Oliver Davis reviews the eighth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. Second Sons. Directed by Michelle MacLaren. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It’s the ante-penultimate episode (the one before the one before last). Episode 8 is usually the build-up for the season’s main event in Episode 9. In series one, it laid […]

Inside Llewyn Davis, 2013. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.Starring Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garret Hedlund, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS:  Cannes Festival darlings Ethan and Joel Cohen return to the Croisette and to magnificent form with the eponymous tale of failed folk singer – and a failure in so many other things […]

Following the recent cancellation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disney has announced that production is now underway on a brand new animated series entitled Star Wars Rebels, which will explore the period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope as the Empire continues to tighten its grip on the galaxy and hunt […]

Just last week, Sylvester Stallone announced a couple of casting additions for The Expendables 3, revealing that Mickey Rourke would reprise the role of Tool from the first movie, as well as confirming that Asian martial arts superstar Jackie Chan would be joining the line-up for the third instalment in the explosive action franchise. Well, […]

The Hidden Face (Spanish: La cara oculta), 2011. Directed by Andrés Baiz.Starring: Martina García, Clara Lago and Quim Gutiérrez. SYNOPSIS:   A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend. Trailers revealing too much in general is nothing new, but some go one step further and divulge a plot point or character trajectory […]

The Missing Picture (French: L’image manquante), 2013. Directed by Pithy Panh. SYNOPSIS: Pol Pot’s reign of terror revisited through the eyes of a survivor. Rithy Panh’s incredibly moving story of life under the Khmer Rouge starts with the premise of a missing photo. It is a picture that does not exist, an image that details […]

Shield of Straw (Japanese: Wara no tate), 2013. Directed by Takashi Miike.Starring Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, and Takao Osawa. SYNOPSIS: The Japanese police have to transport a known child killer to Tokyo. When the billionaire grandfather of the murdered girl offers a reward for the killer’s assassination the police’s job gets a little tougher. Prolific […]

That’s right fans – it’s all your fault that the Zombieland The Series series has not been picked up by Amazon for more episodes. The pilot episode was released last month but was met with very negative reactions by fans of the original movie who gave the show a lot of ★ reviews. Amazon’s idea being that […]

Nothing But the Truth, 2008. Director Rod Lurie.Starring Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, and Noah Wyle. SYNOPSIS: In Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. Nothing But the Truth is a […]

Motel Hell, 1980. Directed by Kevin Conner.Starring Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, and Nina Axelrod. SYNOPSIS: Set in a fictitious town in the Deep South, people come from far and wide to sample Vincent’s distinctively flavoured produce, but one might well ask why so few of them decide to stay at the near-by motel […]