Blake Howard on the first two seasons of the BBC crime drama Luther… Luther follows the cases of a troubled yet brilliant English police detective, DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), and his squad assigned to serial / unusual murders. Now I know that when you hear about another detective show / crime procedural your initial […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #61 – Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Once Upon a Time in America, 1984. Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, William Forsythe, James Hayden, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Joe Pesci, Burt Young and Jennifer Connelly. Once Upon a Time in […]
The Future is Video Games – Not Films. Maybe
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Steven Poole writes for The Guardian on March 11th about the financial success of the gaming industry… “The fastest-selling cultural product in history was created by people you’ve probably never heard of. While this year’s Oscars honoured films in which the movie business sweetly congratulates itself on its […]
The Week in Spandex – The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolverine, Man of Steel, Spider-Man, Venom, Chronicle 2, Arrow and more
Our weekly round-up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With less than two months to go before its release, The Avengers continues to dominate much of the superhero headlines and director Joss Whedon has been very active this past week, taking part in a several interviews to discuss the […]
Sylvester Stallone talks Rocky, Rambo, Tarantino and Schwarzenegger
More than thirty-five years after his breakthrough turn as the Italian Stallion in 1976’s Rocky, Sylvester Stallone remains one the biggest names in the action genre, having dragged himself out of a mid-career slump in recent years with hits such as Rocky Balboa, Rambo and The Expendables. Despite the fact he’s now pushing 66 years […]
DVD Review – Special Forces (2011)
Special Forces (France: Forces spéciales), 2011. Directed by Stéphane Rybojad. Starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoît Magimel. SYNOPSIS: A female journalist finds herself held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The release of this film is somewhat timely, or untimely depending on your viewpoint, following the death in Syria of noted journalist Marie Colvin. […]
Movie Review – The Muppets (2011)
The Muppets, 2011. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel and Tyler Bunch. SYNOPSIS: After going their separate ways, the Muppets reunite to save their old theatre from an evil […]
Chronicle director Josh Trank eyed for Venom solo movie
Given the success of his low-budget debut, the found footage super powers flick Chronicle, it was inevitable that young director Josh Trank would find himself linked to a number of potential superhero movie adaptations. First up came word that Fox were keen to hand Trank the reins to their Fantastic Four reboot, which was also […]
Image Conscious: A conversation with visual effects supervisor Eric Barba
Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Eric Barba… “It goes back to my love for the automobile and wanting to be a car designer,” explains Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Eric Barba as to why he attended the Art Center College of Design situated in Pasadena, California. “One of the things that […]
Wonder Women: A conversation with filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Gary Collinson chats with Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, director of the upcoming documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines… “I was reading a New York Times article that introduced Gail Simone as Wonder Woman’s first female writer EVER. Despite the fact that she was this incredible feminist symbol, she was stuck, like a lot of […]
