D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Goodfellas, 1990. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino. Goodfellas is Martin Scorsese’s big screen adaptation of Nicholas Pileggi’s non-fiction book Wiseguy. The film chronicles the story of Lucchese […]

Following on from the dismal US opening of the Robert Zemeckis-produced motion-capture animation Mars Needs Moms (which banked just $6.9m in its opening weekend from a reported budget of $150m), THR have announced that The Walt Disney Company have called time on Zemeckis’ planned remake of the bonkers Beatles animation Yellow Submarine. According to sources […]

Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman, whose works Coraline and Stardust have been turned into films in recent years, has signed on to write the scripts for an epic $300 million series of 3D feature films adapted from the ancient Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. The classic 16th century fantasy follows the misadventures of the […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Raging Bull, 1980. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty. Raging Bull is one of the greatest films of all time and is an absolute classic in film history. Scorsese’s biographical masterpiece follows […]

Talk was rife last week after Quentin Tarantino once again expressed his desire to explore the Spaghetti Western and juxtapose the traditional Western elements to a slavery-era American South. Tarantino has been kicking the idea around for a few years and once again he was spilling the beans after the Oscars. He has stated that […]

Movie star Will Smith hasn’t starred in a film since his 2008 offerings Hancock and Seven Pounds but he seems set to make a comeback. Currently filming Men in Black III, he is now attached to the forthcoming project Joe. The film is an updated version of the biblical story of Job, written by screenwriting […]

The 83rd Academy Awards takes place today and as Hollywood gears up for its big night there are those who would argue that the whole awards season is little more than an excuse for industry back-slapping and mutual appreciation. However one ceremony that could never be accused of that is the Razzies – which of […]

Sean Guard discusses the all-important question for a perfect first date… to movie or not to movie? Going on a date? More specifically a first date? What should you do? Where should you take her? Food is always a good idea. Feeding your date has got to be the number 1 thing to gain some […]

Jonathan Ross’ comic book The Golden Age could soon be coming to the big screen courtesy of Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick-Ass, Layer Cake, Stardust and the upcoming X-Men: First Class. Vaughn has said that a major Hollywood studio is ready to back the picture and he has mentioned Ross’ wife Jane Goldman (screenwriter for […]

British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, Oscar nominated for 127 Hours, is working on an adaptation of Toby Barlow’s Sharp Teeth. The novel mixes horror, noir and epic poetry and involves competing packs of werewolves in a dark and seedy Los Angeles underworld, a detective investigating dog-related murders, and a love story between a dogcatcher and a […]