Harakiri (Japan: Seppuku), 1962.Directed by Masaki Kobayashi.Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Rentaro Mikuni, Kei Sato and Tetsuro Tanba.SYNOPSIS:An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord’s home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn.Of […]

Matt Smith reviews the fifth episode of Veep season two…Lunacy. Running around in circles like a headless chicken. Everything that little bit too mad for anything to actually be done. Whether this is a description of farce or governmental procedure, it’s really very unclear once the facts are laid out. And the best way to […]

Circles, 2013.Directed by Srdan Golubovic.Starring Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nikola Rakocevic, Hristina Popovic, Boris Isakovic and Vuk Kostic.SYNOPSIS:In the midst of the Bosnian war, Marko a Serbian soldier witnesses a brutal attack against Haris, a Muslim civilian, by three fellow soldiers. Marko interferes and saves Haris, but is beaten to death by the […]

Aside from the announcement that Ben Affleck is set to don the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight, we’d had little in the way of official news from Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, and instead we’ve had to trawl through endless rumour and speculation, much of which has centred […]

Last week it was revealed that 20th Century Fox had started negotiations with director James Mangold with a view to reteaming him with Hugh Jackman for a sequel to this year’s X-Men solo effort The Wolverine, and now Jackman has spoken about the possibility of him reprising the role of Logan post X-Men: Days of […]

Alice Rush reviews the sixth episode of American Horror Story: Coven… After my comment last week about the excess of characters slowing down the narrative of the show, guess what? This week in Coven we are introduced to a brand new character as well as some old ones making a reappearance. Hurrah! Joking aside, it […]

Matt Smith reviews the fourth episode of Elementary season 2….Being a private detective naturally means you would be searching for secrets. Investigation, the discovery of what is actually going on, would be the name of the game. Obviously the real private detectives in real life aren’t like the ones we see on TV, fictional characters […]

Villordsutch reviews An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield….I can’t recall many astronauts being entwined within popular culture. Yuri Gagarin obviously was the first but he sadly died seven years later; Neil Armstrong is probably the most famous but he shied away from the media frenzy and Buzz Aldrin gave his name […]

With the success of shows such as Game of Thrones, Spartacus and Vikings, Syfy is looking to get in on the act with a new drama based upon the classic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, which tells the heroic tale of a Germanic warrior who comes to the aid of Hrothgar, a Danish king, who is being […]

Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #11…“Our yearlong celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary continues! Geronimo! The Eleventh Doctor joins the fray in this issue of a 12-part epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the Doctor. Now that the Doctor has uncovered the true identity of his latest adversary, he must track him […]