UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 4th – Sunday 6th September 2009. The much-hyped South African sci-fi thriller District 9 jumps straight in at number one on the back of strong word of mouth and internet buzz, with the modestly budgeted and Peter Jackson-produced effort bagging close to £2.3m. […]

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 […]

AICN get the low-down on the latest instalment of the reinvigorated Rambo franchise… After the success of his 2008 comeback effort Rambo (a.k.a John Rambo, a.k.a Rambo IV), star and director Sylvester Stallone began talking about his ideas for another sequel, suggesting he “would like to take Rambo to another genre, experiment a little with […]

In which Gerry Hayes stares down the flaming maw of the fanboys and bellows “You shall not pass!” The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, 2001-2003. Time to incur the wrath of the Tolkienites. I’ll have hordes of them sending death-threats in beautifully penned but barely decipherable variants of Elvish. They’ll swarm, costumed as Middle-Earth heroes […]

The lucky recipients are… We’ve been running a giveaway these past few weeks to get rid of a few duplicates of those fantastic Daily Mail War Movie Collection DVD’s from a while back, and the results are now in. The lucky recipients are… They Who Dare (1954, dir. Lewis Milestone) K. Honey, Winchester H. Caldwell, […]

On September 18th Academy Award winning British director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road) returns to UK cinemas with his latest film Away We Go, starring John Krasinski (The Office: An American Workplace), Maya Rudolph (Shrek The Third) Jeff Daniels (Good Night and Good Luck) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight). To help promote the […]

In the second part of a series of articles examining the various screen incarnations of George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, we focus on the Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back… Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, 1980. Directed by Irvin Kershner. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th – Sunday 30th August 2009. Aided no doubt by the promise of live-action 3D for the more mature audience, horror sequel The Final Destination jumps straight in at the top of the UK box office with £3.6m in takings (plus an additional […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary writer, director and producer John Hughes in the second of a two-part feature… read the first here. “At the time I came along,” reflected John Hughes, “Hollywood’s idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and […]