Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Ben Child writes in The Guardian about the “challenge” ahead for The Dark Knight Rises: “Christopher Nolan finds himself in an unusual position as we prepare for the arrival of The Dark Knight Rises in cinemas on 20 July. For the first time since the release of the […]

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, 2012. Written and Directed by Terence Nance. Starring Terence Nance, Namik Minter and Talibah Lateefah Newman. SYNOPSIS: A man is stood up by a mystery woman, prompting an analysis of platonic and romantic love. Before there was An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, there was a shorter film entitled How Would […]

For Ellen, 2012. Written and Directed by So Yong Kim. Starring Paul Dano, Jon Heder and Shaylena Mandigo. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician attempts to get joint custody of his six year old daughter. The film opens at a crossroads. A literal crossroads. Joby Taylor (Paul Dano), the lead singer of a fictional rock band, looks […]

One of the big surprises coming out of the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas this past week was the reaction towards 10 minutes of footage from director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – or more specifically, the look of the footage, which Jackson has chosen to shoot at […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… After years of anticipation, Marvel’s The Avengers has finally launched it’s attack on the global box-office and with advance ticket sales for the North American release this coming Friday outselling Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain […]

TMNT, 2007. Directed by Kevin Munroe. Featuring the voice talents of James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North, Mitchell Whitfield, Mikey Kelley, Mako, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Chris Evans. SYNOPSIS: The four turtles are back in this animated adventure that sees them pitted against vicious beasties and each other. It’s been over a decade since the turtles […]

Bong of the Dead, 2011. Written and Directed by Thomas Newman. Starring Simone Bailly, Mark Wynn and Jy Harris. SYNOPSIS: The world is in disarray as zombies have taken over, but stoner buddies Tommy and Edwin have figured out a way of benefiting from the apocalypse. I was umm-ing and ahh-ing about when I’d finally […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Inception, 2010. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine. Inception is Christopher Nolan’s complex and thrilling story of thought extraction and inception through dream […]

Battleship, 2012. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker and Tadanobu Asano. SYNOPSIS: A fleet of battleships attempt to thwart the destructive goals of an amarda of extra-terrestrial origin. Despite the amount of negative press surrounding this movie in the run-up to its release, I actually found myself […]

The Avengers (a.k.a. Avengers Assemble), 2012. Written and Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany. SYNOPSIS: When the world comes under threat, S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team consisting of […]