Liam Trim enjoys a double-bill of Salt on Blu-ray and The American on DVD… The world lacks a female super spy. Angelina Jolie has perhaps come closer than most to filling the void with her all action portrayal of sexy video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, but this was ultimately more Indiana Jones than James […]

Iron Man 2, 2010. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: After revealing his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark faces new challenges in the form of the US government and rival industrialist Justin Hammer. An unassuming […]

Pray the Devil Back to Hell, 2008. Directed by Gini Reticker. SYNOPSIS: The story of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for a country torn apart by civil war. Sitting in a luxurious hotel lobby in Spain last week I came across an article by the actor Hugh Bonneville in The […]

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Next (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes), 2009. Directed by Daniel Alfredson.Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace and Lena Endre. SYNOPSIS: Awaiting trial for attemped murder, Lisbeth Salander races to prove her innocence with the aid of Millennium reporter Mikael Blomkvist. As far as film trilogies go, the Millenium films have been […]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 2010. Directed by Michael Apted. Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson (voice) and Simon Pegg (voice). SYNOPSIS: Reunited with newly-anointed King Caspian (Ben Barnes), Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and cousin Eustace Clarence Scrub (Will Poulter) embark […]

Date Night, 2010. Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Common, Mark Wahlberg, Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, Taraji P. Henson and William Fichtner. SYNOPSIS: A case of mistaken identity turns a married couple’s attempt at a romantic evening into an unexpected adventure. Life, for most of us, boils down […]

In what could prove to be a crushing blow to the British film industry, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has today announced the government’s intention to abolish the UK Film Council in a move first reported by Deadline London. The decision – which according to John Woodward, CEO of the Film Council, “has been imposed with […]

Liam Trim reviews the latest Bond video game 007: Blood Stone… Right now the internet is ablaze with debate and gossip. Alright it always is, but at the moment fans everywhere are wondering who will be cast in the next James Bond film, the 23rd in the franchise. Last week two pretty heavyweight acting names […]

Jackass 3D, 2010. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Jason ‘Wee Man’ Acuña, Preston Lacy, Chris Pontius and Ehren McGhehey. SYNOPSIS: The Jackass crew return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off. Here’s how I expected Jackass 3D to play out: Annoying American Moron 1: You ready […]

Liam Trim on recent John Landis comedy Burke and Hare and Martin Scorsese’s psychological thriller Shutter Island… Burke and Hare, 2010. Directed by John Landis. Starring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher and Tom Wilkinson. A week ago today I saw Burke and Hare at the cinema. Now ordinarily I wouldn’t dream of waiting an […]