Trevor Hogg chats with Emmy Award-winning VFX Producer Sophie Leclerc about her directorial project Happy Downloadday… Following in the footsteps of Tron [1982] where human beings become entwined with software programs is the science fiction tale Happy Downloadday; the short film depicts a dystopian society where computer generated children are not allowed a human body […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Thor 2, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and more
Our weekly round up of all the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes… Despite early reports indicating that The Dark Knight Rises was starting to fall off the pace box office-wise last weekend, Christopher Nolan’s Batman swansong responded with a strong second-weekend haul of $62 million in North America and looks set […]
Woody Allen, Richard Ayoade, Kenneth Branagh and Francis Ford Coppola – Your Favourite Filmmakers’ Favourite Films Part 1
This month’s Sight and Sound dropped through my letterbox this morning, and in it contained their once-a-decade Top 10 Films of All Time, as voted for by critics and filmmakers. If you’ve been living as a recluse in your own personal Xanadu, Orson Welles, who’s been number one for the past half century, got Citizen […]
Blu-ray Review – The Octagon (1980)
The Octagon, 1980. Directed by Erik Karson. Starring Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Tadashi Yamashita, Richard Norton, Art Hindle, Kim Lankford and Yuki Shimoda. SYNOPSIS: A martial artist battles an international terrorist organisation of ninjas. Cashing in on The Expendables 2 is a double release of old Chuck Norris classics on Blu-Ray. There’s […]
Warner Bros. to green light The Dark Tower with Russell Crowe replacing Javier Bardem?
There’s been another twist in the long-running saga of Ron Howard and Brian Glazer’s proposed adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus The Dark Tower today with the news that Warner Bros. are likely to make a decision within the next two weeks about whether to proceed with the first instalment of what could potentially become […]
What is… Days of Future Past?
Luke Owen gives us the lowdown on X-Men: Days of Future Past and looks at the possibilities for Fox’s newly-announced movie adaptation… Yesterday saw the announcement of the title to the X-Men: First Class sequel – X-Men: Days of Future Past. This didn’t come to a surprise to many as it has been rumoured for […]
Movie Review – Total Recall (2012)
Total Recall, 2012. Directed by Len Wiseman. Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bookee Woodbine, Bill Nighy and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: A factory worker haunted by a recurring dream and bored with the routine nature of his existence seeks fake memory implants only to have them unlock recollections of another life. In […]
Blu-ray Review – A Force of One (1979)
A Force of One, 1979. Directed by Paul Aaron. Starring Chuck Norris, Jennifer O’Neill, Ron O’Neal, Clu Gulager and Bill Wallace. SYNOPSIS: Matt Logan (Chuck Norris), a noted karate champion, is enlisted by the police to help catch a deadly assassin, and things become personal when Logan’s adopted son becomes the killer’s latest victim. Chuck […]
DVD Review – Project X (2012)
Project X, 2012. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Nichole Bloom and Alexis Knapp. SYNOPSIS: Three high school friends throw a party to build their popularity, but things soon escalate beyond their control. Project X is one of the latest movies to try out the found footage gimmick. It […]
Who is… The Winter Soldier?
Luke Owen gives us the lowdown on Captain America’s newest adversary, Winter Soldier… Announced at Comic-Con along with Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy was the title of the sequel to Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger – Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This came more or less as no […]
