True Grit, 1969. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeff Corey and Dennis Hopper. SYNOPSIS: After her father is murdered a young girl hires an aging U.S. Marshal to track the killer through hostile Indian territory. True Grit has just been through a contemporary revival at the capable […]

Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich (German: Mein Kampf), 2009. Directed by Urs Odermatt. Starring Tom Schilling, Götz George, Wolf Bachofner, Henning Peker, Simon Schwarz, Elisabeth Orth and Anna Unterberger. SYNOPSIS: Rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the young and strikingly untalented Adolf Hitler (Tom Schilling) embarks on a journey that will […]

The Fighter, 2010. Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. SYNOPSIS: An inspirational drama exploring the remarkable rise of Massachusetts-born junior welterweight boxing champion “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). It seems like every single week through 2011 a new Oscar nominated and much hyped film hits our […]

Brighton Rock, 2011. Written and Directed by Rowan Joffe. Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: Pinkie (Sam Riley) is a young gangster in 60s Brighton who must seduce the naïve Rose (Andrea Riseborough) after she is a potential witness to to a murder Pinkie’s gang committed. The first […]

Black Dynamite, 2009. Directed by Scott Sanders. Starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman and Tommy Davidson. SYNOPSIS: After his brother is killed, the gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding, ladies man and soul brother Black Dynamite sets out for revenge against ‘The Man’. On November 4th 2008, history was made. After months of campaigning, picketing, […]

The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1977. Directed by Marty Feldman. Starring Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margaret, Peter Ustinov, Sinéad Cusack, James Earl Jones, Burt Kwouk, Trevor Howard, Avery Schreiber, Irene Handl, Henry Gibson, Terry-Thomas, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, Hugh Griffith and Ed McMahon. SYNOPSIS: Digby Geste (Feldman) and his ‘identical’ twin brother Beau (York) […]

22 Bullets (French: L’immortel), 2010. Directed by Richard Berry. Starring Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Marina Foïs, Gabriella Wright, Fani Kolarova, Daniel Lundh and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. SYNOPSIS: After being left for dead with 22 bullets riddled in his body, a retired mobster somehow survives and sets out to gain revenge on the only man who would […]

Catfish, 2010. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. SYNOPSIS: A riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. When I first heard about Catfish, it sounded like a ramshackle film cobbled together to capitalise on Facebook fever, and in particular, the enormous success of David Fincher’s The Social Network. […]

Outcast, 2010. Directed by Colm McCarthy.Starring James Nesbitt, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, James Cosmo, Kate Dickie, Karen Gillan and Christine Tremarco. SYNOPSIS: On the run from a deadly pursuer and using an ancient form of magic to hide themselves, an Irish traveller and her son find themselves hiding out in a run down Edinburgh council […]

I’m Still Here, 2010. Directed by Casey Affleck. Starring Joaquin Phoenix. SYNOPSIS: Announcing his retirement from acting, Joaquin Phoenix embarks on a journey to establish himself as a successful rapper. I’m Still Here is one of those curios, that which the hype and marketing surrounding the film end up completely overshadowing the film itself. For […]