Oliver Davis reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones Season Two… “That’s not the way to get a-head in life.” -Austin Powers I’m unsure what it was about Episode 1, but it left me pretty underwhelmed. Here was I, expecting to be screwed over and played with by the giant, tormenting cat HBO embodies, […]

The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat, 2012. Directed by Richard Symons. SYNOPSIS: Revealing interviews and archive footage are used to tell the story of Yasser Arafat, the controversial Palestinian leader. This is the first of twelve documentaries intending to show the lives of some of the world’s most influential leaders. Considering one of my last […]

Luke Owen reports from yesterday’s Avengers Assemble UK press conference… With just under a week to go before the release of The Avengers (Assemble), the majority of the cast held a press conference in London to answer questions about the movie. In attendance were producers Kevin Feige and Jeremy Latcham and stars Mark Ruffalo, Tom […]

Almost twenty years on from its arrival, Luke Owen revisits the television phenomenon Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers… If you’re a UK resident with American friends, you’ll have probably heard of this service they have over there called Netflix where they can stream TV shows and movies to their laptops and TVs. If you’re a UK […]

The Road to the Avengers comes to an end as Luke Owen reviews Marvel’s Avengers Assemble… The Avengers (a.k.a. Avengers Assemble), 2012. Written and Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow […]

Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… Rolling around into week 3 of the process and things are heating up (not too much or Duane may choke). The interesting thing about this stage is that the split of “boys team” and “girls team” goes out the window and the teams get mixed […]

I Love You, Man, 2009. Directed by John Hamburg. Starring Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, Greg Levine, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau, J.K. Simmons and Andy Samberg. SYNOPSIS: Peter Klaven (Rudd) is due to get married, and he’s come to the realisation that since being in a relationship with his other half, Zooey (Jones), he […]

High School Musical, 2006. Directed by Kenny Ortega. Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu. SYNOPSIS: Two teens decide to buck the status quo and audition for their school musical. Being a mid-twenties heterosexual male who is at least mildly cineliterate, the title High School Musical should result in my top lip […]

Given the success of his low-budget debut, the found footage super powers flick Chronicle, it was inevitable that young director Josh Trank would find himself linked to a number of potential superhero movie adaptations. First up came word that Fox were keen to hand Trank the reins to their Fantastic Four reboot, which was also […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Oliver Gettell, for the LA Times, writes: “You’d think a tough guy like super-spy Nick Fury, the ringleader of the titular all-star superhero team in The Avengers, would have pretty thick skin. But it turns out Fury, or at least the actor who plays him, Samuel L. Jackson, […]