Warrior, 2011. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison and Nick Nolte. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers find themselves on a collision course in the biggest ‘winner takes all’ Mixed Martial Arts event in history. It would seem that about every year or so we get an inspirational sports movie. Some usually do […]

Chronicle, 2012. Directed by Josh Trank. Starring Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan and Alex Russell. SYNOPSIS: Three teens develop super powers after stumbling upon a mysterious cave, but they soon come to learn the downside of their amazing gift. What initially put me off Chronicle was the video camera footage. The whole film is shown […]

Carnage, 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. SYNOPSIS: Two sets of parents meet after their children are involved in a fight but their increasingly childish behaviour leads to chaos. Take four solid actors, (Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Cristoph Waltz and John C. Reily) a respected […]

Simon Moore selects his Five Essential Hollywood Remakes… Remakes are easy targets. Anyone who wants to make Tim Burton cry, for instance, need only whisper ‘Planet of the Apes’ in his pale, elfin ear. Even seeing Conan the Barbarian rehashed with an Easter Island statue in the title role gets film buffs nostalgic for Arnie’s […]

As the curtain falls on 2011, it’s that time again when we reflect on the past twelve months to deliver our selection of the very best films to arrive on screens over the past year. As with 2010 – which saw Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller Inception snatching victory from Pixar’s heart-warming sequel Toy Story 3 […]

Daniel Craig (Cowboys & Aliens) could be in with a chance of breaking Roger Moore’s record as the longest-serving James Bond actor, as he has reportedly been offered a multi-million pound deal to continue in the role for another five films. Craig starred in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and is currently filming his […]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, 2011. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: Never one to take a fair, even-handed approach to those untrustworthy thieving gypsy types (my entire experience based of course upon Guy Ritchie films […]

Another Earth, 2011. Directed by Mike Cahill. Starring Brit Marling and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: One night people start to spot what to all intents and purposes it looks to be a carbon copy of Earth. Aspiring Physicist Rhoda Williams (played by co-writer Brit Marling) hears this on the radio whilst driving home drunk from a […]

To most, John Madden will always be the director of such period classics as Mrs Brown and Shakespeare in Love. Oscar-nominated for Best Director on the latter, he steered the film to a staggering 13 Academy Award nominations and seven wins, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Gwyneth Paltrow and Best Actress in a Supporting […]

Anghus Houvouras selects his five most disappointing films of all time…  With this week’s 3D re-release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, it feels like a good time to look back at some of the biggest disappointments ever to hit cinemas. The films that we waited years for, and the ones that […]