Hatchet II, 2010. Written and Directed by Adam Green. Starring Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: Having escaped the deranged killer Victor Crowley, Marybeth returns to the bayou with an army of gunmen to end the butcher’s reign of terror once and for all. I happen to be quite a big fan of […]

Fright Night 3D, 2011. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Imogen Poots and Dave Franco. SYNOPSIS: A high-school student discovers that his next door neighbour is a vampire. Straight away I want to say this is one of the year’s worst films. And hereby follows a […]

The Guard, 2011. Directed by John Michael McDonagh.Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan and Mark Strong. SYNOPSIS: A small town Irish cop with a confrontational personality teams up with an FBI agent to investigate an international cocaine-smuggling ring. The Guard is an small, off-beat film that works well as a […]

Horrible Bosses, 2011. Written and Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. SYNOPSIS: Three friends conspire to murder each of their horrible bosses. Sometimes a cast can really say it all. You see a comedy with the cast/comedic pedigree of Horrible Bosses […]

Page Eight, 2011. Written and Directed by David Hare. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Felcity Jones, Ewen Bremner, Tom Hughes and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: An MI5 officer’s boss dies, leaving behind a file which threatens the stability of the organisation. Page Eight, written and directed by David Hare and currently available […]

The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito), 2011. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya and Jan Cornet. SYNOPSIS: An eminent plastic surgeon becomes obsessed with creating a new type of synthetic skin capable of withstanding any kind of damage. The Skin I Live In is a masterfully created piece […]

Now that Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is officially underway with the release of Iron Man 3, fans have plenty to look forward to over the next couple of years, with Marvel Studios unleashing the solo sequels Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier along with the cosmic ensemble Guardians […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Kirsty Puchko writes for CinemaBlend.com about eBay’s decision to stop selling Django Unchained dolls: “From autographed posters to collectible figures and vintage promo tees, eBay is typically a terrific venue for seeking out hard to find movie memorabilia. So, when The Weinstein Company pushed toymaker NECA to pull […]

Chris Hemsworth is certainly going to have his hands full this November in Thor: The Dark World, with the God of Thunder going up against his evil stepbrother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), along with two new villains in Christopher Eccleston’s (Doctor Who, G.I Joe: Retaliation) Malekith the Accursed and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s (Lost, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) dual […]

Liam Trim with the latest edition of ‘Page and Screen’… This feature often asks whether some novels really are completely impossible to adapt for the screen. Usually diehard fans of much loved books being made into films are concerned primarily with one thing; the characters. They worry that the actors won’t fit their mental images […]