Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2011. Directed by Brad Bird. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Anil Kapoor and Vladimir Mashkov. SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his team are forced to go rogue when the IMF is implicated in an attack on the Kremlin. Simply put, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol […]

Marvel Studios’ plans for their Cinematic Universe post-The Avengers took a knock yesterday with the news that Patty Jenkins has vacated the director’s chair on the upcoming sequel Thor 2, which is currently slated for a release in 2013. According to Deadline, Jenkins – best known for directing the Charlize Theron drama Monster, along with […]

War Horse, 2011. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Kebbell and Tom Hiddleston. SYNOPSIS: A horse is separated from its owner and thrust into the midst of World War I when it is sent into action on the Western Front. In Jurassic Park, there is […]

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 […]