Blake Howard sinks his teeth into The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1… So I’m not going to bother reviewing Twilight for fear of measuring it in the standard that I’m normally used to, that is to say – as a FILM and not a phenomenon. I’m mainly going to compare it with comparable […]

Manhunter, 1986. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring William Petersen, Brian Cox, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Stephen Lang, David Seaman and Benjamin Hendrickson. SYNOPSIS: A mentally fragile FBI profiler is drawn out of retirement to catch a serial killer known as The Tooth Fairy. “It’s interesting that [Michael] Mann trimmed out some […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Scarface, 1983. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Robert Loggia, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and F. Murray Abraham. Scarface is the story of Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives in Miami after the […]

Film journalist Nick Goundry considers the future of cinema’s third dimension… The Titanic sails back into cinemas in April 2012 in a bid to recoup more of the staggering production costs it incurred way back in the late 90s. What’s that you say? It did alright the first time round? Well, either way, James Cameron […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Road to Perdition, 2002. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Stanley Tucci. Road to Perdition is the story of Michael Sullivan Snr (Hanks), a hit man […]

Sean Guard on the latest episode of the U.S. television series American Horror Story – “Rubber Man”… Eight episodes in and this show is yet to disappoint. This week’s, “Rubber Man”, finally reveals who it is that is actually within the confines of that super spooky shiny black costume. The episode also continues to divulge […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… When We Were Kings, 1996. Directed by Leon Gast. Starring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. This phenomenal and Oscar winning documentary covered the lead up to, main event and immediate aftermath of The Rumble in the Jungle. The fight […]

L’amour fou, 2010. Directed by Pierre Thoretton. Starring Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Betty Catroux, Loulou De La Falaise and Jack Lang. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on the life and work of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Just like any creative industry, the world of fashion has it’s major innovators. Some saw a gap in the […]

Justice (a.k.a. Seeking Justice), 2011. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Staring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Jennifer Carpenter, Guy Pearce, IronE Singleton, Xander Berkeley and Harold Perrineau. SYNOPSIS: A husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him get revenge when his wife is assaulted. Season Of The Witch. A new low. Drive Angry. Pitiful. […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Scott Mendelson writes about the log-jamming nature of prestige pictures pre-Oscar Season in the US: “Part of the problem is that there are just too many movies to see around this time of year. For reasons that still baffle me, the studios choose to unleash every single major […]