The final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, may be over a year away but fans in the UK are set to enjoy plenty of Bat-action in 2011 as the action packed arena spectacular Batman Live tours the country from July. The storyline, which has just been released today, will focus […]

Silver screen siren Jane Russell passed away yesterday from a respiratory-related illness at her home in Santa Maria, California, aged 89. Born in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1921, Russell began her career as modelling before studying drama and acting with Max Reinhardt’s Theatrical Worksho. She was quickly signed to a seven year contract by Howard Hughes. […]

Sliding Doors, 1998. Written and Directed by Peter Howitt. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch and Jeanne Tripplehorn. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s life unfolds in two entirely different directions. What if? It’s a big question in all of our lives. What if I’d told her? What if we’d stayed together? What if I’d got […]

Missing Pieces, 2011. Written and Directed by Kenton Bartlett. Starring Mark Boone Junior, Melora Walters and Alana Jordan. SYNOPSIS: A kidnapper tries to make two lonely souls fall in love by putting them through a series of unique situations. Originality is what I always strive for in a review. Why read my specific review if […]

Senna, 2010. Directed by Asif Kapadia. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on the three-time Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna. Anyone with even a fleeting interest in motor sport has heard of Ayrton Senna, but his heyday was a little before my time. I remember briefly his tussles with Nigel Mansell when I was a kid, but […]

Ghosted, 2011. Directed by Craig Viveiros. Starring John Lynch, David Schofield, Martin Compston, Craig Parkinson and Art Malik. SYNOPSIS: A model prisoner risk his own life and sanity to help a newcomer who has fallen under the spell of a psychotic convict. Do you think you could hack it behind bars? If you’re a Daily […]

Savage Streets, 1984. Directed by Danny Steinmann. Starring Linda Blair, John Vernon and Sal Landi. SYNOPSIS: Brenda (played by the pixie faced Linda Blair) and Heather (80’s scream queen Linnea Quigley) are two very close sisters. Brenda keeps her young deaf sister under her watchful eye at all times, until one fateful day when a […]

It’s taken pretty much for granted in modern cinema that, for a Chinese film role, you cast a Chinese actor. Just as leading men no longer black up in boot polish to play Othello, actresses long ago stopped painting their eyes slanted to look Chinese. It’s daft, it’s unconvincing, and to the actors turned away […]

Green Lantern, 2011. Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Taiki Waititi, Jon Tenney, Jay O. Sanders, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan and Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: Cocky test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is granted cosmic super-powers to help defeat an intergalactic foe. You know […]

Hanna, 2011. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Cate Blanchett. SYNOPSIS: A teenage assassin s dispatched on a mission across Europe where she is tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) shifts gear with this audacious espionage […]