With eleven nominations under its belt, there was little doubt that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was going to be in for a rough ride last night as the Magicopolis theater in Santa Monica, California played host to the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards – a.k.a. The Razzies – which celebrates that absolute […]
Second Opinion – Side by Side (2012)
Side by Side, 2012. Written and Directed by Christopher Kenneally. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the history, process and workflow of photochemical filmmaking and the digital revolution. Side by Side is a must for anyone with an interest in the history of movies and the process of making them regardless of your background knowledge of the […]
Ocean of Possibilities: The Making of Life of Pi
Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Bill Westenhofer and Guillaume Rocheron about their Academy Award winning work on Life of Pi… “If I was a numerologist I would be upset because I missed by 10 days being on the project for 3.14 years,” jokes Bill Westenhofer who served as the visual effects supervisor for […]
A conversation with Zam Salim, writer-director of Up There
Paul Risker chats with Zam Salim, writer-director of Up There… Up There, the debut feature from Zam Salim, is released on DVD tomorrow. Graciously, Zam put some time aside for a short interview, full of humour and offering a more personal insight his thoughts on his directorial feature debut… Paul Risker: You have been quoted […]
The Week in Spandex – Iron Man 3, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Man of Steel, Daredevil, Green Lantern 2, Arrow and more
Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Man of Steel, Green Lantern 2, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Kick-Ass 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Arrow, Green […]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic movie rumoured to be in development
Another day, another Star Wars rumour… According to Ain’t It Cool News, Disney and Lucasfilm are looking to further expand the galaxy far, far away by developing yet another standalone Star Wars movie, this time focusing on a period of history we’re yet to see on the screen – the early days of the Old […]
DVD Review – Taken 2 (2012)
Taken 2, 2012. Directed by Olivier Megaton.Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Rade Šerbedžija. SYNOPSIS: In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. When Taken came out back in 2008 nobody knew it would go on to […]
Matthew Vaughn joins The Fantastic Four reboot as a producer
Despite passing on the opportunity to helm Kick-Ass 2 and pulling out of the director’s chair on Fox’s upcoming sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems that British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn is keen to remain involved with the superhero genre. Vaughn is currently serving as producer on both sequels, and now we can add […]
Movie Review – Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, […]
Movie Review – Mama (2013)
Mama, 2013. Directed by Andres Muschietti.Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse and Megan Charpentier. SYNOPSIS: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years… but how alone were they? Since seeing Andres Muschietti’s Mama, the one question I’ve been asked […]
