The Collection, 2012. Directed by Marcus Dunstan.Starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Tim Griffin, Andre Royo and Randall Archer. SYNOPSIS: A traumatized man forced to help rescue a beautiful woman who has become the latest obsession of a crazed killer who collects humans in a booby-trapped house of horrors. Another day, another […]
DVD Review – You Will Be My Son (2011)
You Will Be My Son (French: Tu seras mon fils), 2011 Directed by Gilles Legrand.Starring Niels Arestrup, Lorant Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Marivan, Nicolas Bridet and Valerie Mairesse. SYNOPSIS: Paul de Marseul (Arestrup) is a prestigious but aging wine-maker whose son Martin (Deutsch) lacks talent or indeed the will to succeed him. When Philippe (Bridet) […]
Ron Perlman says Guillermo del Toro owes the world Hellboy 3
A few months back Guillermo del Toro appeared to be turning his eye towards the long-rumoured third instalment in the Hellboy franchise as a follow-up to the upcoming Pacific Rim, but after failing to secure financing for the threequel, it seems he’s now busying himself with his multitude of other projects, which includes the likes […]
Michael Bay talks Transformers 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Having taken time out to direct his ‘dream project’, the bodybuilding crime caper Pain & Gain – which is currently sitting atop the North American box office with a projected opening weekend of around $20 million – Michael Bay is turning his attention back to blockbuster filmmaking next year with two 80s toy adaptations, directing […]
TV is Bad For Your Health
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Claire O’Connor writes for Forbes about a research paper connecting episode-marathons with obesity… “Harvard Medical School instructor Dr. Rumi Chunara published a study showing that areas with a high proportion of Facebookers with “sedentary-related interests” based around the television — say, box-set DVDs or episode marathons — generally […]
Sundance London 2013 Review – A.C.O.D (2013)
A.C.O.D, 2013 Directed by Stu ZichermanWritten by Stu Zicherman and Ben KarlinStarring Adam Scott, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Clark Duke, Amy Poehler, Jessica Alba and Jane Lynch SYNOPSIS: A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study […]
Sundance London 2013 Review – In Fear (2013)
In Fear, 2013 Directed by Jeremy LoveringStarring Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert and Allen Leech SYNOPSIS: Driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there. As I left the screening with co-editor […]
Second Opinion – Bernie (2011)
Bernie, 2011. Directed by Richard Linklater.Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. SYNOPSIS: In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s alive. Director Richard Linklater is one of the most unpredictable film […]
Elementary – Episode 19 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode 19 of Elementary… How would God act if he were here on Earth? I know that’s a big concept to open with in a review for a TV show, but just stick with me for a moment. We’re his creation, for arguments sake, but even if he was human and came […]
Sundance London 2013 Review – Peaches Does Herself (2012)
Peaches Does Herself, 2012 Written and directed by PeachesStarring Peaches, Dannii Daniels and Sandy Kane SYNOPSIS: Peaches Does Herself is an electro rock opera stage show that tells a mythical history of the musician Peaches. You remember that episode of Spaced where they go and watch Vulva’s stage show? Well Peaches Does Herself is exactly […]
