Jackpot (Norwegian: Arme Riddere), 2011. Written and Directed by Magnus Martens.Starring Kyrre Hellum, Henrik Mestad, Mads Ousdal, Arthur Berning, Andreas Cappelen and Lena Kristin Ellingsen. SYNOPSIS: Oscar Svendson (Kyrre Hellum) regains consciousness clutching a shotgun beneath the body of a dead prostitute and recounts his unlikely story to the investigating detective. After the left-field success […]
DVD Review – Piranhaconda (2011)
Piranhaconda, 2011 Directed by Jim Wynorski. Starring Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Robert ‘Rib’ Hills and Chris De Christopher. SYNOPSIS:Part Snake! Part Fish! All Killer! No budget maestro Roger Corman and his merry band of exploitation filmmakers are back with another made for TV giant monster movie in the form of Piranhaconda […]
DVD Review – The Girl (2012)
The Girl, 2012. Directed by Julian Jarrold.Starring Toby Jones, Sienna Miller, Penelope Wilton, Imelda Staunton, Sean Cameron Michael, Candice D’Arcy, Carl Beukes, Conrad Kemp and Adrian Galley. SYNOPSIS: Cast as the lead in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, unknown actress Tippi Hedren finds herself the target of the filmmaker’s sexual desires as he attempts to mold […]
Movie Review – Pitch Perfect (2012)
Pitch Perfect, 2012. Directed by Jason Moore.Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Ester Dean, Ben Platt, and Adam DeVine. SYNOPSIS: A feisty coed joins a collegiate a cappella group and upgrades their song selection for the 21st century during the run-up to a major competition. When I saw the initial […]
Comic Book Review – Mars Attacks Popeye
Luke Owen reviews the first instalment of IDW’s January crossover series… Mars Attacks Martians invade five different IDW timelines and universes this month, starting with their assault on Sweethaven. How can Popeye, Alice the Goon, the Sea Hag the rest of the one-eyed sailor’s friends and foes possibly contend with this threat from beyond the […]
Second Opinion – Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty, 2012. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Stephen Dillane, Edgar Ramirez, Frank Grillo, Harold Perrineau, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins and John Barrowman. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden […]
Superman: The Quest for Intelligent Filmmaking
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Paul Harris writes for The Guardian why Superman is so popular: “Some have taken the point of the moral teachings of Superman stories further, seeing a powerful philosophical concept behind them. In his book [Professor Benjamin] Saunders devotes a chapter to Superman, in which he suggests that the […]
Comic Book Review – Batman Incorporated #6
Oliver Davis reviews Batman Incorporated #6… The first panel of Batman Incorporated #6 seems lifted from a hard-boiled detective thriller. Bruce Wayne steers the Batmobile with one hand, an electric shaver trimming his stubble in the other. At the end of the sublime #5, a group of Batman Inc. operatives were blown up in a […]
David E. Kelley talks Wonder Woman and Amazon
With screenwriter Allan Heinberg (Gilmore Girls) busy developing a Wonder Woman prequel series entitled Amazon for The CW, producer David E. Kelley has taken a moment to reflect on his failed NBC pilot from 2011, which starred Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as the Amazon Princess. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kelley […]
James McAvoy wants to play a young Gandalf in The Silmarillion
Not content with playing a younger Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class and next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, James McAvoy has now expressed his desire to portray a young Ian McKellen. However, he’s not looking to step on Michael Fassbender’s toes by taking on the dual roles of Professor X […]
