Shame, 2011. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. SYNOPSIS: A sex addict’s life becomes increasingly more desperate when his sister moves in. Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender) is a man unable to emotionally connect, desensitised to social interaction by a habitual stream of Chinese takeaways and Internet pornography. His laptop at home […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… The Telegraph covered a very strange story when the inevitable anti-The Artist publicity machine began in full swing with Kim Novak, star of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, chiming in: “Novak took out a full-page advert in Variety magazine earlier this week, where she said: ‘The [Artist] could and should have […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Entertainment Weekly went behind-the-scenes of Christopher Nolan’s final Batman feature this past week for an inside look at The Dark Knight Rises that included five new images from the hugely anticipated sequel. Although nothing revelatory, they do provide us […]

Trevor Hogg presents an exclusive piece of artwork from illustrator Mike Maihack depicting John Carter and Dejah Thoris… When looking through the weekly Internet feature BestArtEver posted by Andy Khouri of Comics Alliance, I came across the work of Mike Maihack; the discovery resulted in me interviewing the Tampa Bay, Florida based illustrator for the […]

War Horse, 2011. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston and Toby Kebbell. SYNOPSIS: A young boy Albert develops a relationship with the family horse he names Joey. They are split apart by the beginning of world war one and we follow Joey’s journey throughout […]

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, 2011. Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Cary Elwes and Mackenzie Crook. SYNOPSIS: Intrepid reporter Tintin and the surly Captain Haddock search for a sunken treasure ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor, but what shady forces look […]

Steven Spielberg has been doing the press rounds to promote The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse and the ever-busy filmmaker has taken the opportunity to update the status of some of his upcoming projects, including the highly-anticipated fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, the not-so-highly-anticipated-judging-by-its-box-office sequel to The Secret of the Unicorn, and […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Big Lebowski, 1998. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Godman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, David Huddleston, David Thewlis and Tara Reid. The Big Lebowski is the […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Stuart Heritage writes about Paranormal Activity 4 in The Guardian… with a very pessimistic attitude: “The problem is, the wheels might fall off at any minute. The Paranormal Activity formula is now so slick that the films pretty much write themselves. There is a family. They set up […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Chinatown, 1974. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. Chinatown is Roman Polanski’s classic neo-noir film set in Los Angeles during the California Water Wars of 1937. The multi-layered story full of twists and […]