Margin Call, 2011. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: During the first twenty-four hours of the worldwide financial crisis, key members of one large investment bank try to stop their world from imploding. Margin Call, a film based on what happens at one international […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Carlito’s Way, 1993. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller. Brian De Palma’s crime film Carlito’s Way is based upon two novels, one of the same name and it’s sequel After Hours, […]

The Legend of Bruce Lee, 2008. Starring Kwok-Kwan Chan, Michelle Lang, Ted E. Duran, Hazen MacIntyre, Ray Park, Mark Dacascos and Gary Daniels. SYNOPSIS: A biography of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee, following him from his childhood in Hong Kong through to movie stardom and his untimely death at the age of 32. […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… True Romance, 1993. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson. True Romance centres around the relationship between comic store worker and film buff […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock and Ollie Rankin about the making of Clint Eastwood’s latest, J. Edgar… “At first I thought it was a biopic but really what it is a human character study,” admits Visual Effects Supervisor Michael Owens when discussing J. Edgar (2011) which chronicles the half […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Sexy Beast, 2001. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane and Amanda Redman. Sexy Beast is a British-Spanish crime film about the coming out of retirement of criminal and expert safecracker, Gal (Winstone). Enjoying his […]

Simon Moore selects his Five Essential Hollywood Remakes… Remakes are easy targets. Anyone who wants to make Tim Burton cry, for instance, need only whisper ‘Planet of the Apes’ in his pale, elfin ear. Even seeing Conan the Barbarian rehashed with an Easter Island statue in the title role gets film buffs nostalgic for Arnie’s […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Donnie Darko, 2001. Directed by Richard Kelly. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore and Patrick Swayze. Donnie Darko is a psychological thriller that sees its main character, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal), trying to figure out the significance […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Charles Saatchi wrote for The Guardian on Orson Welles and the tragic bulk of cinema that was ignored by the Oscars… “A quick glance at the history of Oscar winners and nominations throws up many outstanding films that were passed over as Oscar finalists, with more mundane products […]

Things I Don’t Understand, 2011. Written and Directed by David Spaltro. Starring Molly Ryman, Aaron Mathias, Grace Folsom, Lisa Eichhorn, Hugo Dillon, Meissa Hampton and Eleanor Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A detached graduate student forms a cathartic bond with a terminally ill girl and a damaged bartender as she and her artist roommates face eviction from their […]