After huge amounts of (worthy) kudos – not to mention a considerably healthier bank balance – for 2008’s The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan has been handed the reigns to DC Comics’ other superhero property – the Last Son of Krypton himself, Kal El. Nolan – who will oversee the project as producer alongside his […]

As has becomes customary the day before the Academy Awards, yesterday played host to the 30th annual Golden Raspberry Awards – honouring the very worst in cinematic achievement in 2009. Worst Picture was presented to Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (which also picked up Worst Screenplay and Worst Director) although the biggest news […]

Splice, 2010. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley and Delphine Chanéac. SYNOPSIS: Brilliant genetic scientists Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) splice animal DNA together to create hybrids in search of a specific protein. Wanting to add human DNA, but forbidden by their funding pharmaceutical company, they secretly create Dren, an […]

The Rebound, 2009. Directed by Bart Freundlich. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. SYNOPSIS: A single mum of two moves to the city to start a new life where she falls for a guy who is not only much younger than her, but also the babysitter. Having not heard much about this film but feeling […]

Toy Story 3, 2010. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack and Ned Beatty. SYNOPSIS: Andy has grown up and is heading off to college, and we join his toys as they voice concerns about their future. Believing themselves destined for the dumpster, they hitch a […]

The Disappearance of Alice Creed, 2010. Written and Directed by J Blakeson. Starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: Two guys kidnap Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton) and demand two million dollars from her father. However things aren’t quite what they seem and everything starts to fall apart. In essence this is a fairly […]

The Brothers Bloom, 2008 [Only now receiving a UK cinema release]. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con-artists since children. Bloom wants to quit but Stephen persuades him to take part in one last con. […]

The Brothers Bloom, 2008. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Brick), this film is about two brothers, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody), who are some of the best con men in the world. But Bloom wants […]

Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy, 1968. Directed by Roger Vadim. Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law and Anita Pallenberg. SYNOPSIS: In the distant future a beautiful space-age heroine is tasked by the President of Earth with capturing an evil scientist who threatens universal peace. See films differently, say Volkswagen on their adverts to promote their […]

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, 2009. Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer. SYNOPSIS: After suffering a spinal injury in the line of work, newly-promoted Lieutenant Terence McDonagh (Nicholas Cage) spirals into drug abuse and corruption. There’s a piece of modern movie-industry jargon that I cringe whenever […]