James Ellis on the demise of the spoof… I wanted to start this article all contrived describing to all the uninformed masses what a spoof was. Literally what the spoof dictionary definition was. I was even going to add all the silly abbreviations one finds in a dictionary, make the start of the article look […]

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth will be breathing a sigh of relief this weekend with the news that the financially beleaguered MGM have finally reached a deal with New Line and Warner Bros. to cover the estimated $500m needed to bring The Hobbit to the big-screen, as reported by TheWrap last night. The […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Tilda Swinton and Elias Koteas. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a fantasy-drama loosely based […]

DJ Haza talks Top Gun in more “Frustrated Ramblings Of An Aspiring Filmmaker”… Stinger: “Don’t screw around with me Maverick. You’re a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I’d like to bust your butt but I can’t. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Se7en, 1995. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. Se7en is the dark and chilling tale of two Police detectives, David Mills (Pitt) and William Somerset (Freeman), who take on a series […]

Hollywood legend Tony Curtis has passed away aged 85 after suffering cardiac arrest at his Nevada home late last night, as confirmed this morning by representatives of his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis. Born in New York in 1925, Curtis served in the United States Navy during WWII before studying acting at New York’s Dramatic Workshop […]

Jon Dudley examines the box office performance of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and asks, why has it not been a box office hit? Edgar Wright’s latest film, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, was made on a budget of around £38.5m [$60m], but as of today (28th Sept. 2010) has only accumulated a […]

Sad news today as the Los Angeles Times reports that film editor and longtime Quentin Tarantino collaborator Sally Menke was found dead in the early hours of this morning, aged 56. Menke had failed to return home from a hiking session in Los Angeles on Monday during an extreme heatwave, with early rumours pointing to […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Saving Private Ryan, 1998. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Tom Sizemore, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, Ted Danson, Dennis Farina and Paul Giamatti. Saving Private Ryan is the epic war […]

Since the first film exhibition near the end of the 19th century, a countless number of science fiction films have been released. Here, Russell Hill selects the very best of the genre… Outer space has always intrigued mankind. Is there life outside of Earth? And will this life form be friendly? Apparently based on the […]