Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich (German: Mein Kampf), 2009. Directed by Urs Odermatt. Starring Tom Schilling, Götz George, Wolf Bachofner, Henning Peker, Simon Schwarz, Elisabeth Orth and Anna Unterberger. SYNOPSIS: Rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, the young and strikingly untalented Adolf Hitler (Tom Schilling) embarks on a journey that will […]

The 83rd Academy Awards takes place today and as Hollywood gears up for its big night there are those who would argue that the whole awards season is little more than an excuse for industry back-slapping and mutual appreciation. However one ceremony that could never be accused of that is the Razzies – which of […]

Seconds out… welcome to the 3rd annual Superhero Showdown! LAST TIME OUT… Before we get underway, let’s start things off with a review of 2010’s confrontation, which saw Marvel sequel Iron Man 2 taking on DC Comics’ Jonah Hex and Mark Millar’s Icon indie Kick-Ass for big screen superhero supremacy… Our prediction from last year’s […]

Drive Angry 3D, 2011. Directed by Patrick Lussier. Starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David More, Todd Farmer and Christa Campbell. SYNOPSIS: Milton (Nicolas Cage) breaks out of hell to rescue his baby granddaughter who has been abducted by the cult who also killed his daughter. However Satan’s assistant – The Accountant […]

Trevor Hogg chats with three-time Academy Award-winning film editor Michael Kahn… While in California producing some commercials for a New York ad agency, Michael Kahn was offered a job at Desilu, the production company owned and run by television stars Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. “I was the male secretary for a fellow named Dann […]

Never Let Me Go, 2010. Directed by Mark Romanek. Starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Charlotte Rampling, Nathalie Richard, Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough. SYNOPSIS: After spending their childhood in a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, three young adults must come to terms with the sinister truth behind their existence. The way […]

Candyman: The David Klein Story, 2010. Directed by Costa Botes. SYNOPSIS: A biopic charting the rise and fall of the inventor of Jelly Belly jelly beans. Covering the rise and fall of Jelly Belly inventor David Klein, Candyman is a true underdog story with a not-so-happy ending. In all, Candyman is an enjoyable view regardless […]

Operation: Endgame a.k.a. Rogues Gallery, 2010. Directed by Fouad Mikati. Starring Joe Anderson, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Odette Yustman, Maggie Q, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Scott, Brandon T. Jackson, Emilie de Ravin, Bob Odenkirk, Ving Rhames and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: In a secret underground facility a rogue agent kills the boss of an elite government spy […]

I Am Number Four, 2011. Directed by D.J. Caruso. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand, Callan McAuliffe and Jake Abel. SYNOPSIS: An extraordinary young man masks his true identity, passing himself off as a typical student to elude a deadly enemy intent on his destruction. Three like him have already […]

How to Train Your Dragon, 2010. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, Craig Ferguson, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and David Tennant. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking aims to follow in his tribe’s tradition of slaying a dragon but finds himself befriending the creature […]