D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Chinatown, 1974. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. Chinatown is Roman Polanski’s classic neo-noir film set in Los Angeles during the California Water Wars of 1937. The multi-layered story full of twists and […]

Luke Owen continues on the road to The Avengers, revisiting Iron Man 2… Iron Man 2, 2010. Directed by John Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Clark Gregg, Garry Shandling and Paul Bettany. SYNOPSIS: As Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Apocalypse Now, 1979. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Frederic Forrest and Harrison Ford. Apocalypse Now is Francis Ford Coppola’s epic tale of the Vietnamese War. The […]

The Violent Zone, 2002. Directed by Victor Nunez. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Winter, William Forsythe and Josh Lucas. SYNOPSIS: A sheriff forms an unlikely alliance with an ex-con to bring down a local gang. Before Josh Brolin made No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, and W. and before Timothy Olyphant made Die […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Revolutionary Road, 2008. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Richard Easton and Kathy Bates. Revolutionary Road is based upon Richard Yates’ 1961 novel of the same name and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Germain Lussier writes for /Film about the replacement of David Arnold on the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall: “To be honest, I couldn’t pick one of Arnold’s Bond scores from the other (I’m more of fan of his Roland Emmerich collaborations) and, usually, most of the Bond music news […]

Beautiful Lies, 2010. Directed by Pierre Salvadori. Starring Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye and Sami Bouajila. SYNOPSIS: Audrey Tautou stars in this witty French comedy about love and lies. Tautou’s character Émilie Dandrieux receives a passionate love letter from a secret admirer who is also her fellow co-worker at her hair salon, she then copies the […]

Margin Call, 2011. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: During the first twenty-four hours of the worldwide financial crisis, key members of one large investment bank try to stop their world from imploding. Margin Call, a film based on what happens at one international […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Carlito’s Way, 1993. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller. Brian De Palma’s crime film Carlito’s Way is based upon two novels, one of the same name and it’s sequel After Hours, […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Heat, 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo and Jeremy Piven. Heat is […]