Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, 2008. Directed by Peter Sollett. Starring Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Ari Graynor and Alexis Dziena. SYNOPSIS: During one night in New York City searching for a band, both Nick and Norah discover so much more. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is at times painfully hip, naively romantic, and ultimately utterly […]

Simon Moore selects his ten most convincing movie couples… Chances are you’ve been recommended at least thirty ‘most romantic’ films by now, very likely accompanied by pictures of couples kissing in torrential rain, or laughing in sunlit streets, flashing their pearly whites and smooth complexions at one another. Just out of focus, you might see […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Fight Club, 1999. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf and Jared Leto. So in writing this article I am immediately breaking rules one and two of Fight Club, but here it […]

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 […]