D.J. Haza presents the final entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Top Gun, 1986. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside and Meg Ryan. Top Gun is possibly the coolest film ever made. It has the coolest characters – fighter […]

After making his animated debut last year with The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to follow up the historical drama double bill of War Horse and Lincoln by returning to the sci-fi genre for an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s technological thriller Robopocalypse. According to Deadline, […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood, ‘If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin?’… Another good episode. Seems season four is going for the record of most great episodes in a row. I know many True Blood fans feel that all of the episodes […]

We were promised that he’d return and now Deadline have confirmed that Danny Trejo’s former Mexican Federale will be back, with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez signing a deal with producer Alexander Rodnyansky to develop Machete Kills – the sequel to 2010’s Grindhouse spin-off Machete and the second instalment in a planned trilogy that will presumably conclude […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular US vampire series True Blood, “I’m Alive and On Fire”… This week’s episode continues to have Eric being a “nice” guy but also somewhat delusional after draining and killing Sookie’s fairy-godmother. She enlists the help of Alcide to find him after he runs […]

Jon Dudley compares Hollywood to the British film industry… “…the American hegemony over cinema in Britain has frequently been blamed for preventing the development of an authentically indigenous cinema” – Tom Ryall American films have dominated global cinema for many decades now. Such is the high number of Hollywood productions being shown in cinemas across […]

It has been announced that Ian McKellen (X-Men, Lord of the Rings), Judi Dench (Casino Royale), Mark Williams (Harry Potter) and Gillian Anderson (The X Files) are all attached to star in a zombie comedy set in the 18th century. The Curse of the Buxom Strumpet is about the inhabitants of a small seaside town […]

Waldo the Dog, 2010. Directed by Kris Canonizado. Starring Rook Kelly and Jaquelyn Xavier. SYNOPSIS: A shame-ridden and mentally unstable young man wears a dog mask in order to cope with life. Ah, lovely. Judging by the title, this sounds like something whimsical and nice. About 17 seconds into the film, when ‘Waldo’ – a […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Black Swan, 2010. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel and Barbara Hershey. Black Swan is another dark tale from director Darren Aronofsky and again deals with obsession and self-destruction. This time out Aronofsky has […]

Sean Guard analyses the hit US TV drama Dexter… A woman is walking out of her usual coffee spot while taking a small sip of a vanilla latte that she has just purchased. She climbs into her car and drives not very far to her empty apartment. She notices a couple holding hands walking along […]