The Runaways, 2010. Directed by Floria Sigismondi. Starring Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Michael Shannon, Riley Keough, Stella Maeve and Scout Taylor-Compton. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age biopic about 70s teenage band The Runaways. Fronted by the then-15 year old-‘jailbait’ blonde Cherie Curie, with backing vocals and electric guitar provided by Joan Jett (who went on to sell […]

Lebanon, 2009. Written & Directed by Samuel Maoz. Starring Yoav Donat, Zohar Shtrauss, Oshri Cohen. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1982, and the First Lebanon War has just begun. New gunner Shmulik (Yoav Donat) is assigned to a tank team led by Assi (Itay Tiran) along with Hertzel (Oshri Cohen) the shell loader and Yigal (Michael Moshonov) the […]

The Losers, 2010. Directed by Sylvain White. Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada and Jason Patric. SYNOPSIS: In the Bolivian jungle, a group of Special Ops soldiers plan an air strike on a village targeted by the US military. Finding a large amount of children in the […]

Robin Hood, 2010. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, William Hurt and Max von Sydow. SYNOPSIS: At the end of the 12th century, common archer Robin Hood makes his way back to England from fighting in King Richard’s crusades in France, only to become involved in another battle, […]

What Have You Done to Solange? a.k.a Who’s Next? (Italian: Cosa avete fatto a Solange?), 1971. Directed by Massimo Dallamano. Starring Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó, Karin Baal, and Joachim Fuchsberger. SYNOPSIS: A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students takes her out on a boat when they witness a knife killing […]

The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh, 1971. Directed by Sergio Martino. Starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil and Carlo Alighiero. SYNOPSIS: A restless woman becomes embroiled in a horrifying mystery that threatens to drive her to the brink of madness… or worse. Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1971) is a Giallo […]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 2010. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn and Chloë Grace Moretz. SYNOPSIS: Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is about to start middle school. He doesn’t know what to expect or more importantly, how he’s going to survive it. Thankfully his mum has bought him […]

Rumours of Ridley Scott reuniting with Sigourney Weaver to return to the franchise he launched back in 1979 with his breakthrough sci-fi horror Alien had been swirling around for many a year before confirmation last summer that he would indeed be slipping into the director’s chair once again to helm a prequel. Well, Scott has […]

Some massive news today for fans of a Galaxy Far, Far Away with confirmation from Lucasfilm representative and legendary Star Wars collector Steve Sansweet that a high-definition Blu-ray release of the saga is on the cards in the not too distant future. Steve, who was attending the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo at the weekend, […]

Sir Ian McKellen has announced on his website that filming on The Lord of the Rings prequels will get underway in the next few months. The veteran actor – who will reprise his role as Gandalf – said that shooting on the two-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s children’s classic The Hobbit will begin […]