Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential New Directors of the 21st Century… In thinking of an article to mark the end of the decade a number of ideas passed through my mind – best movies (too common), worst movies (where to begin?), best directors (possibly), best directorial debuts (getting there) – before finally settling upon […]

Robot Chicken is back and this time it’s personal… Conceived during a chance Comic Con meeting between life-long action figure fanatics Matthew Senreich and Seth Green, the Emmy and Annie award-winning comedy series Robot Chicken has gone on to become one of Adult Swim’s most popular shows. The second season – which finally arrives here […]

G.I. Joe: The Movie, 1987. Directed by Don Jurwich. Featuring the voice talents of Michael Bell, Don Johnson, Chris Latta, Burgess Meredith and Bill Ratner. SYNOPSIS: G.I. Joe must battle against an ancient civilization determined to enslave mankind. Back in the mid-80s, toy giant Hasbro planned to bring their three most popular children’s animated series […]

The Chicken Strikes Back! In all honesty if it wasn’t for the Star Wars connection I’d probably never have watched an episode of Robot Chicken. Back when Family Guy was set to release their own take on the Star Wars saga with the Blue Harvest special, I remember reading that another Seth Green series had […]

Scum, 1979. Directed by Alan Clarke. Starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth and Phil Daniels. SYNOPSIS: When Carlin (Ray Winstone) is sent to a Borstal young offenders institute carrying a hard man reputation he is pushed to the limit by wild inmates and cruel officers to uphold it. In this brutal concrete jungle it’s […]

Charlie’s Angels star loses battle with cancer… Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated actress Farrah Fawcett has died after a three year battle with cancer, aged 62. The star became a pop culture icon and sex symbol through her role as Jill Munroe in the classic 70’s television show Charlie’s Angels, and her death comes […]

Family Guy creator announces plans for a theatrical outing for the Griffin family… Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hit animated comedy shows Family Guy, American Dad, and upcoming spinoff The Cleveland Show, has been talking to Wired Magazine about his interest in bringing Peter Griffin and company to the big screen. MacFarlane, who was attending […]

Rohan Morbey selects his Five Essential Tom Cruise Films… In a career spanning over 25 years, Tom Cruise has been one of the top grossing stars at the global box office throughout the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, with his films topping $2.8 billion in worldwide ticket sales. He became the first actor in history to […]

Santosh Sandhu discusses the French New Wave… French cinema in the post war years consisted mainly of genre movies with high production values. It was often studio bound and formulaic. The Gaullist regime came to power in the late 1950s and wanted to promote a home grown industry to compete against the dominance of Hollywood. […]

Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Guilty Pleasure Childhood Movies of the 80s… Oh how I love 80s filmmaking. Honestly no other decade within film (at least to my knowledge) contains more cult film features that span from kids films, through to long forgotten action and horror films. One such sub-genre which seems to have […]