The Two Faces of January, 2014. Directed by Hossein Amini. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a police officer. Halfway through The […]

ABC and Marvel Studios have announced that Agent Carter – the upcoming series centred around Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier – is set to get underway on the network in January 2015. The show is set for eight episodes and will reportedly air during […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Oliver Davis revisits The Cat Returns… “But look at how they walk,” she squirmed, uncomfortably, at the cats awkwardly moving forward on their hind legs. “It’s creepy. I don’t wanna watch anymore.” And so, about 20 minutes in, we switched over. She was right, you know. The […]

Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan, 2014. Written and Directed by Greg Hall. Starring Paul Marlon, Samuel Anoyke, Roger Griffiths, Simon Phillips and Mark Sangster. SYNOPSIS: Five criminals unknown to each other are hired to complete a bank robbery. What should have been a smooth operation soon descends into paranoia, violence and horror… Reportedly renamed to […]

Ahead of its premiere next month, HBO has released the first trailer for the seventh and final season of the hit vampire series True Blood, which we’ve got for you right here….   True Blood season 7 premieres on HBO on June 22nd, with a cast that includes Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard, Nelsan […]

It may have just lost first place to Godzilla when it comes to the biggest domestic opening of 2014, but Marvel Studios has plenty to celebrate this weekend with Captain America: The Winter Soldier crossing the $700 million mark at the global box office. The Phase Two sequel is only the third Marvel Studios release […]

Godzilla, 2014. Directed by Gareth Edwards Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, CJ Adams, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, Richard T. Jones, Victor Rasuk, Carson Bolde and Bryan Cranston. SYNOPSIS: The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. This latest incarnation […]

This won’t come as much of a surprise, seeing as the movie is currently demolishing the competition across the globe with almost $200 million from its opening weekend ($93 million domestically and $103 million internationally), but Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have announced that a sequel to Godzilla is in development. At this point it’s […]

Anghus Houvouras on how he learned to love Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor… The internet is a reactionary place.   Information is dispensed at a frantic pace and often times we are forced to quickly react to a story and offer whatever knee-jerk initial reaction we experience.  Often times these decisions aren’t made with our […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Simon Columb reviews My Neighbours the Yamadas …  Rather than the bold and bright animation of Pom Poko, Isao Takahata’s My Neighbours the Yamadas is a collection of short stories celebrating family. Indeed, the anime style of Studio Ghibli is considered a defining element of the studio […]