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 […]

Villordsutch chats with comic book writer and editor Rob Anderson… Rob Anderson is a comic book writer and editor. He is the writer of Big Dog Ink’s Rex, Zombie Killer and IDW’s My Little Pony: Spike Micro. His most recent editing gig was on Strange Nation, published digitally by Monkeybrain Comics. In his day job, […]

Machete Kills, 2013. Directed by Robert Rodriguez.Starring Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson, Carlos Estevez, Amber Heard, Vanessa Hudgens, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba, Lady Gaga, Michelle Rodriguez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Demián Bichir, Zoe Saldana, Edward James Olmos, William Sadler, Antonio Banderas, Tom Savini and Walton Goggins. SYNOPSIS: The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his […]

Danny Boyle’s choice of project is always fairly curious, but after the surreal and astounding Trance, it seems there’s more heist films in Boyle’s future. Variety is reporting that Danny Boyle has opted to direct a feature adaptation of Havana Marking’s Smash & Grab: The Story of The Pink Panthers. Fox Searchlight and Pathe are […]