Limitless, 2011. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel and Johnny Whitworth. SYNOPSIS: A writer takes an experimental mind-enhancing ‘smart drug’, attracting the attention of shadowy forces determined to use his newfound abilities for their own gain. Is it possible to be a genius in an age when […]

Snowtown, 2011. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway and Craig Coyne. SYNOPSIS: A drama about the Australian serial killer John Bunting. For those of you out there sick of the raft of Australian true crime T.V interpretations with poor production value, generic formal style and that perhaps ‘glamorize’ society’s ‘underbelly’; Snowtown feels […]

It seems certain that Angelina Jolie will not reprise the role of Lara Croft, the voluptuous pistol wielding archaeologist from the successful Tomb Raider video game franchise. The writers behind the script for Iron Man, Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby, are attached to a project to reboot the character with an origin story. Earlier this […]

The Tourist, 2010. Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff, Rufus Sewell and Christian De Sica. SYNOPSIS: An American tourist becomes entagled in a web of intrigue and danger when he crosses paths with a woman whose lover is wanted by the police and the […]

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 their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. It’s ‘average new comedy’ time this weekend with the […]

Resurrected, 1989. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring David Thewlis, Tom Bell and Rita Tushingham. SYNOPSIS: A British soldier is presumed dead during battle in the Falklands, but when he is found alive suffering from exhaustion and amnesia he is accused of desertion, leading to a hate campaign that spirals out of control. Director Paul Greengrass […]

Arrietty (Japan: Kari-gurashi no Arietti), 2010. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Saoirse Ronan, Olivia Colman, Mark Strong, Tom Holland and Phyllida Law. SYNOPSIS: Beneath the floorboards of a sprawling mansion in a magical, overgrown garden in the suburbs of Tokyo, lives tiny 14-year-old Arrietty and her equally tiny parents. I knew […]

Liam Trim provides some alternatives to the Royal Wedding in the third of a three part feature… The big day is upon us. The masculine apocalypse is now. The horsemen will round the corner towards Westminster Abbey any moment, dragging their cargo of the merry middle class and nostalgic Eton boy politicians, right into our […]

Female writing/producing duo Monica Breen and Alison Schapker are long-term collaborators of J.J. Abrams. Having worked on his TV shows Alias and Lost, they have also just renewed a deal with Warner Bros to co-executive produce Fringe for a fourth season. They are also said to be developing another series for Abrams’ Bad Robot company. […]

Carmen, 1984. Directed by Francesco Rosi. Starring Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi and Faith Esham. SYNOPSIS: A soldier falls in love with a beautiful factory worker but his feelings are not reciprocated. I know absolutely nothing about opera. I dabble amateurishly in appreciating classical music because my curiosity was stirred by my love of […]