As we approach the start of principal photography, the cast for J.J. Abrams as yet Untitled Star Trek Sequel has been filling out rapidly in the past few days, led by the announcement that British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has secured the role of the primary antagonist – a part that had previously been linked to […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Apocalypse Now, 1979. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Frederic Forrest and Harrison Ford. Apocalypse Now is Francis Ford Coppola’s epic tale of the Vietnamese War. The […]

Daytime Drinking, 2008. Directed by Noh Young-Seok. Starring Song Sam-Dong and Yuk Sang-Yeop. SYNOPSIS: A heart-broken guy sets off on an alcohol-fuelled journey of discovery. Daytime Drinking is a surreal Korean comedy following Jin, an average Joe who has just been dumped by his girlfriend. The film begins with Jin and his friends gathered around […]

Moss (a.k.a. Iggi), 2010. Directed by Kang Woo-Suk. Starring Park Hae-il, Jeong Jae-young and Yu Jun-Sang. SYNOPSIS: A man returns to his hometown after the mysterious death of his father and stumbles into a dark web of secrets and betrayals. No one likes disappointing a friend. I’m sure “stop letting friends down” or “make more […]

The Violent Zone, 2002. Directed by Victor Nunez. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Winter, William Forsythe and Josh Lucas. SYNOPSIS: A sheriff forms an unlikely alliance with an ex-con to bring down a local gang. Before Josh Brolin made No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, and W. and before Timothy Olyphant made Die […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Revolutionary Road, 2008. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Richard Easton and Kathy Bates. Revolutionary Road is based upon Richard Yates’ 1961 novel of the same name and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Germain Lussier writes for /Film about the replacement of David Arnold on the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall: “To be honest, I couldn’t pick one of Arnold’s Bond scores from the other (I’m more of fan of his Roland Emmerich collaborations) and, usually, most of the Bond music news […]

Liam Trimon the critical reception for New Year’s Eve… What did you get up to on New Year’s Eve? Fireworks are standard fare on the 31st of December and I bet you at least heard a few, even if you were trying to avoid the garish explosions of tinsel in the sky. Booze is another […]

Beautiful Lies, 2010. Directed by Pierre Salvadori. Starring Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye and Sami Bouajila. SYNOPSIS: Audrey Tautou stars in this witty French comedy about love and lies. Tautou’s character Émilie Dandrieux receives a passionate love letter from a secret admirer who is also her fellow co-worker at her hair salon, she then copies the […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Due to last week’s Superhero Showdown, we’ve got a couple of weeks of catching up to do here but truth be told, it was a quiet end to 2011, especially after all of the excitement over the second trailer for […]