Holy Motors, 2012.Written and Directed by Leos Carax.Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Elise Lhomeau and Michel Piccoli.SYNOPSIS:A day in the life of Monsieur Oscar (Lavant), a man travelling in his limousine to a string of ‘appointments’ where, in each, he takes on a new identity and agenda.One of the leading film […]

The Vicious Brothers’ horror sequel Grave Encounters 2 arrives on DVD here in the UK on Monday, February 4th and to celebrate the release we have three copies of the film to give away to our readers courtesy of the lovely folks at Metrodome Distribution.Read on for a synopsis and details of how to enter […]

To Walk with Lions, 1999.Directed by Carl Schultz.Starring John Michie, Richard Harris, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen, Hugh Quarshie, Honor Blackman and Geraldine Chaplin.SYNOPSIS:An arrogant young man (Michie) travelling through Africa crosses paths with George Adamson (Harris), a world-famous lion tamer. Adamson employs Tony and teaches him about the lions and land. Oscar-winning Born Free was […]

Kirsty Capes reviews the fourth episode of Downton Abbey season 3… The Crawley girls aren’t having a good time of it at the moment. This episode Mary and Matthew are still worrying about the fact they haven’t conceived yet, and Matthew starts to wonder if it’s down to him. When Sybil goes into labour and […]

Recently the Internet was abuzz when Roman Coppola mentioned he had planned to do a comic book movie with his cousin Nicolas Cage (The Rock) portraying Doctor Strange.  I brought up the subject while talking to the writer-director about his latest movie A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012). “Nowadays it’s over […]

Lincoln, 2012Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Bruce McGill and Tim Blake Nelson.SYNOPSIS:As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own […]

Matt Smith reviews the pilot episode of the new US TV drama The Following… All I’ve seen of Kevin Bacon recently are those fantastic, but let’s face it, nonsensical, adverts for a mobile (pronounced ‘mobbl’) phone. As much as I love the ads (though doesn’t Footloose Kevin Bacon look old!?), it was time for something […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Kirsty Puchko writes for CinemaBlend.com about eBay’s decision to stop selling Django Unchained dolls:“From autographed posters to collectible figures and vintage promo tees, eBay is typically a terrific venue for seeking out hard to find movie memorabilia. So, when The Weinstein Company pushed toymaker NECA to pull their […]

Amour, 2012.Written and Directed by Michael Haneke.Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert.SYNOPSIS:An elderly couple’s bond of love is severely tested after one of them suffers a stroke.Warning – spoilers ahead… Georges and Anne are a married couple in their eighties, still happy and in love after, we assume, several decades of marriage; one […]

The Last Stand, 2013. Directed by Kim Ji-woon.Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzmán, Eduardo Noriega, Peter Stormare, Jaimie Alexander, Zach Gilford and Génesis Rodríguez. SYNOPSIS:  The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is […]