Juan of the Dead (Spanish: Juan de los Muertos), 2011. Written and Directed by Alejandro Brugués. Starring Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina and Andrea Duro. SYNOPSIS: Cuba is under attack by a zombie invasion, so Juan sets up a business killing your loved one. The best zombie films aren’t actually about zombies. In fact, […]
Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 – Episode 2 – Review
Luke Graham reviews Daddy’s Girl, Episode 2 of E4’s latest American sitcom. Read Luke’s review of the pilot here. The latest episode of Don’t Trust got off to a slow start, but overall it improved and built up from the first episode. At the start of the episode, June (Dreama Walker) is moving on after […]
DVD Review – You Only Live Once (1937)
You Only Live Once, 1937. Directed by Fritz Lang. Written by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. Starring Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda and Barton MacLane. SYNOPSIS: A recently released criminal is determined to go straight and marry the woman he loves. Circumstance says otherwise. StudioCanal are releasing Fritz Lang’s second American film on DVD June […]
Second Opinion – Prometheus (2012)
Prometheus, 2012. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: During their search for clues to the origins of mankind, a team of explorers discover a threat that could lead to humanity’s extinction. 2012 appears to the year of ‘hyped’ […]
Guaranteeing a Sequel that Satisfies
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Russ Fischer on Film on the new trailer for The Bourne Legacy: “So this trailer does a lot more to set up the links between the film’s new story and the plotlines of the other three Bourne films without really giving too much away. It’s a nicely-cut trailer […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men: First Class 2, Kick-Ass 2, Arrow and more
Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It’s been another busy week for Batman fans as The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign continues to pick up the pace ahead of the film’s arrival next month. Earlier in the week, two new TV spots were released, along with a […]
Thoughts on… Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, 1989. Directed by Michael A. Simpson. Starring Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, and Mark Oliver. SYNOPSIS: You can’t keep a happy murderous camper away in this third visit to yet another doomed camp. In an attempt to keep the budget down, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland was shot back-to-back with Sleepaway […]
DVD Review – Red Dog (2011)
Red Dog, 2011. Directed by Kriv Stenders. Starring Koko, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, John Batchelor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Loene Carmen and Luke Ford. SYNOPSIS: The remarkable story of the legendary Red Dog and the small mining community of Dampier, Western Australia. Last year, as canine sensation Uggie carved a path to international superstardom in […]
DVD Review – Catch .44 (2011)
Catch .44, 2011. Written and Directed by Aaron Harvey. Starring Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, Deborah Ann Woll, Reila Aphrodite and Brad Dourif. SYNOPSIS: Three sassy sisters-in-crime are sent to intercept a lucrative drug deal at an isolated diner, but what should have been a simple job quickly goes bad, leading to […]
The Apprentice 2012 – Episode 11 Review
Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… After 11 weeks of “fish out of water” antics and slight sexism, market stall salesman Adam has taken the taxi ride of shame back to the North of England. I think it’s been a long time coming for poor Adam. From day 1 it seemed […]
