The Girl Who Played with Fire (Swedish: Flickan som lekte med elden), 2009. Directed by Daniel Alfredson. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist. SYNOPSIS: When hacker Lisbeth Sanders (Noomi Rapace) goes on the run after being accused of three murders, journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) sets out to track her down and uncover the truth. […]

Let Me In, 2010. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas and Cara Buono. SYNOPSIS: A lonely twelve-year old boy befriends his new neighbour and soon has to confront the reality that the seemingly innocent young girl is actually a savage vampire responsible for a string of murders in […]

Another Year, 2010. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wright, Oliver Maltman and Imelda Staunton. SYNOPSIS: An intimate portrait of a year in the lives of an aging but happily-married couple and their dysfunctional friends. Another Year is Mike Leigh’s eleventh feature film, an interesting multi character drama doused […]

It’s Kind of a Funny Story, 2010. Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck. Starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis & Emma Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Sixteen year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), after dreaming of one too many suicide attempts, checks himself into hospital for depression. However, the child wing is being renovated so he finds himself in the […]

Amy Flinders profiles Scottish director Lynne Ramsay in the first of a two-part feature… Despite only having two features and a handful of short films to her name, Lynne Ramsay has managed to captivate audiences and critics alike and is well respected as a prolific and innovative director. It is perhaps the inspired combination of […]

Nazi Dawn, a.k.a. Black Ops, a.k.a. Deadwater, 2008. Directed by Roel Reiné. Starring Lance Henriksen, Gary Stretch, James Russo and Katherine Randolph. SYNOPSIS: A dark and ghostly wartime secret is about to be uncovered when a battle between good and evil breaks out aboard a WWII-era battleship. Nazis are without doubt the greatest baddies to […]

Gary Collinson presents Five Essential Christopher Lee Villains… Enjoying an incredible career spanning over sixty years and with more than 250 credits to his name, British actor Sir Christopher Lee has earned his place as a true legend of the screen. After serving in the Royal Air Force and intelligence services during World War II, […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Michael Douglas films… The son of screen legend Kirk Douglas and actress Diana Hill, actor and producer Michael Douglas shot to fame alongside Karl Malden in the TV police drama The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1976) and received his first Academy Award as producer of Miloš Forman’s classic 1975 […]

Gary Collinson traces the many screen incarnations of The Dark Knight in the first of a three-part feature… With Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman debuting in Action Comics #1 in 1938 to unprecedented success, publisher DC Comics tasked 18-year-old Bob Kane with creating a new character to extend their line of superheroes. Inspired by […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season One Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 2009. Executive Produced by George Lucas. Featuring the voice talents of Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Matthew Wood and Anthony Daniels. SYNOPSIS: As the Clone Wars rage across the galaxy the Jedi lead the Grand Army of […]