Legendary American writer Ray Bradbury passed away on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, aged 91. Born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1920, Bradbury began his career contributing short tales to various sci-fi and speculative fiction fanzines in his late teens, and went on to become one of the genre’s most celebrated authors, penning classics such as […]

With Ridley Scott currently doing the press rounds for last week’s Prometheus (Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron), many have asked him about the rumoured Blade Runner sequel in the works. In Collider’s interview with Scott, he described one scene already mapped out in his head. Listening to him, you get a sense of how his mind […]

In news that should come as no surprise whatsoever to anyone familiar with the box-office figures for Marvel’s The Avengers, Warner Bros. are said to be pressing ahead with plans for their own team-up, The Justice League, with screenwriter Will Beall (Gangster Squad) busy developing a script to bring DC’s stable of superheroes together on […]

Oliver Davis reviews the tenth episode of Game of Thrones Season Two… Valar Morghulis. Directed by Alan Taylor. Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss. Last week’s episode is a tough act to follow, almost entirely comprised of swords, blood and battle. HBO presumably let this one run 65 minute to compensate. Seven hells, you […]

Scott Davis takes a in-depth look at the most anticipated film of the summer, The Dark Knight Rises and discusses its potential box office power after the success of The Avengers, and the marketing boom that has exploded across the world over the last couple of weeks, in lieu of its impending release on July […]

Rear Window, 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. SYNOPSIS: Confined to his apartment after suffering a broken leg, a voyeuristic magazine photographer comes to suspect that his neighbour may have murdered his wife. The first of four consecutive collaborations between Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael […]

Jake Wardle presents his top ten movie monarchs… As some of you might possibly have gathered, this weekend sees the mandatory celebration of all things Royal, as her Maj Queen Elizabeth II makes it 60 years of waving and feigning interest in the activities of provincial townspeople. What better way, then, to celebrate this milestone […]

Passport to Pimlico, 1949. Directed by Henry Cornelius. Starring Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis, John Slater, Jane Hylton, Naunton Wayne and Hermione Baddeley. SYNOPSIS: When an unexploded WWII bomb detonates in Pimlico, an ancient document is unearthed which states that the area is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign […]

Luke Owen on last night’s final episode of The Apprentice 2012… If I may, let me take you back to week one of this process when I typed, “if this contest was based on great quotes, the show would already be over with Ricky’s ‘I am the reflection of perfection’.” Well this wasn’t a show […]

Juan of the Dead (Spanish: Juan de los Muertos), 2011. Written and Directed by Alejandro Brugués. Starring Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina and Andrea Duro. SYNOPSIS: Cuba is under attack by a zombie invasion, so Juan sets up a business killing your loved one. The best zombie films aren’t actually about zombies. In fact, […]