Paul Risker discusses the third season of the hit Danish crime drama The Killing… During the latter part of last year, the end seemed to arrive a little sooner than what I was accustomed to. Two foreign crime dramas which had become an integral part of BBC Four’s Saturday evening foreign crime line-up concluded in […]
Movie Review – Gangster Squad (2013)
Gangster Squad, 2013. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Nick Nolte and Josh Pence. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Gangster Squad follows an off-the-books team of LAPD officers trying to take down a ruthless mobster, Mickey Cohen (Penn), in […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks The Legend of Conan and Triplets
After a supporting role in last year’s action ensemble The Expendables 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s screen comeback steps up a gear this month with the release of Kim Jee-Woon’s The Last Stand. The action icon has several original projects on his upcoming slate (including The Tomb and Ten), after which he’s due to head back to […]
Movie Review – Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln, 2012 Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Bruce McGill and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: President Abraham Lincoln attempts to amend the American Constitution to abolish slavery before the Civil War comes to an end. Long in development, Steven Spielberg finally brings his Abraham Lincoln […]
Comic Book Review – The Hollows #2
Luke Owen reviews the second issue of The Hollows… “When living above the chaos and soul-stealing “hollows” is no longer an option, can Kobayashi manage to rise above the impending doom that surrounds he and his loved ones…?” I was highly praising of Chris Ryall and Sam Keith’s first issue of The Hollows as it […]
Special Features – Looking back at The Muppet movies
David Bishop looks back at the Muppet movie franchise… It’s hard to imagine now, but The Muppets started on television way back in the 1970s. The fact that it has endured for this long is a testament to just how timeless these loveable bits of felt and fur are. Between 1979 and 2011, no less […]
Idris Elba to make directorial debut with The Pavement Psychologist
From Hackney to Hollywood, Idris Elba has certainly established himself as an A-List actor having starred in blockbusters such as Thor and Prometheus, as well as Guillermo del Toro’s much-anticipated Pacific Rim. Elba also enjoys a successful television career with his hit TV show Luther, but not being satisfied with being a star of the […]
Movie Review – Broken City (2013)
Broken City, 2013. Directed by Allen Hughes.Starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alona Tal, Jeffrey Wright, Natalie Martinez, Barry Pepper, Michael Beach and Kyle Chandler. SYNOPSIS: An ex-cop trailing the wife of New York City’s mayor finds himself immersed in a larger scandal. It seems every other year or so we tend to get […]
The nominations for the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards
As we wait with baited breath for tomorrow’s announcement of the Oscar contenders, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced the nominations for the 33rd annual Razzies, which of course celebrates the very worst in cinematic achievement over the past twelve months. This year’s nominations are dominated by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part […]
Natural High: The Making of Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
Trevor Hogg chats with filmmaker Rob Heydon about his feature length debut along with actors Adam Sinclair and Billy Boyd… Irvine Welsh and Rob Heydon “After seeing the film Trainspotting [1996] and The Acid House [1998] in cinemas in Canada with a Scottish writer friend, Paul McCafferty who eventually co-wrote the screenplay for Ecstasy [2011],” […]
