Rampart, 2011. Directed by Oren Moverman. Starring Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Brie Larson, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: In 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) – the last of a dying breed of Vietnam-vet ‘cowboy’ cops – struggles to survive amid accusations […]

Martin Deer on why the world needs the Man of Steel… This week a new, and rather fantastic, synopsis for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was released. It gave nothing away about the story, as was to be expected, but there were a couple of things in there that really got the fan in me […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Brazil, 1985. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin and Kim Greist. Brazil is Terry Gilliam’s black comedy futuristic fantasy film is set in a dystopian world that […]

Almost twenty years on from its arrival, Luke Owen revisits the television phenomenon Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers… If you’re a UK resident with American friends, you’ll have probably heard of this service they have over there called Netflix where they can stream TV shows and movies to their laptops and TVs. If you’re a UK […]

Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne), 2011. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Aksel Hennie and Synnove Macody Lund. SYNOPSIS: Norweigan corporate recruitment headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) steals art on the side to finance his opulent lifestyle and to impress his beautiful wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund). He meets a potential client in […]

Simon Moore reviews the third episode of the Napoleon Dynamite animated series… They say you should never meet your heroes. Especially if your heroes happen to be a rare crossbreed of lions and tigers that you happen to believe possess mystical powers. Bad luck for Napoleon, the owner of many sketchbooks bursting with illustrations on […]

The Deep Blue Sea, 2011. Written and Directed by Terence Davies. Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Sarah Kants, Harry Hadden-Paton and Jolyon Coy. SYNOPSIS: In 1950s London, the wife of a British high court judge walks out on her husband after falling passionately in love with an ex-RAF […]

Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… Rolling around into week 3 of the process and things are heating up (not too much or Duane may choke). The interesting thing about this stage is that the split of “boys team” and “girls team” goes out the window and the teams get mixed […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Chris Parnell, Fred Willard, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is the […]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, 2011. Directed by Lasse Hallström. Starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Catherine Steadman, Tom Mison, Rachael Stirling and Kristin Scott Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A fisheries expert is employed by a wealthy Sheikh to help bring salmon fishing to Yemen. On the way he has a journey encompassing the all-important things […]