Deadline are reporting that Fox have closed a deal with Matthew Vaughn to return to the director’s chair for a sequel to last year’s superhero prequel X-Men: First Class, with X-Men veteran Bryan Singer also back in a producing capacity and Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand, Sherlock Holmes) handling scriptwriting […]

Rolling Thunder, 1977. Directed by John Flynn. Starring William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Haynes. SYNOPSIS: A Vietnam veteran seeks revenge after the murder of his wife and child. Part revenge tale, part human drama, part commentary on the Vietnam war, and part study on the human psyche, Rolling Thunder is a great example […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… On Friday 27th January, John Dugdale commented on the movie industry’s heavy reliance on literature; writing for The Guardian, he mentions the Best Picture nominees not based on books, noting: “Diehard believers in cinema’s creative autonomy will no doubt point in the Oscars list not only to The […]

The Long Riders, 1980. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring James Keach, Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, James Remar and Savannah Smith Boucher. SYNOPSIS: The story of the legendary bank raids of the James-Younger Gang. Last year saw the end of Bin Laden and Gaddafi, […]

Cash (a.k.a. Ca$h), 2008. Directed by Éric Besnard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Jean Reno and Valeria Golino. SYNOPSIS: A master thief attempts to pull off the biggest robbery in history. The current awards season (2011/12) has been most kind for Jean Durjardin, following his star making performance in The Artist. It’s a wonderful film and a […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Bad Boys, 1995. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Joe Pantoliano and Theresa Randle. Bad Boys is the directorial debut of Michael Bay and since the majority of his films have the same shots […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… This weeks ‘quote’ is very short, from Edgar Wright, on Twitter… Received this in the mail. What can it mean? twitpic.com/9hnn6t — edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 5, 2012 There is no full article to read on this, despite a little coverage on /Film. Avengers Assemble has made over $200m […]

J. Edgar, 2011. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: The story of J. Edgar Hoover, who was the founder and head of the FBI for almost fifty years. The man with everyone else’s secrets must make sure his own aren’t revealed, otherwise everything he has worked […]

Go to Blazes, 1962. Directed by Michael Truman. Starring Dave King, Robert Morley, Norman Rossington, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Maggie Smith and David Lodge. SYNOPSIS: Three robbers plan a heist using a fire engine as a getaway vehicle, but their scheme begins to unravel when they are mistaken for real firemen. British cinema has had […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Being John Malkovich, 1999. Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich is a black comedy-fantasy from the mind of Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. The film received […]