Donor Unknown: Adventures in the Sperm Trade, 2010. Directed by Jerry Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: A young woman goes in search of the sperm donor father she only knows as donor 150. Sperm donation is an ethical and emotional minefield. It’s one of those sensitive issues with equally passionate and valid views on both sides of the […]

The Hangover Part II, 2011. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Jamie Chung, Mason Lee, Paul Giamatti, Mike Tyson and Nick Cassavetes. SYNOPSIS: Phil, Alan and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu’s wedding where his plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch goes seriously awry. […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Dan Glass and Bryan Hirota about the creation of Terrence Malick’s latest, The Tree of Life… Considered by many to be an enigma because of his reclusive nature and the long gaps between his films, American director Terrence Malick returns to the big screen with The Tree of […]

Our weekly round-up of all the big talking points from the world of movie superheroes… As you’d expect with just days to go until the UK release of X-Men: First Class, the mutant marketing machine has gone into overdrive this past week and, judging by the critical reception so far, it seems as if Matthew […]

Director of the outstanding Snowtown – Justin Kurzel – took some time out of his well deserved Cannes-paign to talk with Blake Howard about the experience of his masterpiece… BH: Snowtown feels like a scientific experiment, it creates/portrays the conditions that a serial killing troupe can exist. How much did the setting and local cast affect […]

Snowtown, 2011. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway and Craig Coyne. SYNOPSIS: A drama about the Australian serial killer John Bunting. For those of you out there sick of the raft of Australian true crime T.V interpretations with poor production value, generic formal style and that perhaps ‘glamorize’ society’s ‘underbelly’; Snowtown feels […]

Liam Trim on the viral marketing campaigns of The Dark Knight Rises and Super 8…Last week the hype for Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, moved into top gear with the launch of a clever and mysterious publicity campaign. On Thursday the 19th of May the official website became active, only to […]

Zombie Undead, 2010. Directed by Rhys Davies. Starring Ruth King, Kris Tearse, Barry Thomas and Christopher J. Herbert. SYNOPSIS: A small group of survivors attempt to escape the confines of a medical evacuation building after a zombie outbreak. This is one of those films with a Ronseal title. There are lots of zombies and zombies […]

Ali, 2001. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Will Smith, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mykelti Williamson. SYNOPSIS: The movie depicts a decade in the life of Muhammad Ali, beginning with the legendary athlete’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964 and concluding with his 1974 ‘Rumble […]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Richard Griffiths, Stephen Graham, Judi Dench, Greg Ellis, Damian O’Hare, Gemma Ward, Roger Allam and Keith Richards. SYNOPSIS: Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with Black Beard (Ian McShane) and his enigmatic daughter […]