50/50, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston. SYNOPSIS: After being diagnosed with cancer, a twenty-something guy fights to beat the disease. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star in this comedy based on true events written by Will Reiser. In his twenties, Reiser beat […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Blow, 2001. Directed by Ted Demme. Starring Johnny Depp, Jordi Mollà, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens, Franka Potente and Rachel Griffiths. Blow is the mind-blowing biopic of George Jung (Depp), an average guy who made $100 million smuggling […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Snatch, 2000. Written and Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Robbie Gee, Lennie James and Benicio del Toro. Snatch is the hilarious and well-woven story of the London […]

Idris “Stringer Bell” Elba, the star of HBO’s The Wire and the BBC’s Luther, is about to sign on to play the role of Nelson Mandela in an “official” biopic of the man, to start filming sometime next year. You’d hope Elba doesn’t receive the same criticism as when he played Heimdall, a Norse God […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Twin Town, 1997. Directed by Kevin Allen. Starring Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans and Dougray Scott. If you have ever visited Swansea, or any place in Wales for that matter, you would have no doubt seen or experienced the idiotic […]

Anghus Houvouras presents an outlandish new theory on Gremlins… Gremlins has been on cable a lot lately, and I started noticing something the more I watched. Was this silly, enjoyable little monster movie a thinly veiled attempt at warning us about the “Red Menace” of Communist China? At first, it sounds crazy. Actually, it still […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Gary Busey, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci and Cameron Diaz. “We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert […]

Hugo, 2011. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chloe Grace Moretz. SYNOPSIS: An orphaned young boy becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Hugo is one of those strange movies. One of those movies that you know probably deserves a couple of […]

The Beaver, 2011. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job and his family a man develops an alternate personality, which takes the form of a beaver hand puppet. Mel Gibson talking to a beaver puppet? Surely this had to be a bizarre documentary […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Almost Famous, 2000. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Starring Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson and Philip Seymour-Hoffman. Almost Famous is the story of 15 year old aspiring writer William (Fugit) who after several articles for […]