Dark Shadows, 2012. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Grace Moretz and Bella Heathcote. SYNOPSIS: After being imprisoned for two centuries, a vampire finds himself set free in 1972 and discovers that his dysfunctional descendants have allowed his ancestral home […]

War Horse, 2011. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston and Toby Kebbell. SYNOPSIS: A young boy Albert develops a relationship with the family horse he names Joey. They are split apart by the beginning of world war one and we follow Joey’s journey throughout […]

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (a.k.a Get the Gringo), 2012. Directed by Adrian Grunberg. Starring Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Dolores Heredia, Peter Stormare, Dean Norris and Bob Gunton. SYNOPSIS: A career criminal is sent to a tough Mexican prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy. […]

Tom Jolliffe chats with British action star Gary Daniels… Gary Daniels was a successful kickboxer (a former world champ) who took the decision to leave his homeland in England to pursue a career in acting overseas in the late 80’s. He cut his teeth on celluloid in the Philippines before venturing to America to launch […]

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, 2011. Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Cary Elwes and Mackenzie Crook. SYNOPSIS: Intrepid reporter Tintin and the surly Captain Haddock search for a sunken treasure ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor, but what shady forces look […]

Humanity’s End, 2009. Directed by Neil Johnson. Starring Jay Laisne, Rochelle Vallese, Cynthia Ickes, William Tulin, Kari Nissena and Peta Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The last man in the universe is hunted down by a hybrid race known as the Nephilim. As a self-considered feminist, this movie was almost like blasphemy. Not a good start at all. […]

Burning Man, 2011. Written and Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Rachel Griffiths, Jack Heanly and Essie Davis. SYNOPSIS: An English chef with a restaurant in Bondi tries to put his life and his relationship with his son back together in the wake of a life changing event. We’re truly in an […]

Pinching Penny, 2011. Written and Directed by Dan Glaser. Starring Steven Moloney, Timothy J. Meyer, Ginny Glaser and Lauren J. Wertz. SYNOPSIS: A British hypochondriac becomes addicted to consumerism and turns to crime to fund his habit, eventually hatching a plot to kidnap a girl and hold her for ransom. The most challenging aspect about […]

Safe, 2012. Directed by Boaz Yakin. Starring Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, James Hong and Reggie Lee. SYNOPSIS: After his family are murdered by Russian gangsters, an ex-cop and second-rate cage fighter rescues a young girl whose memory contains a secret code worth millions and has to fight to keep her […]

The Ides of March, 2011. Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella and Jennifer Ehle. SYNOPSIS: The Ides of March puts us on the campaign trail of potential Democratic candidate for the presidency Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney) with […]