Dementamania, 2013. Directed by Kit Ryan.Starring Kal Penn, Vincent Regan, Geoff Bell, John Thomson, Holly Weston, and Robert van Twillert. SYNOPSIS: A frustrated office worker finds himself caught between the realms of his deranged imagination and the mundane reality of his everyday existence. Given its strange title and slightly off-kilter premise (it was promised as […]
The Week in Spandex – Batfleck vs. Superman, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Phase Three and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Batman vs. Superman, Man of Steel, Arrow, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The […]
Second Opinion – Elysium (2013)
Elysium, 2013. Directed by Neill Blomkamp.Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner. SYNOPSIS: Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that […]
Movie Review – Lovelace (2013)
Lovelace, 2013. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.Starring Amanda Seyfried, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Juno Temple, Chris Noth, Bobby Cannavale, Hank Azaria, Adam Brody, Chloe Sevigny, Debi Mazar, Eric Roberts, and Ron Pritchard. SYNOPSIS:The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest […]
Video Game Review – The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Andy Naylor reviews The Bureau: XCOM Declassified… The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is a 3rd person shooter video game based in the XCOM universe. It’s developed by 2K Marin and you play as Agent William Carter as he battles an alien invasion in 1960s America. For those of you that have read my reviews since I […]
Scott Cooper replaces Ben Affleck on Stephen King’s The Stand
Now that Ben Affleck is confirmed to follow his next movie Live By Night by donning the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight in 2015’s Batman vs. Superman, Warner Bros. has moved to replace the actor and director on the long-rumoured adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic opus The Stand, with Deadline reporting that Scott […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)
The Dyatlov Pass Incident aka Devil’s Pass, 2013. Directed by Renny Harlin.Starring Gemma Atkinson, Richard Reid, Matt Stokoe, Holly Goss and Luke Albright. SYNOPSIS: Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery. Oh found footage movies. You’ve been the thorn in many a side of […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – The Dead 2: India (2013)
The Dead 2: India, 2013 Written and directed by The Ford BrothersStarring Joseph Millson, Meenu, Anand Gopal, Sandip Datta Guppa amd Poonam Mathur SYNOPSIS: A ship docked fresh from Somalia, containing one infected worker who feverishly picks up his meager pay then passes unnoticed into the very heart of India through the overpopulated bustling streets, […]
Special Features – Ben Affleck Represents More Than Just The Man Behind The Cowl
Martin Deer on the casting of Ben Affleck as the new Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman… When Batman vs. Superman was announced back in July, honestly, I was none too pleased. My suspicions were that this was a rushed decision based on the negative critical reaction to Man of Steel and it not making […]
R.I.P. Gilbert Taylor (1914 – 2013)
As reported by BBC News, the great British cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (The Omen, Dr. Strangelove and Star Wars, to name but a few) has passed away at the age of 99. His wife Dee revealed that he died with his family at his bedside. Born in 1914, Taylor entered the film industry in 1929 as […]
