Tom Jolliffe chats with British action star Gary Daniels… Gary Daniels was a successful kickboxer (a former world champ) who took the decision to leave his homeland in England to pursue a career in acting overseas in the late 80’s. He cut his teeth on celluloid in the Philippines before venturing to America to launch […]
Ten Essential… Movie Adaptations of Classic (Pre-20th Century) Novels
With Andrea Arnold’s take on Wuthering Heights about to arrive in U.K. cinemas, Adam Hollingworth counts down his favourite movie adaptations of classic pre-20th century novels… This week sees the release of Andrea Arnold’s latest film Wuthering Heights: an affecting and starkly beautiful film which contradicts the old adage that great novels don’t translate into […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #9 – TRON (1982)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… TRON, 1982. Directed by Steven Lisberger. Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes and Dan Shor. Tron is the story of a computer software engineer, Kevin Flynn (Bridges), who accidentally gets transported into a computer-generated […]
Ellen Page isn’t Barbara Gordon in The Dark Knight Rises… but how about Juno Temple?
Gary Collinson speculates on the identity of Juno Temple’s “street-smart Gotham girl” in The Dark Knight Rises… Hot on the heels of Empire’s impressive insight into The Dark Knight Rises earlier this week, a potentially juicy rumour emerged suggesting that Christopher Nolan had secretly extended his Inception reunion by casting Ellen Page (X-Men: The Last […]
Second Opinion – In Time (2011)
In Time, 2011. Written and Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde. SYNOPSIS: In a future alternative reality where currency is time – and if you run out of time, you die – Justin Timberlake fights the system to bridge the gap between the immortal rich and the […]
Ten things I learnt during The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Blake Howard sinks his teeth into The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1… So I’m not going to bother reviewing Twilight for fear of measuring it in the standard that I’m normally used to, that is to say – as a FILM and not a phenomenon. I’m mainly going to compare it with comparable […]
Michael Mann Retrospective – Manhunter (1986)
Manhunter, 1986. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring William Petersen, Brian Cox, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Stephen Lang, David Seaman and Benjamin Hendrickson. SYNOPSIS: A mentally fragile FBI profiler is drawn out of retirement to catch a serial killer known as The Tooth Fairy. “It’s interesting that [Michael] Mann trimmed out some […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #8 – Scarface (1983)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Scarface, 1983. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Robert Loggia, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and F. Murray Abraham. Scarface is the story of Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives in Miami after the […]
Special Features – 3D Film: Turning the cinema screen to a window on reality
Film journalist Nick Goundry considers the future of cinema’s third dimension… The Titanic sails back into cinemas in April 2012 in a bid to recoup more of the staggering production costs it incurred way back in the late 90s. What’s that you say? It did alright the first time round? Well, either way, James Cameron […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #7 – Road to Perdition (2002)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Road to Perdition, 2002. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Stanley Tucci. Road to Perdition is the story of Michael Sullivan Snr (Hanks), a hit man […]
