13 Assassins (Jûsan-nin no shikaku), 2010. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada and Yuseke Iseya. SYNOPSIS: The sadistic Lord Naritsugu, brother of the Shogun and therefore above the law, commits a string of atrocities across feudal Japan. The samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is hired to assassinate him, hiring a team of samurai assassins […]

Tangled, 2010. Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. Featuring the voice talents of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy and Ron Perlman. SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned for years in a tower by an evil witch, Princess Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) escapes with help from a charming thief and sets off on an adventure home. Fairytales: they’re all […]

Luis Buñuel. You know. Spanish director. He did Un Chien Andalou, with the eyeball slicing and the meat dragging. Belle du Jour, with all the kinky French sex. Not so keen on God and churches. Dalí’s number one homeboy. That Luis Buñuel. Mr Bongo Films are releasing two of his lesser-known films, remastered for DVD, […]

Ironclad, 2011. Directed by Jonathan English. Starring James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mackenzie Crook, Charles Dance, Jamie Foreman, Aneurin Barnard and Derek Jacobi. SYNOPSIS: In 13th century England a Knights Templar and his rag-tag band of warriors struggle to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. The King’s Speech […]

Barbarossa: Siege Lord a.k.a. Sword of War, 2009. Directed by Renzo Martinelli. Starring Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan and F. Murray Abraham. SYNOPSIS: In Northern Italy, the Germanic Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (Rutger Hauer) plans to capture the regions of the South and Centre to recreate the empire, leading to deadly clashes between the people of the […]

Paul, 2011. Directed by Gregg Mottola. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Blythe Danner and Gregg Turkington. SYNOPSIS: Two British comic book geeks meet up with an extraterrestrial who has escaped from Area 51. Where is the optimum position to sit in the cinema? […]

Cuckoo, 2009. Directed by Richard Bracewell. Starring Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath, Adam F. and Tamsin Greig. SYNOPSIS: Trapped in a dead-end job and with her relationship falling apart, a young woman finds herself questioning her grip on reality and turns to her boss for support, but he has a dark secret of […]

Terror Trap, 2010. Directed by Dan Garcia. Starring David James Elliot, Heather Marie Marsden, Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen and Andrew Sensenig. SYNOPSIS: Don (David James Elliot) and Nancy (Heather Marie Marsden), a couple with an unhappy relationship, are run off the road on a rural back road. The surly Sheriff Cleveland (Jeff Fahey) drives the […]

Liam Trim with the latest edition of ‘Page and Screen’… With the all conquering Harry Potter franchise drawing to a close after a decade of record breaking box office figures and immeasurable sales of merchandise and DVDs, reams are being written attempting to sum up the reasons for the worldwide phenomenon. Recipes for success are […]

Liam Trim with ten reasons to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon… The latest Transformers movie has been critically panned from virtually every corner. Danny Leigh off that BBC show with Claudia Winkleface is even calling for strike action to boycott the movie in The Guardian and thus send a message to studio execs. But […]