in Santa Monica, California played host to the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards – a.k.a. The Razzies – which celebrates that absolute […]

Paul Risker chats with Zam Salim, writer-director of Up There… Up There, the debut feature from Zam Salim, is released on DVD tomorrow. Graciously, Zam put some time aside for a short interview, full of humour and offering a more personal insight his thoughts on his directorial feature debut… Paul Risker: You have been quoted […]

Another day, another Star Wars rumour… According to Ain’t It Cool News, Disney and Lucasfilm are looking to further expand the galaxy far, far away by developing yet another standalone Star Wars movie, this time focusing on a period of history we’re yet to see on the screen – the early days of the Old […]

Paul Risker reviews the third episode of Sons of Anarchy season five… The review for episode 3 of Sons of Anarchy will take a slightly different format to those that have preceded it and those that will follow. If the expression is true that you don’t miss anything until it is gone, then the same […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Nova… The success of Marvel NOW! is readily apparent as their second  wave of titles launch and continue to be far more ‘hit’ than ‘miss’.  The revamped Nova is one of the most entertaining and endearing first issues I can remember.  Great characters, fantastic art well […]