I Am Number Four, 2011. Directed by D.J. Caruso. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand, Callan McAuliffe and Jake Abel. SYNOPSIS: An extraordinary young man masks his true identity, passing himself off as a typical student to elude a deadly enemy intent on his destruction. Three like him have already […]
DVD Review – How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon, 2010. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, Craig Ferguson, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and David Tennant. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking aims to follow in his tribe’s tradition of slaying a dragon but finds himself befriending the creature […]
DVD Review – Clash (2009)
Clash, a.k.a. Bay Rong, 2009. Directed by Le Thanh Son. Starring Johnny Nguyen, Veronica Ngo, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Lam Minh Thang and Hieu Hien. SYNOPSIS: Forced into becoming a mercenary after her daughter is kidnapped by a powerful gangland boss, a young woman sets out to assemble a team of specialists in order to complete […]
Special Features – How about… dinner and a movie?
Sean Guard discusses the all-important question for a perfect first date… to movie or not to movie? Going on a date? More specifically a first date? What should you do? Where should you take her? Food is always a good idea. Feeding your date has got to be the number 1 thing to gain some […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Spider-Man, Thor and The Wolverine
Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The past seven days may not have produced any earth-shattering highlights to match the footage from Captain America: The First Avenger and X-Men: First Class that debuted last week, but with so many superhero flicks in the pipeline it’s inevitable […]
DVD Review – Exorcismus (2010)
Exorcismus (Spain: La posesión de Emma Evans), 2010. Directed by Manuel Carballo. Starring Sophie Vavasseur, Doug Bradley, Stephen Billington, Tommy Bastow and Jo-Anne Stockham. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl’s life changes when starts having frightening fits, which her parents attribute to psychological problems. However, she senses that something much darker is hiding inside her and waiting […]
Special Features – Piracy: The Movie Industry’s Unwinnable War?
As a new ‘pro-copyright’ campaign launches in the UK, Gary Collinson wonders if the industry is fighting a losing battle… The UK film and television industry launched a new anti-copyright campaign today aiming to educate the hearts and minds of the public and help address the continued challenges posed by copyright infringement. Entitled ‘Moments Worth […]
Thoughts on… Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Batman: Under the Red Hood, 2010. Directed by Brandon Vietti. Featuring the voice talents of Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles, John Di Maggio, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Isaacs, Wade Williams, Kelly Hu and Gary Cole. SYNOPSIS: A new villain emerges to wreak havoc with the criminal element of Gotham City, forcing Batman to confront his haunted […]
Matthew Vaughn interested in bringing Jonathan Ross’ The Golden Age to the screen
Jonathan Ross’ comic book The Golden Age could soon be coming to the big screen courtesy of Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick-Ass, Layer Cake, Stardust and the upcoming X-Men: First Class. Vaughn has said that a major Hollywood studio is ready to back the picture and he has mentioned Ross’ wife Jane Goldman (screenwriter for […]
Far From Ordinary: A Danny Boyle Profile (Part 2)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Academy Award-winning British director Danny Boyle in the second of a two part feature… read part one here. “I like extreme films, where you put somebody in the most extreme circumstances you can imagine and see what they can do with it,” explained Manchester-born director Danny Boyle who expanded […]
