D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Dark Knight, 2008. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman. The Dark Knight is the second installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and sees the […]
Thoughts on… American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty, 1999. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: A middle aged man finds himself questioning what his life has become and promptly embarks on a mid-life crisis. The world, and particularly America, is now a very different place than […]
Blu-ray Review – The Thing (2011)
The Thing, 2011. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Eric Christian Olsen. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists at a remote Antarctic research station stumble upon a frozen alien spacecraft and face a fight for survival after taking its inhabitant back to their base camp. […]
DVD Review – Kill Keith (2011)
Kill Keith, 2011. Directed by Andy Thompson. Starring Keith Chegwin, Marc Pickering, Susannah Fielding and Tony Blackburn. SYNOPSIS: Candidates to replace the lead anchor of breakfast show Up the Crack of Dawn start dying mysterious deaths. Who could possibly be behind them? There’s a serial killer on the loose, killing candidates to host a breakfast […]
DVD Review – The Doom Generation (1995)
The Doom Generation, 1995. Directed by Gregg Araki. Starring James Duval, Rose McGowan and Johnathon Schaech. SYNOPSIS: Two troubled teens and an adolescent drifter embark on a sex and violence-fuelled journey across America. When future historians look back to cinema to see what people of the past were like, I really hope they don’t stumble […]
DVD Review – Justice (2011)
Justice (a.k.a. Seeking Justice), 2011. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Staring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Jennifer Carpenter, Guy Pearce, IronE Singleton and Harold Perrineau. SYNOPSIS: When his wife is assaulted, a husband seeks help from a vigilante group in order to get revenge. Nicolas Cage has a tendency to star in a lot of very underwhelming […]
DVD Review – 50/50 (2011)
50/50, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston. SYNOPSIS: A twenty-something guy struggles to beat cancer with the help of his best friend. Inspired by the true story of writer Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer, 50/50 sees best friends Adam (JGL) and Kyle […]
DVD Review – Don’t Go in the House (1980)
Don’t Go in the House, 1980. Directed by Joseph Ellison. Starring Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet and Bill Ricci. SYNOPSIS: Donny is tormented by his past, in particular the way his mother would punish him. When she finally bites the proverbial biscuit, Donny starts to hear voices… Don’t Go in the House was originally released hassle […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #71 – Children of Men (2006)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Children of Men, 2006. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris and Danny Huston. Children of Men is set in a futuristic world not too far from our own. […]
Has Quentin Tarantino lost his Django?
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Germain Lussier, for /Film on 23rd March 2012, revealed a little Django Unchained information for the Tarantino fans among us… “Here’s what Shamberg said when I asked when we may see some footage from Django Unchained: ‘I’ve seen some stuff and it’s amazing. We’re still shooting and my […]
