Daytime Drinking, 2008. Directed by Noh Young-Seok. Starring Song Sam-Dong and Yuk Sang-Yeop. SYNOPSIS: A heart-broken guy sets off on an alcohol-fuelled journey of discovery. Daytime Drinking is a surreal Korean comedy following Jin, an average Joe who has just been dumped by his girlfriend. The film begins with Jin and his friends gathered around […]
DVD Review – Moss (2010)
Moss (a.k.a. Iggi), 2010. Directed by Kang Woo-Suk. Starring Park Hae-il, Jeong Jae-young and Yu Jun-Sang. SYNOPSIS: A man returns to his hometown after the mysterious death of his father and stumbles into a dark web of secrets and betrayals. No one likes disappointing a friend. I’m sure “stop letting friends down” or “make more […]
DVD Review – The Violent Zone (2002)
The Violent Zone, 2002. Directed by Victor Nunez. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Winter, William Forsythe and Josh Lucas. SYNOPSIS: A sheriff forms an unlikely alliance with an ex-con to bring down a local gang. Before Josh Brolin made No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, and W. and before Timothy Olyphant made Die […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #41 – Revolutionary Road (2008)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Revolutionary Road, 2008. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Richard Easton and Kathy Bates. Revolutionary Road is based upon Richard Yates’ 1961 novel of the same name and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet […]
Who Scores on 007 Skyfall?
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Germain Lussier writes for /Film about the replacement of David Arnold on the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall: “To be honest, I couldn’t pick one of Arnold’s Bond scores from the other (I’m more of fan of his Roland Emmerich collaborations) and, usually, most of the Bond music news […]
Why New Year’s Eve is not the worst film of all time…
Liam Trimon the critical reception for New Year’s Eve… What did you get up to on New Year’s Eve? Fireworks are standard fare on the 31st of December and I bet you at least heard a few, even if you were trying to avoid the garish explosions of tinsel in the sky. Booze is another […]
DVD Review – Beautiful Lies (2010)
Beautiful Lies, 2010. Directed by Pierre Salvadori. Starring Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye and Sami Bouajila. SYNOPSIS: Audrey Tautou stars in this witty French comedy about love and lies. Tautou’s character Émilie Dandrieux receives a passionate love letter from a secret admirer who is also her fellow co-worker at her hair salon, she then copies the […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers bad guys, Man of Steel, Superman Lives, Kick-Ass 2 and more…
Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Due to last week’s Superhero Showdown, we’ve got a couple of weeks of catching up to do here but truth be told, it was a quiet end to 2011, especially after all of the excitement over the second trailer for […]
Movie Review – Margin Call (2011)
Margin Call, 2011. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: During the first twenty-four hours of the worldwide financial crisis, key members of one large investment bank try to stop their world from imploding. Margin Call, a film based on what happens at one international […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #40 – Carlito’s Way (1993)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Carlito’s Way, 1993. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller. Brian De Palma’s crime film Carlito’s Way is based upon two novels, one of the same name and it’s sequel After Hours, […]