Another Earth, 2011. Directed by Mike Cahill. Starring Brit Marling and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: One night people start to spot what to all intents and purposes it looks to be a carbon copy of Earth. Aspiring Physicist Rhoda Williams (played by co-writer Brit Marling) hears this on the radio whilst driving home drunk from a […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #22 – Quadrophenia (1979)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Quadrophenia, 1979. Directed by Franc Roddam. Starring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Leslie Ash and Sting. Quadrophenia is a classic British film about youth revolt and loosely based upon the 1973 rock opera of the same name by […]
A conversation with director José Padilha
Gary Collinson chats with José Padilha, director of Elite Squad, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the upcoming RoboCop remake… Earlier this month I had the opportunity to speak to José Padilha, the acclaimed director of Bus 174 and Elite Squad, about his latest film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, which comes to DVD and […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #21 – Blade Runner (1982)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Blade Runner, 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah and Edward James Olmos. Blade Runner is a Hollywood classic from Ridley Scott and loosely based upon Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids […]
The Artist – Art Will Find a Way
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Jonathan Romney writes for The Independent about the up-and-coming Oscar-contender The Artist: “The Artist raises the ghosts of Tinseltown to uncanny effect, but also with a sincerity that’s utterly disarming. Executed with rapturous fondness for the period, it’s far more than a conceptual film-buff project – although Hazanavicius […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises goes viral, Thor dominates Twitter and The Amazing Spider-Man gets a new poster…
Presenting our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The Dark Knight Rises continued to dominate the headlines this week as a Los Angeles press screening of the six-minute prologue was accompanied by the first steps in the viral marketing campaign of the hugely-anticipated sequel, code-named ‘Operation Early Bird’. […]
Second Opinion – Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, 2010. Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Tommi Korpela, Rauno Juvonen, Per Christian Ellefsen, Ilmari Jarvenpaa, Peeter Jakobi, Jonathan Hutchings. SYNOPSIS: A supernatural Santa Claus is unearthed during an excavation in the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains. If you fancy something a bit different to watch this […]
American Psycho to get a ‘present day’ remake
Variety have announced that Lionsgate Entertainment has started development on a low-budget remake of American Psycho, the screen adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis controversial 1991 novel, which first graced the screen courtesy of director Mary Harron just eleven years ago. According to the report, the project is yet to receive the official green light, […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #20 – Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Mike Bassett: England Manager, 2001. Directed by Steve Barron. Starring Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Philip Jackson, Phill Jupitus and Dean Lennox Kelly. This satirical comedy follows the rise of Norwich City manager Mike Bassett as he is […]
Movie Review – Burning Man (2011)
Burning Man, 2011. Written and Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Rachel Griffiths, Jack Heanly and Essie Davis. SYNOPSIS: An English chef with a restaurant in Bondi tries to put his life and his relationship with his son back together in the wake of a life changing event. We’re truly in an […]
