Black Swan, 2010. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. SYNOPSIS: A ballet dancer finds herself competing with a rival for the lead in a production of Swan Lake and must embrace her dark side in order to win the role, but at what cost? One […]

Thor, 2011. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Joshua Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Clark Gregg, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS:Cast out of Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) arrives […]

TRON: Legacy, 2010. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen and James Frain. SYNOPSIS: Investigating the disappearance of his father Kevin (Jeff Bridges), Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is drawn into the digital world of ‘The Grid’. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is looking for his father, Kevin (Jeff […]

London Boulevard, 2010. Directed by William Monahan. Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Ray Winstone, Ben Chaplin, Stephen Graham and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: A man newly released from prison falls in love with a reclusive young movie star and finds himself in a duel with a vicious gangster. The trailer for London […]

Unthinkable, 2010. Directed by Gregor Jordan. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh, Carrie-Anne Moss, Stephen Root, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan, Yara Shahidi, Sasha Roiz and Vincent Laresca. SYNOPSIS: A black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent have just two days to press a terror suspect into revealing the location of three nuclear bombs primed […]

Three Kings, 1999. Written and Directed by David O. Russell. Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis, Nora Dunn and Jamie Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: Determined to take home more than sand fleas in the aftermath of the first Gulf War, four American soldiers go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions […]

Liam Trim provides some alternatives to the Royal Wedding in the first of a three part feature… If you’re not fed up with the circus yet, you soon will be. Every clowning performer, every newsreader, commentator and gushing crowd member, will be salt rubbed into your severely wounded mood. Gossiping and gawping at two rich […]

I Saw The Devil (a.k.a. Akmareul boatda), 2010. Directed by Jee-woon Kim. Starring Byung-hun Lee and Min-sik Choi. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer has long evaded the best efforts of the authorities until he picks the wrong victim – the daughter of a retired police chief and fiancée to a Korean Secret Service agent. It will […]

No Impact Man, 2009. Directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein. Starring Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin. SYNOPSIS: Documentary following Colin Beavan, his wife Michelle and their two year old daughter Isabella as they attempt to live environmentally friendly for a year in New York. It only took about twenty minutes into ‘No Impact Man‘ […]

As The Artist prepares for its assault on the Oscars, Liam Trim discusses Michel Hazanavicius’ acclaimed silent feature… The infamous and incomparable Academy Awards are about to launch their annual global invasion. Nothing will be able to resist the onslaught. Facebook and Twitter will be colonised, blogs occupied and living rooms stormed. Of course, every […]