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 […]

The Girl from the Naked Eye, 2012. Directed by David Ren. Starring Jason Yee, Samantha Streets, Gary Stretch, Dominique Swain, Ron Yuan and Sasha Grey. SYNOPSIS: When his call girl friend is murdered, a man risks everything to uncover the truth and exact his revenge. When Sin City came out seven odd years ago, there […]

Sean Guard celebrates Black History Month with a selection of acclaimed African American films… In the light and celebration of Black History Month, I’ve put together a small collection from the vast library of highly-acclaimed African American films. From Cicely Tyson to Denzel Washington to Spike Lee, I’ve included some of the classic films and […]

Celebrated American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died aged just 48 after being found unconscious in her room at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California yesterday afternoon. According to a statement from the police, there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent”, and the cause of death is to be investigated. Born in […]

There Be Dragons, 2011. Written and Directed by Roland Joffé. Starring Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko. SYNOPSIS: In the wake of the Spanish Civil War, a journalist discovers a dark and devastating connection between his estranged father and a candidate for canonization. Okay I’ll admit it, when first tasked with writing […]

Following his comeback in the Planet Terror portion of the Robert Rodriguez / Quentin Tarantino collaboration Grindhouse back in 2007, cult actor Michael Biehn – star of 80’s classics The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss – now seems to have a taste for exploitation flicks. Having made his directorial debut last year with the suspense […]