Ray Willmott reviews Murdered: Soul Suspect… Murdered: Soul Suspect is the most mysterious AAA release this year. With a game like Watch_Dogs, prior to launch, we knew exactly what we were getting into. Same with the likes of South Park, Thief and Wolfenstein, PR set the tone early on and we had a real feel […]

Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. The career of […]

Anghus Houvouras on whether the solo superhero movie can survive…. It’s been an interesting year for comic book films. Captain America: The Winter Soldier has doubled the take of the The First Avenger while Spider-Man has been anything but Amazing at the US Box Office looking to take in less than the first film in […]

Some new Star Wars casting announcements for you. No, it’s no Billy Dee Williams. Lupita Nyong’o has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years A Slave was thoroughly deserved so this is great news. Also announced as cast is Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit […]

Luke Owen kicks off Monster Movie Mondays with the 1954 classic, Gojira… Director: Ishiro Honda Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka Writer(s): Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata Released Date: November 3rd 1954 Appearing Monsters: Godzilla Also Released as: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (US) In the Spring of 1954, movie producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was going through some tough times. […]

One of the sticking points for some cinema goers and comic book fans was how Bryan Singer decided not to send Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) back in time as they did in the comics and instead sent back Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Some people have claimed it was a “box […]

Escape Plan, 2013 Directed by Mikael Håfström. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caviezel, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill, Faran Tahir, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan. SYNOPSIS: When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with […]

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Denis O’Hare, Juliet Reeve, and Griffin Dunne. SYNOPSIS: A daunting subject dealt with in striking fashion, Dallas Buyers Club tells the real life story of Ron Woodroof, whose discovery that he has AIDS sets him […]

Grudge Match, 2013 Directed by Peter Segal Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout — 30 years after their last match. Grudge Match is built on one simple premise – it’s […]

It has been praised by the majority of cinema goers and critics, but it looks like the competition was too tough for Edge of Tomorrow to overcome. The film is yet to open in North America (due to a slow pre-sale), but the overseas takings for Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi blockbuster has been a very […]