Oliver Davis reviews the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season Two… The Ghost of Harrenhal. Directed by David Petrarca. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. This week was a mixed bag. We were spoilt with Joffrey’s douchebagery last week, but here he’s not present at all. Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) and Davos Seaworth […]

Anghus Houvouras on why the online film sites got it wrong, again… Last week Peter Jackson screened ten minutes of footage from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at CinemaCon. This is the kind of story that has ‘online traction’ written all over it. The previous trilogy was a multi-billion dollar endeavor that created a new […]

Nobody Walks, 2012. Directed by Ry Russo-Young. Written by Ry Russo-Young and Lena Dunham. Starring John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby and Jane Levy. SYNOPSIS: A Californian family slowly falls apart after taking a young artist into their home. Nobody walks in Los Angeles. They take cars everywhere. In this film, the phrase also applies to a […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Ben Child writes in The Guardian about the “challenge” ahead for The Dark Knight Rises: “Christopher Nolan finds himself in an unusual position as we prepare for the arrival of The Dark Knight Rises in cinemas on 20 July. For the first time since the release of the […]

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, 2012. Written and Directed by Terence Nance. Starring Terence Nance, Namik Minter and Talibah Lateefah Newman. SYNOPSIS: A man is stood up by a mystery woman, prompting an analysis of platonic and romantic love. Before there was An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, there was a shorter film entitled How Would […]

For Ellen, 2012. Written and Directed by So Yong Kim. Starring Paul Dano, Jon Heder and Shaylena Mandigo. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician attempts to get joint custody of his six year old daughter. The film opens at a crossroads. A literal crossroads. Joby Taylor (Paul Dano), the lead singer of a fictional rock band, looks […]

Simon Moore reviews the season finale of the Napoleon Dynamite animated series… It’d be fair to say Napoleon Dynamite has come a long way since our re-introduction to his lanky, bear-slippered, underpantsed self in that first title sequence six weeks ago. Our boy has developed some skills, romanced his fair share of ladies, even dallied […]

Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… The second week of The Apprentice is a lot like the second day in the office of your new job. Faces sort of look familiar but you can only remember a handful of names and on top of that, there are some faces that you […]

It’s fairly common knowledge that filmmaker James Cameron spent many a year attached to a movie adaptation of Marvel’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but now acclaimed comic book writer Chris Claremont has revealed how close Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment were to developing an X-Men feature film, which would have been produced by Cameron and directed by his […]

Luke Owen discusses last night’s opening episode of The Apprentice 2012… It’s that time again. Over the next 12 weeks, 16 “top business people” will be shouting over each other, making silly business decisions and saying utterly stupid things in order to become Lord Sugar’s brand new Apprentice business partner. It’s always hard to judge […]