The Green Butchers, 2003. Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. Starring Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. SYNOPSIS: A depressed stoner and his highly strung friend set up a failing butchers shop, only for success to come when they stop selling chicken and start using human. As anti-heroes go, a disturbed stoner and an anxious psychotic […]

Raining Stones, 1993. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Bruce Jones, Ricky Tomlinson and Julie Brown. SYNOPSIS: Bob Williams (Bruce Jones) is an honest grafter stuck on the dole, constantly trying to grab hold of any bit of work that comes his way. When Bob refuses to accept second best for his daughter’s Holy Communion, he […]

Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller director dead aged 59… Filmmaker John Hughes has died of a heart attack while out walking in Manhattan earlier today, Thursday 6th of August. Hughes was one of the most prolific and successful writing, directing and producing talents of the 1980s and his credits include National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Sixteen […]

Hannah Montana: The Movie, 2009. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Starring Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. SYNOPSIS: The world famous singer is forced to return to her hometown in order to rediscover her roots. I’m sticking my neck on the line here because I am offering Hannah Montana: The Movie to you, the cinephiles of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers and Philip Stone. Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror based upon Stephen King’s novel of the same name is a classic and unnerving film about […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Shawshank Redemption, 1994. Directed by Frank Darabont. Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler and Clancy Brown. The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most beautiful stories ever told on film and is always selected near […]

London to Brighton, 2006. Directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Starring Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris and Sam Spruell. SYNOPSIS: A gritty and unflinching drama about the lowlifes and criminals that inhabit London’s seedy underworld. Kelly and eleven year old Joanne burst into a grim public toilet at 3am in the morning. Joanne is frantically […]

Jon Dudley discusses the career of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan… The Sixth Sense grossed $672,806,292 worldwide… Unbreakable grossed $248,118,121 worldwide… Signs grossed $408,247,917 worldwide… what do these three films have in common? They were all written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Lady In The Water grossed $72,785,169 worldwide but was nominated for four Razzie […]

Get Carter, 1971. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, and Britt Ekland. SYNOPSIS: Jack Carter (Michael Caine), a classy but brutal criminal, travels to Newcastle from London in an attempt to find out the real cause behind the suspicious death of his brother. As the sinister facts behind his brother’s […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Get Carter, 1971. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, and Britt Ekland. Get Carter is a classic British gangster film that sees Jack Carter (Caine) arrive in Northern England with questions about the recent […]