Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… As the comedian W.C. Fields once said, “Never work with children or animals,” and The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan will have found some truth in that this past week as young actress Joey King revealed what probably […]
Movie Review – Abduction (2011)
Abduction, 2011. Directed by John Singleton. Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A youth discovers that the people who raised him aren’t his real parents, a revalation that leaves him running for his life. Abduction is the one of the worst movies I’ve ever […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #50 – Black Hawk Down (2001)
D.J. Haza presents the fiftieth entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Black Hawk Down, 2001. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, Gabriel Casseus, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gruffudd, Jason Isaacs, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy and Matthew Marsden. Black […]
Thoughts on… M (1931)
M, Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, 1931. Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre and Otto Wernicke. SYNOPSIS: In early 1930s Berlin a child killer is on the loose. The police and the local gangsters both independently vow to track him down. Despite being quite a prolific director, Fritz Lang is a name associated primarily […]
Movie Review – J. Edgar (2011)
J. Edgar, 2011. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: The story of J. Edgar Hoover, who was the founder and head of the FBI for almost fifty years. The man with everyone else’s secrets must make sure his own aren’t revealed, otherwise everything he has worked […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #49 – 127 Hours (2010)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… 127 Hours, 2010. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco. Danny Boyle followed up his multi Oscar winning box office smash Slumdog Millionaire with a film that continued his indie roots. I’m sure many offers came flooding in for […]
George Lucas retires from blockbusters as his Star Wars 3D pension fund gets set to mature
In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas has announced that he has decided to quit big-budget Hollywood blockbusters in favour of smaller, more experimental projects similar to those he was involved in before the arrival of his epic space fantasy back in 1977. According to […]
Adventurous Calling: John Bruno talks about James Cameron
Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor John Bruno about his collaborations with James Cameron… “I was the first guy to breakup a film into multiple vendors and that was on The Abyss [1989],” states American Visual Effects Supervisor John Bruno who has collaborated with filmmaker James Cameron for over 24 years. The […]
DVD Review – Go to Blazes (1962)
Go to Blazes, 1962. Directed by Michael Truman. Starring Dave King, Robert Morley, Norman Rossington, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Maggie Smith and David Lodge. SYNOPSIS: Three robbers plan a heist using a fire engine as a getaway vehicle, but their scheme begins to unravel when they are mistaken for real firemen. British cinema has had […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #48 – Being John Malkovich (1999)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Being John Malkovich, 1999. Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich is a black comedy-fantasy from the mind of Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. The film received […]