Hobo with a Shotgun, 2011. Directed by Jason Eisener. Starring Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Brian Downey, Molly Dunsworth and Rob Wells. SYNOPSIS: Hobo (Rutger Hauer) comes into Hope ‘Scum’ Town on a freight train and after being disgusted by the Drake family and their murderous torture games, he decides to enact some vigilante justice with […]

Rabbit Hole, 2010. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest. SYNOPSIS: A married couple struggle to return to their everyday existence after the loss of their child. Nicole Kidman’s performances can simultaneously win her further legions of adoring fans and additional ranks of grumbling haters. She is wonderful to […]

Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… With Green Lantern arriving this coming week Warner Bros. have really ramped up the publicity with eight new clips from the film, in addition to a host of video interviews featuring director Martin Campbell, screenwriter Greg Berlanti, producers Geoff Johns and […]

With talk of Michael Fassbender as a potential future Bond, Liam Trim oversees a battle between the X-Men: First Class star and 007 himself, Daniel Craig… Okay so I know technically Michael Fassbender isn’t a Bond but there was no way I was calling this anything else. If you’ve seen the new X-Men film you’ll […]

The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006. Directed by Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Sidney J. Furie and Bryan Singer. Starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Richard Pryor, Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. SYNOPSIS: The complete big-screen adventures of the Man of Steel. With […]

X-Men: First Class, 2011. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Zoë Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones, Álex González, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) work together to try and prevent […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the first of a six part feature… “I was as normal as you can get,” stated American filmmaker George Lucas when reflecting upon his childhood. “I wanted a car and hated school. I was a poor student. I lived for summer vacations and got […]

As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, 2001. Directed by Hardy Martins. Starring Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm and Anatoliy Kotenyov. SYNOPSIS: A German soldier escapes a Siberian labour camp and must brave 8,000 miles of unforgiving terrain, freezing temperatures and constant danger to reunite with his wife and child. Last year Peter Weir made […]

Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Guilty Pleasure Childhood Movies of the 80s… Oh how I love 80s filmmaking. Honestly no other decade within film (at least to my knowledge) contains more cult film features that span from kids films, through to long forgotten action and horror films. One such sub-genre which seems to have […]

Trevor Hogg reviews Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson… Writing in a breezy and plain manner, Daniel H. Wilson, who obtained a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon, has entered into the realm of science fiction thriller. If Wilson is able to channel his youthful and mischievous enthusiasm into more polished adult yarns he could become […]