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 […]

Sean Guard on the third season of the popular American reality series Jersey Shore… Oh, what can we “shoreheads” say about the third and latest season that was the Jersey Shore? A lot I’m sure but I only have so much typing room before people begin to get tired of my rambling. Last season which […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Shutter Island, 2010. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley. Shutter Island is the 1950s-set psychological thriller from Martin Scorsese that will have you […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson and Alec Baldwin. The Departed is a crime thriller based on the Hong Kong film […]

American actor Farley Granger has died of natural causes on Sunday, March 27th, aged 85. Born in San Jose, California, Granger began his cinematic career as a contract player for producer Samuel Goldwyn, making his debut in the 1943 war film The North Star (dir. Lewis Milestone). He reunited with the director the following year […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the popular US vampire series True Blood… Unless you happen to be dead yourself, you should know about the undead craze that is blanketing our planet. By undead I by no means am speaking of anything that slid out of the creative mind of one George A. Romero. I […]

Demon Empire, 2006. Directed by Dong-oh Jo & Dong-oh Cho. Starring Woo-sung Jung, Jun-ho Heo, Tae-hee Kim, Kwang-il Kim, Jeong-hak Park, Sang-wook Park and Ha-jun Yu. SYNOPSIS: A demon slayer finds himself in the place between our world and Heaven where, reunited with his lost love, he attempts to stop the leader of an unholy […]

Legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet has died today from lymphoma at his Manhattan home, aged 86. Born in Philadelphia in 1924 to show business parents, the Academy Award-nominated director enjoyed a long and distinguished career, becoming one of the pre-eminent figures of the New York filmmaking scene with over fifty film credits to his name. As […]