Argo, 2012. Directed by Ben Affleck. Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Taylor Schilling, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Alan Arkin, Zeljko Ivanek, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan and Victor Garber. SYNOPSIS: The CIA orchestrates a Hollywood rouse in order to rescue Americans sheltered by the Canadian embassy during the Iranian revolution. When the Americans assist in bringing […]

Looper, 2012.Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt and Tracie Thoms. SYNOPSIS: A mob hitman runs afoul with his employer when he has to assassinate an older version of himself. When the killing of targets in the future gets impossible, mobsters send their […]

Lawless, 2012. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce and Mia Wasikowska. SYNOPSIS: The true story of the infamous Bondurant brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. Seeing that Lawless starred Shia LaBeouf (Transformers) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight […]

Liam Trim reviews Episode 2 of the BBC’s hit new costume drama, Parade’s End… Warning: Spoilers!After only two episodes Parade’s End looks set to be one of the critical hits of 2012. Despite the fact that Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s novel lost almost a million viewers last Friday, with many tempted from […]

Liam Trim reviews the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who… Warning: Spoilers!The build up to the new series of Doctor Who has been dominated by talk of bigger budgets, cinematic vision and blockbuster scale. Head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat loves a grand, complex narrative, and here he is laying the […]

Let the Right One In (Sweden: Låt den rätte komma in), 2008 Directed by Thomas Alfredson.Starring Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord and Mikael Rahm. SYNOPSIS: In 1981, in a quaint, wintery suburb of Stockholm, 12 year old outcast Oskar gets more than he bargained for when he unwittingly befriends a […]

CBS has offered a pilot production commitment to a TV series based upon Beverly Hills Cop, which is to be executive produced by Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit) on behalf of Sony TV. According to Deadline, the series will serve as a sequel to the feature film trilogy and is set […]

Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away aged 54 after failing to recover from a heart attack he suffered in July. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1957, Duncan started out working as a bodyguard for the likes of Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Notorious B.I.G. in the early 1990s whilst appearing in bit […]

Simon Columb reports from the BFI’s ‘Call it a Classic’ evening where a panel of industry experts discussed the question of what makes a film a ‘classic’… In terms of lists and the definition of a ‘classic’, this really is the year to discuss the issue. Indeed, the combination of Sight & Sound’s ‘Greatest Films […]

Stash House, 2012. Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Jon Huertas, Briana Evigan and Sean Faris. SYNOPSIS: After moving into their new dream home, a couple discover that the previous owner was a drug tsar and find themselves targeted by professional killers who want to reclaim the stash of drugs. With legendary action producer […]