While attending the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival I was keen to see All Is By My Sidewhich chronicled an American backup guitarist travelling to the UK where he is transformed into an international rock star.  Unfortunately, the Jimi Hendrix biopic was undermined by flat performances and an inability to get music rights.  The situation […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Next up is 1931’s Dracula… Released in 1931 to critical and public praise, Dracula is not only one of Universal’s most iconic movies, but is a film that would kickstart their Monster Movie line that would dominate the 30s […]

Terry Pratchett’s Truckers: The Complete Series, 1992 Produced by Cosgrove Hall.Starring Joe McGann, Sir Michael Hordern and Brian Trueman. SYNOPSIS: A whole civilisation of gnomes try to find their way home, from a department store to the stars. Sometime after Terry Pratchett created his Discworld Universe, for which he is arguably most famed, he wrote […]

The Kick, 2011. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew.Starring Jae-hyeon Jo, Ji-Won Ye, Tae-joo Na, Petchtai Wongkamlao, JeeJa Yanin, Kyung-Suk Kim and Kwan-hun Lee. SYNOPSIS: A family of Korean Taekwondo experts become targeted by ruthless gangsters after they foil the planned criminal theft of a priceless Thai artefact. This neat fusion of slapstick comedy and intricate martial […]

Happy Endings (a.k.a. Winter Passing), 2005. Written and Directed by Adam Rapp.Starring Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, and Amelia Warner. SYNOPSIS: After being offered $100,000 for love letters exchanged between her famous author parents, struggling New York actress Reece Holden (Zooey Deschenal) decides to return to her home and visit her father, Don Holden […]

Anghus Houvouras on what Hollywood studios could learn from Gravity…. Gravity is a hit.  Overwhelming critical praise, a huge swell of buzz from the online film community, talk of it being a potential award contender and $55 million dollars in tickets sold on opening weekend.  It’s an achievement that deserves to be celebrated. There’s a […]

While Marvel Studios has set out its stall for Phase Two and beyond of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and even Ant-Man all on the horizon (with three as-yet-unrevealed movies also slated for 2016 and 2017), it’s […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. Breaking Bad will not be forgotten. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris and Anna Gunn are outstanding actors and fully deserve the credit they receive for their roles. With positive press, from every corner of the online and media community, it only seems right to acknowledge a few […]

Luke Owen reviews the second episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. It’s fair to say the much hyped debut of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to deliver in the eyes of most television viewers. While it had its supporters, the majority of the feedback ranged from “this show sucks” to “meh”. So, after a very […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Next up; fan-favourite The ABCs of Death…. Working on a simple gimmick, The ABCs of Death gets together 26 different horror filmmakers and asks them to create 5-minute shorts based around a letter of the alphabet. With every […]