Liam Trim with the latest edition of ‘Page and Screen’… In 1966 England won the World Cup. And firemen stopped putting out flames with water, to start them with kerosene to burn books. Francois Truffaut’s film version of Ray Bradbury’s classic 20th century novel Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1966. It starred Julie Christie in […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the sxith of a six part feature… read parts one, two, three, four and five. “When I was working on Young Indy [ABC, 1992 to 1993] with Harrison [Ford], the obvious occurred to me,” recalled George Lucas who had a breakthrough idea for a […]

Based on the winning entry in Robert Rodriguez’ SXSW Grindhouse trailer competiton, Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun makes its way to UK shores when it hits cinemas this coming Friday, July 15th, and legendary cult star Rutger Hauer has been talking about the film in advance of its release. Check out what he has […]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011. Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Warrick Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane. SYNOPSIS: Harry Potter confronts the Dark Lord Voldemort for a final showdown in the epic conclusion to […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood, ‘If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin?’… Another good episode. Seems season four is going for the record of most great episodes in a row. I know many True Blood fans feel that all of the episodes […]

The Tree of Life, 2011. Written and Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. SYNOPSIS: A spiritually adrift man seeks answers to the origin and meaning of life. Terrence Malick directed his first feature film, Badlands, in 1973 and subsequently has made only four films since then. Each is a […]

Desperate Measures, 2011. Directed by Steve Looker. Starring Stephen Lord, Ricci Harnett, Maxton G. Beesley and Steven Hillman. SYNOPSIS: A drink and drug addict is kidnapped and held on a remote farmhouse where his two captors put him through a brutal regime to get him clean. Based on a screenplay by producer Chris Green (who […]

D’Artagnan’s Daughter (French: La Fille de D’Artagnan), 1994. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noire, Sami Frey, Jean-Luc Bideau, Raoul Billerey and Claude Rich. SYNOPSIS: For sheltering a runaway slave in her convent, Eloïse D’Artagnan’s guardian is murdered – Eloïse vows revenge and sets off to find her famous father to ask for […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It’s an exciting time for Batman fans at the moment, with the first teaser trailer and poster from The Dark Knight Rises arriving in cinemas alongside Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 later this coming week, and if […]

Skin, 2008. Directed by Hanro Smitsman. Starring John Buijsman, Robert de Hoog, Juda Goslinga and Guus Dam. SYNOPSIS: In the late Seventies, a Dutch teenager named Frankie, who is the son of a holocaust survivor, lives in a working class area in Holland. Frankie’s mother is taken to hospital in a terminal condition, causing a […]