Luke Owen shares his thoughts on the 17-minute preview of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy… “People don’t know who the Guardians of the Galaxy are. But you know what? I didn’t know who RoboCop was before I saw the movie as a kid, I didn’t know Star Wars before I saw it as a kid, […]

Martin Deer discusses the new trailer for Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel… Sublime. Moving. Powerful! Some things are worth waiting for, and those things are even better when they suddenly appear unexpected. This trailer blew me away. It is fantastic; there are so many things to be excited about from this footage […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of The Transformers Spotlight… “BEFORE OPTIMUS PRIME — there was Orion Pax! Four million years ago, the future leader of the AUTOBOTS disappeared into the Cybertronian wilderness to save a friend. What happened next would take him to the very brink — and have startling repercussions on the current […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Ghostbusters… “After several tough cases, the Ghostbusters are ready for a real day off from dealing with the supernatural… but that doesn’t necessarily mean the supernatural is going to take a day off from them. Ready to settle in and do some relaxing, they are surprised as a […]

Paul Risker chats with Sophie Lellouche, writer-director of Paris-Manhattan… The film chosen to open this year’s 16th UK Jewish Film Festival was the romantic comedy Paris-Manhattan, the directorial feature debut of young French writer-director Sophie Lellouche. It is an eventful first attempt at a feature film, the screenplay written over a long seven year stretch, […]

The news broke last Friday that writer/director Kevin Smith’s last movie will be Clerks III – ending off his career with the movie he began it with. From all accounts, the news broke a little earlier than planned, although Smith did reveal some more details about the film’s production and plans on the latest episode […]

Paul Risker chats with Sophie Solomon, Artistic Director of the Jewish Music Institute… Violinist, composer, songwriter, and Artistic Director Sophie Solomon arrived at this year’s UKJFF to perform a live musical accompaniment to the 1925 silent film His People. She has played an important role in the collaboration between the two artistic organisations, which made […]

Paul Risker chats with Judy Ironside, Director of the 16th UK Jewish Film Festival… The embracing of past and present was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the 16th edition of the UK Jewish Film Festival. Opening with the directorial feature debut of Sophie Lellouche, Paris-Manhattan, the UKJFF welcomed violinist and Artistic Director of The […]

Luke Owen reviews the third episode of Peep Show series eight… The last two weeks have been particularly hard to sit through as a Peep Show fan. It’s quite hard to be a massive fan of something only to watch it produce mediocre to poor efforts that make you want to put on a DVD […]

Here in the UK, we’ve still got a couple of months to wait until the arrival of Disney’s video game-inspired CG-animated offering Wreck-It Ralph (and sadly, we’re embargoed from telling you how good it is). However, the film has already proved a big hit with audiences and critics alike across the pond (not to mention […]