Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s Rita Hayworth retrospective… Recently, Top Gun played at The Prince Charles Cinema and, writing a review of the film, it is clear that the success of Top Gun is in the aeriel sequences of brutal, streamline fighter-jets swooping and speeding across the sky. Both Top Gun and Only Angels Have […]
Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer sign on for Man of Steel 2
This won’t come as much of a surprise seeing as Man of Steel has already made over $170 million from promotional tie-ins and is shaping up to be one of the biggest movies of the year, but according to Deadline Warner Bros. Pictures has given the green light to director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David […]
DVD Review – Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood (2012)
Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood, 2012. Directed by Daniele Vicari.Starring Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano and Davide Iacopini. SYNOPSIS: A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit. Watching Diaz as someone with no understanding – beyond having read a synopsis attached to this DVD – of the historical events on […]
Movie Review – Come as You Are (2011)
Come as You Are (Belgium: Hasta la Vista), 2011. Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven.Starring Gilles De Schrijver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren and Tom Audenaert. SYNOPSIS: Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their […]
DVD Review – Arne Dahl – The Complete First Season
Arne Dahl – The Complete First Season. Starring Malin Arvidsson, Irene Lindh, Claes Ljungmark, Shanti Roney, Magnus Samuelsson, Matias Varela and Niklas Åkerfelt. SYNOPSIS: An elite team of detectives are assembled to solve a series of high-priority, violent crimes. The reputation and allure of Scandinavian crime and mystery television (or ‘nordic noir’) has been steadily […]
Game of Thrones Season Three – Episode 10 Review
Oliver Davis reviews the tenth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. Myhsa. Directed by David Nutter. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Few things were going to top last week’s Red Wedding, which featured the murders of Catelyn, Robb and Talisa, but, in a way, the season closer was more enjoyable. Mainly because […]
Movie Review – Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty, 2012. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Frank Grillo, Edgar Ramirez, Stephen Dillane, Harold Perrineau, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins and John Barrowman. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin […]
DVD Review – Boss – Season One
Boss – Season One. Created by Farhad Safinia.Starring Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner, Kathleen Robertson, Troy Garity, Rotimi, James Vincent Meredith and Martin Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder, Mayor Tom Kane battles to maintain political control over the city of Chicago. Other than Frasier Crane, Kelsey Grammer is perhaps […]
Top 5 Superman Things Not Actually from The Comics
Our Superman Month continues as Oliver Davis looks at the Top 5 Superman Things Not Actually From the Comics…. Superman’s history in popular culture might have began in the comic book – Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Action Comics #1 from June 1938 – but his appearances in radio serials, television shows, video games and […]
DVD Review – The Vineyard (1989)
The Vineyard, 1989 Directed by James Hong and William RiceStarring James Hong, Karen Witter and Michael Wong SYNOPSIS:Crackpot scientist and celebrated winemaker Dr. Elson Po has made the ultimate discovery: the secret to everlasting life. As with all good things, however, there’s an inevitable downside; and a bunch of good-looking and horny youngsters, invited to […]
