Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Jonathan Romney writes for The Independent about the up-and-coming Oscar-contender The Artist: “The Artist raises the ghosts of Tinseltown to uncanny effect, but also with a sincerity that’s utterly disarming. Executed with rapturous fondness for the period, it’s far more than a conceptual film-buff project – although Hazanavicius […]

It seems that Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within director José Padilha may have found his leading man for the upcoming RoboCop remake, and no – it’s not Russell Crowe or Michael Fassbender. According to a report from Deadline, the role of Alex Murphy – originally filled by Peter Weller in Paul Verhoeven’s […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Almost Famous, 2000. Directed by Steve Carr. Starring Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don ‘D.C.’ Curry and Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister. If you watched Friday on last week’s recommendation then you are in for a treat this […]

Megan is Missing, 2011. Directed by Michael Goi. Starring Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn and Dean White. SYNOPSIS: Megan is an outgoing, confident 14-year-old whilst her best friend, Amy, 13, is not so self-assured. Megan meets a boy online, Josh, and agrees to meet him. Next thing Amy knows, Megan is gone. In pursuit of finding […]

Outrage (Japan: Autoreiji), 2010. Directed by Beat Takeshi (aka Takeshi Kitano). Starring Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina and Ryo Kase. SYNOPSIS: A Japanese Yakuza (mafia) action film, following two opposing drug syndicates. The boss of one of these syndicates, Sekiuchi orders his lieutenant Kato, and right-hand man Ikemoto to bring down the competition, a job that […]

The Woman, 2011. Directed by Lucky Mckee. Starring Pollyanna McIntosh, Angela Bettis, Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Zach Rand, Shyla Molhusen. SYNOPSIS: A lawyer and family man captures a feral woman and chains her up in his cellar hoping to tame and civilize her, but the task proves more difficult than he anticipated. The Woman […]

Last Night, 2010. Written and Directed by Massy Tadjedin. Starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet, Anson Mount and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: A married couple spend the night away from each other, the husband taking a business trip with a colleague he is attracted to, and the wife encountering a past love. It’s […]

Bronson, 2008. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton and Jonathan Phillips. SYNOPSIS: An artistic biopic of Michael Peterson, a.k.a. Charles Bronson, the man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a Post Office, but over 30 years on remains behind bars for […]

Shiver (Spanish: Eskalofrío), 2008. Directed by Isidro Ortiz. Starring Junio Valverde, Mar Soupe and Blanca Suarez. SYNOPSIS: Santi has a serious case of photophobia, to improve his health him and his mother are forced to move to a shadowed village in the Spanish mountains but not all is quite right about their new hometown. In […]

Stake Land, 2010. Directed by Jim Mickle. Starring Connor Paulo, Nick Damici, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. SYNOPSIS: A vampire epidemic has swept across the nation and its up to vampire hunter Mister to escort young Martin to Canada, the New Eden where they can be safe. Stake Land is like Zombieland with vampires instead […]