Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Alfred Molina, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Lacey and Wolf Kahler. SYNOPSIS: The archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is hired by the US government to track down the Ark of the Covenant in order to prevent it […]

Anna Karenina, 2012.Directed by Joe Wright.Starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Michelle Dockery, Olivia Williams, Emily Watson, Alicia Vikander and Domhnall Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. A film as good as Anna Karenina would […]

Ever feel like you’ve seen something before? Chances are, you’re probably right. Short of the Week have created a wonderful (if slightly depressing) infographic on Hollywood’s waning creativity, comparing the highest grossing films from the last three decades… And the two films in the Top 10 of 2011 (Thor and Captain America) will inevitably become […]

It’s been rumoured for some time now that director James Gunn (Slither, Super) would tackle Marvel’s ‘big space epic’ Guardians of the Galaxy, and following last week’s semi-confirmation from ‘Phase Two’ creative consultant Joss Whedon, Gunn has now taken to Facebook to officially announce that he’s set to direct the project, as well as rewriting […]

Fresh off the success of this year’s hit found footage superhero feature Chronicle, screenwriter Max Landis is teaming up with producer Howard Gordon (24, Homeland) to develop a new television series for Fox entitled Vigilant, which is described by The Hollywood Reporter as “a superhero origin story told through the unlikely point of view of […]

Luke Owen takes in a Planet of the Apes movie marathon… Where 3 guys watch franchise movies one after the other. Sponsored by Mountain Dew Energy and Bacon.. Despite only being our third outing, Movie Marathon Meeting is becoming the highlight of my month. Getting together with two of my best friends and kicking back […]

Liam Trim reviews Episodes 3 and 4 of BBC drama Parade’s End… Warning: Spoilers! In my review of Episode 1 of Parade’s End I said that Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) could give the performance of his career as archaic conservative Christopher Tietjens. And in that first episode his character really was the […]

Savages, 2012. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta and Demian Bichir. SYNOPSIS: Two pot growers face off against a Mexican drug cartel who have kidnapped their shared girlfriend. Oliver Stone claims that, when writing Scarface, he was addicted to cocaine and used the […]

Doing the promotional rounds for the home-entertainment release of Joss Whedon’s blockbuster superhero ensemble The Avengers (which hit UK shelves today), Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito has taken a few moments to discuss several forthcoming projects in an interview with the German website FilmJunkies (via ComicBookMovie), including Edgar Wright’s long-in-development Ant-Man, the Shane Black-directed sequel […]