The Halfway House, 1944. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns and Sally Ann Howes. SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers take shelter at a remote Welsh Inn during a storm where they are soon brought together by a series of unsettling events. If you are yet to enter the competition here at Flickering […]

Our weekly round-up of all the big talking points from the world of movie superheroes… The big news is of course the release of Matthew Vaughn’s Cold War-era mutant prequel X-Men: First Class, which I have to say I found to be a little over-rated. Don’t get me wrong, it’s enjoyable, but in my opinion […]

Super 8, 2011. Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams.Starring Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Noah Emmerich and Glynn Turman. SYNOPSIS: A group of kids making a film on their ‘Super 8’ camera witness a freight train crash that releases ‘something’, causing the military to shut down their town and setting a series […]

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, Álex González, Caleb Landry Jones, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: In their efforts to prevent Armageddon, a grave rift emerges between close friends Charles Xavier […]

David Fincher’s (The Social Network, Zodiac, Fight Club) newly formed production company Panic Pictures has optioned its first property, an adaptation of the macabre crime novel Panic Attack. Jason Starr’s 2009 story is a dark thriller about a New York psychiatrist who shoots and kills a home intruder and then has to face a media […]

Collateral, 2004. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Javier Bardem, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Peter Berg and Jason Statham. SYNOPSIS: A Los Angeles cab driver unwittingly becomes the chauffer for a hired assassin. To improve upon the depth and detail of the nighttime images for his […]

Seconds Apart, 2011. Directed by Antonio Negret. Starring Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin and Gary Entin. SYNOPSIS: Damned from the moments of their births, two brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis – a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. If cinema history has taught us anything, it’s that twins are scary as […]

Donor Unknown: Adventures in the Sperm Trade, 2010. Directed by Jerry Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: A young woman goes in search of the sperm donor father she only knows as donor 150. Sperm donation is an ethical and emotional minefield. It’s one of those sensitive issues with equally passionate and valid views on both sides of the […]

The Hangover Part II, 2011. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Jamie Chung, Mason Lee, Paul Giamatti, Mike Tyson and Nick Cassavetes. SYNOPSIS: Phil, Alan and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu’s wedding where his plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch goes seriously awry. […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Dan Glass and Bryan Hirota about the creation of Terrence Malick’s latest, The Tree of Life… Considered by many to be an enigma because of his reclusive nature and the long gaps between his films, American director Terrence Malick returns to the big screen with The Tree of […]