The Avengers (a.k.a. Avengers Assemble), 2012. Written and Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany. SYNOPSIS: When an alien being arrives and threatens the planet, a plan must […]

D.J. Haza presents the penultimate entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Nil By Mouth, 1997. Directed by Gary Oldman. Starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles and Laila Morse. Nil By Mouth is the dark and gritty tale of a family living on a London council estate and explores working […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-nominated visual effects supervisor Nick Davis… “It was more by accident that I fell into that side of the industry,” states British Visual Effects Supervisor Nick Davis when discussing his career choice which he made two decades ago. “It was a great place where you can learn all aspects of […]

Léon, 1994. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and Natalie Portman. SYNOPSIS: A professional hitman takes under his wing a twelve year-old girl and trains her in his job. Léon may be an English speaking film set in New York City, but it has a distinctly European feel to it which can […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Crying Game, 1992. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown and Tony Slattery. The Crying Game is Neil Jordan’s sensational psychological thriller about an IRA footsoldier who, after […]

Liam Trim with the latest ‘Page and Screen’… Just over a year ago, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize. Days later HBO snapped up the rights to the acclaimed novel. Egan apparently had HBO’s The Sopranos in mind at stages during the writing process and they have a reputation […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Miller’s Crossing, 1990. Written and Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito and Steve Buscemi. Miller’s Crossing is the prohibition-era gangster film from the Coen brothers that […]

Oliver Davis reviews the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season Two… The Ghost of Harrenhal. Directed by David Petrarca. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. This week was a mixed bag. We were spoilt with Joffrey’s douchebagery last week, but here he’s not present at all. Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) and Davos Seaworth […]

Despite being just a couple of months away from his 66th birthday, Sylvester Stallone is showing little sign of slowing down and settling into a nice, cosy retirement. Having completed principal photography on The Expendables 2 earlier this year, Stallone is currently filming The Tomb alongside fellow action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and while The Expendables […]

The Wicker Tree, 2011. Written and Directed by Robin Hardy. Starring Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonardas, Brittania Nicol, Honeysuckle Weeks, Henry Garrett and Clive Russell. SYNOPSIS: Two devout Christians are sent on a mission to spread the word of God to the residents of Tressock in Scotland, where they are invited to take part in a […]