Anghus Hourvouras wonders whether the world’s greatest filmmaker has endorsed himself into a corner… There was a time when Steven Spielberg’s name on a film meant something. It was an event. A reason to go to the movies. There are few filmmakers that have been able to generate excitement in film fans both young and […]

Memory Lane, 2011. Directed by Shawn Holmes. Starring Michael Guy Allen and Meg Barrick. SYNOPSIS: When Nick (Allen) finds his fiancé dead, he routinely travels to the afterworld in order to find out who murdered her. He does this by stopping and starting his heart over and over again. Okay, let’s get this out of […]

Jack and Jill, 2011. Directed Dennis Dugan. Starring Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Elodie Tougne, Rohan Chand, Eugenio Derbez, David Spade and Nick Swardson. SYNOPSIS: Advertising executive and family man Jack (Sandler) has to contend with the one event of the year he fears most… the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill […]

Piggy, 2012. Written and Directed by Kieron Hawkes. Starring Paul Anderson, Martin Compston, Josh Herdman, Neil Maskell and Louise Dylan. SYNOPSIS: Joe (Compston) struggles with the fear he feels living in modern day London. After his brother is murdered by a bunch of thugs, he comes across a mysterious stranger named Piggy (Anderson) who persuades […]

Small Fry, 2011. Written and Directed by Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Angus MacLane, Teddy Newton, Jane Lynch and Timothy Dalton. If you weren’t already looking forward to The Muppets, I’m going to give you yet another incentive to get along […]

Hulk, 2003. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte, and Josh Lucas. SYNOPSIS: An accident results in a scientist turning into a big green monster whenever he gets angry. The question I’m left pondering once the credits have rolled is – was Ang Lee the right person to direct […]

Blake Howard sinks his teeth into The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1… So I’m not going to bother reviewing Twilight for fear of measuring it in the standard that I’m normally used to, that is to say – as a FILM and not a phenomenon. I’m mainly going to compare it with comparable […]

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 and Paul Bettany. SYNOPSIS: When an alien being arrives and threatens the planet, a plan must […]

Film journalist Nick Goundry considers the future of cinema’s third dimension… The Titanic sails back into cinemas in April 2012 in a bid to recoup more of the staggering production costs it incurred way back in the late 90s. What’s that you say? It did alright the first time round? Well, either way, James Cameron […]

Léon, 1994. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and Natalie Portman. SYNOPSIS: A professional hitman takes under his wing a twelve year-old girl and trains her in his job. Léon may be an English speaking film set in New York City, but it has a distinctly European feel to it which can […]