Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Germain Lussier, for /Film on 23rd March 2012, revealed a little Django Unchained information for the Tarantino fans among us… “Here’s what Shamberg said when I asked when we may see some footage from Django Unchained: ‘I’ve seen some stuff and it’s amazing. We’re still shooting and my […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Once Upon a Time in the West (Italian: C’era una volta il West), 1968. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale. Sergio Leone’s epic Spaghetti Western is widely regarded as a masterpiece. […]

Simon Moore reviews the first episode of the Napoleon Dynamite animated series… You saw the film. You raised a quizzical brow at his moonboots. You scrolled past the endless dance scene rip-offs on YouTube. Now Napoleon Dynamite has his own animated TV sitcom. Replacing the spiteful and unfunny Allen Gregory in Channel 4’s late Tuesday […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Casablanca, 1942. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Casablanca wasn’t expected to be anything and was rushed into release in order to take […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Once Upon a Time in America, 1984. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, William Forsythe, James Hayden, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Joe Pesci, Burt Young and Jennifer Connelly. Once Upon a Time in […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Steven Poole writes for The Guardian on March 11th about the financial success of the gaming industry… “The fastest-selling cultural product in history was created by people you’ve probably never heard of. While this year’s Oscars honoured films in which the movie business sweetly congratulates itself on its […]

Chronicle, 2012. Directed by Josh Trank. Starring Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan and Alex Russell. SYNOPSIS: After developing strange telekinetic powers, the lives of three high school friends begin to spiral out of control. Every year comes a few films for which the trailers does no justice at all, yet they turn out to be […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… On February 19th 2012, John Horn, Nicole Sperling and Doug Smith of The Los Angeles Times wrote… “A Los Angeles Times study found that Academy voters are markedly less diverse than the moviegoing public, and even more monolithic than many in the film industry may suspect. Oscar voters […]

Off the back of its 3D re-release, George Lucas’ fan-derided opening chapter of his epic space opera, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menance, has now crossed $1 billion dollars at the global box office, becoming only the eleventh film in history to do so. According to THR, The Phantom Menace reached the landmark […]

A Dangerous Method, 2011. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel. SYNOPSIS: In the early twentieth century, Dr Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) attempts to cure an unbalanced young woman (Keira Knightley) using the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), only for both men to […]