Carmen, 1984. Directed by Francesco Rosi. Starring Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi and Faith Esham. SYNOPSIS: A soldier falls in love with a beautiful factory worker but his feelings are not reciprocated. I know absolutely nothing about opera. I dabble amateurishly in appreciating classical music because my curiosity was stirred by my love of […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Well, it’s certainly been an exciting week for Batman fans as The Dark Knight Rises took the spotlight away from Harry Potter somewhat with the release of the first poster and teaser trailer from Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated sequel. It […]

Morning Glory, 2010. Directed by Roger Michell. Starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Ty Burrell and Jeff Goldblum. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring producer takes on the challenge of reviving the fortunes of a struggling morning television show. The ongoing and increasingly shocking twists and turns of the News of the World hacking scandal […]

The Funhouse, 1981. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Cooper Huckabee, Largo Woodruff, Miles Chapin, Wayne Doba, William Finley and Sylvia Miles. SYNOPSIS: After an evening at a travelling fun fair, two teenage couples decide to spend the night stowed away inside ‘The Funhouse’, only to find themselves stalked by a grotesque […]

Slaughter High, 1986. Directed by George Dugdale, Mark Ezra and Peter Litten. Starring Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore and Billy Hartman. SYNOPSIS: A high school reunion turns into a bloodbath when a former student seeks revenge against the pranksters who left him disfigured. Slaughter High is one of those rare cult oddities, it is a cheap […]

Liam Trim with the latest edition of ‘Page and Screen’… In 1966 England won the World Cup. And firemen stopped putting out flames with water, to start them with kerosene to burn books. Francois Truffaut’s film version of Ray Bradbury’s classic 20th century novel Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1966. It starred Julie Christie in […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the sxith of a six part feature… read parts one, two, three, four and five. “When I was working on Young Indy [ABC, 1992 to 1993] with Harrison [Ford], the obvious occurred to me,” recalled George Lucas who had a breakthrough idea for a […]

Based on the winning entry in Robert Rodriguez’ SXSW Grindhouse trailer competiton, Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun makes its way to UK shores when it hits cinemas this coming Friday, July 15th, and legendary cult star Rutger Hauer has been talking about the film in advance of its release. Check out what he has […]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011. Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Warrick Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane. SYNOPSIS: Harry Potter confronts the Dark Lord Voldemort for a final showdown in the epic conclusion to […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood, ‘If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin?’… Another good episode. Seems season four is going for the record of most great episodes in a row. I know many True Blood fans feel that all of the episodes […]