Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors John Bruno, Phil Tippett, Edson Williams and Bruce Woloshyn about the making of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1… “Bill [Condon] told me they were going to break it up in two parts because the book was so large,” recalls American Visual Effects Supervisor John Bruno […]
Alcon deny Harrison Ford will return for Blade Runner sequel
Rumours of Harrison Ford’s potential return to the character of Deckard in Ridley Scott’s forthcoming sequel/reboot/remake of seminal 80s sci-fi Blade Runner have again been flatly denied by Alcon Entertainment, Deadline reports. Alcon’s co-founder Andrew Kosove said, “What we are trying to do with Ridley now is go through the painstaking process of trying to […]
DVD Review – Perfect Sense (2011)
Perfect Sense, 2011. Directed by David Mackenzie. Starring Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen, Stephen Dillane and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic sweeps the globe. The first thing to go is our sense of smell. Then we start to cry uncontrollably. Then an insatiable hunger as […]
Machete will return in Machete Kills!
We were promised that he’d return and now Deadline have confirmed that Danny Trejo’s former Mexican Federale will be back, with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez signing a deal with producer Alexander Rodnyansky to develop Machete Kills – the sequel to 2010’s Grindhouse spin-off Machete and the second instalment in a planned trilogy that will presumably conclude […]
Movie Review – The Watermen (2011)
The Watermen, 2011. Written and Directed by Matt L. Lockhart. Starring Jason Mewes, Richard Riehle, Floyd Abel, Luke Guldan and Tyler Johnson. SYNOPSIS: A group of sport fishermen and their attractive lady friends go on a fishing trip, but they soon get captured by some murderous watermen and must fight for their lives. What worse […]
Thoughts on… Hostel (2005)
Hostel, 2005. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson and Eythor Gudjonsson. SYNOPSIS: Three backpackers travelling through Europe find themselves staying in a hostel with a dark secret. It’s difficult to deny that Hostel is an important film within the horror genre, ushering in a wave of torture porn. David Edelstein’s 2006 article […]
Michael Biehn to produce and star in three Grindhouse films
Following his comeback in the Planet Terror portion of the Robert Rodriguez / Quentin Tarantino collaboration Grindhouse back in 2007, cult actor Michael Biehn – star of 80’s classics The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss – now seems to have a taste for exploitation flicks. Having made his directorial debut last year with the suspense […]
Blu-ray Review – Tyrannosaur (2011)
Tyrannosaur, 2011. Directed by Paddy Considine. Starring Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: A man whose life is spiralling out of control is given a chance at redemption when he meets a Christian charity shop worker. The feature debut from British actor Paddy Considine (Dead Man’s Shoes, Hot Fuzz), Tyrannosaur has been earning […]
Special Features – The Ten Best Movie Stares
Jake Wardle selects his ten favourite movie stares… Stares, glares, gazes… whatever you want to call them, the movies are full of them, and as far as I can tell nobody’s ever compiled a list of the best. Shocking, I’m sure you’ll agree, but true. For some, even the mention of ‘film’ will bring to […]
Harrison Ford returning as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner sequel?
Not content with returning to the Alien franchise for this summer’s sci-fi epic Prometheus, British filmmaker Ridley Scott is also busy making plans to revisit the Blade Runner universe and now, according to Twitch Film, star Harrison Ford has entered early negotiations to reprise his role as replicant hunter (and possible replicant) Rick Deckard. Back […]
