Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Kieran Turner-Dave writes for The Independent blog regarding the use of filesharing and, interestingly, how many filesharers – despite breaking the law – actually spend 30% more than an average film viewer on legal products as they have such an interest in the medium. He notes how, on […]

When rumours of potential directors for Star Wars Episode VII first began to swirl around the internet, a surpise candidate among the usual Hollywood A-listers was that of Colin Trevorrow, the man behind the indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed. However, Trevorrow subsequently denied that he was attached to the next instalment of the Star Wars […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Faculty (1998)… As we roll into the 90s, horror cinema morphed into a different kind of beast. The 80s was full of ‘stalk and slash’ horror movies but by the tail end of the early 90s, […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Deadly Spawn (1983)… Well the 80s certainly had a lot to choose from when it came to picking horror movies – and it was hard to pin down a choice! I wanted to review The Thing […]

After a string of flops such as Imagine That, A Thousand Words and Meet Dave, Eddie Murphy has found himself in the unenviable position of being named ‘Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actor’, topping Forbes magazine’s list of low-to-no-value-for-money A-listers. The magazine has gathered box office data for the last three non-animation movies for each actor over […]

As Time Magazine selects its worst movies of 2012, Anghus Houvouras asks whether Cloud Atlas is worthy of its place at the top of the list… There was a time when there was a very clear and defined line between online film sites and the mainstream media.  On one side you  had the unorganized snarky […]

Martin Deer on the latest issue of Batman… “The Joker’s attacks have taken their toll on Batman and his allies, and now they have to face the impossible. The final madness of The Joker’s plan is revealed! Why is he more dangerous now than ever before?“ I’m running out of ways in which to describe […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Omen (1976)… Three years prior to the release of The Omen a little film known as The Exorcist terrified audiences and pissed off church goers. The big kafuffle made by religious groups only spurred on more […]

Last October, it was announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger would return to one of his previous characters as part of his big screen comeback, reprising the role of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian for The Legend of Conan. Although things have fallen quiet on the sequel over the past year it seems that Universal are […]

When Millennium Films’ Conan the Barbarian hit cinemas last year, it seemed that any hope of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his breakthrough role as Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian had been well and truly shattered. The promised sequel King Conan: Crown of Iron spent many a year in development hell, passing through the […]