Sightseers, 2012. Directed by Ben Wheatley.Written By and Starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. SYNOPSIS: Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn. If you saw Ben Wheatley’s first two features (Down Terrace and Kill List) you’d be […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 7 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the seventh episode of The Walking Dead season three… The end of The Walking Dead’s first half of Season 3 is soon approaching. It’s a depressing thought as the show fuels its 40-something minute run-time each week with more entertainment than most other programmes currently airing. Still, the cast and crew behind […]
Details emerge on new Wonder Woman TV show Amazon
It was announced a few months ago that TV network The CW was developing a new Wonder Woman pilot entitled Amazon and thanks to a Deadline reporter who managed to get their hands on a copy of the casting sheet for the superhero character, we have found out some more details on what Allan Heinberg (Gilmore […]
Second Opinion – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook, 2012. Written and Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: David O. Russell follows up The Fighter with this dramatic rom-com. Bradley Cooper stars as bipolar Pat who sparks up an unusual relationship with widower Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). David […]
Scoring The Dead: A conversation with composer Imran Ahmad
david j. moore chats with composer Imran Ahmad about his work on the Ford Brothers’ The Dead… Classic zombie films don’t always produce classic scores, but occasionally a classic zombie opus features music that helps define the film. Imagine George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead or Day of the Dead without the iconic source music […]
Comic Book Review – 2000 AD Prog 1810
Luke Graham reviews the latest 2000 AD prog… A lot gets revealed and explained in Prog 1810, as well as setting up the explosive next act of the Mega-City One cross-over The Cold Deck. Judge Dredd: The Cold Deck, part five Script: Al Ewing, Art: Henry Flint Things take a dramatic step forward as Judge […]
Movie Review – The Hunt (2012)
The Hunt (Denmark: Jagten), 2012. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Lars Ranthe, Anne Louise Hassing, Thomas Bo Larsen, Susse Wold and Ole Dupont. SYNOPSIS: A teacher and father’s quiet life implodes when a child accuses him of the worst kind of inappropriate behaviour… Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt is about belief and doubt […]
Movie Review – The Cinema Snob Movie (2012)
The Cinema Snob Movie, 2012. Directed by Ryan Mitchelle.Written and starring Brad Jones.Also starring Jake Norvell, Noah Antwiler, Zachary La Voy, Jillian Zurawski. SYNOPSIS: When an exploitation filmmaker goes undercover as a pretentious film snob to obtain proper filming permits, he is thrust into a strange mystery surrounding the very secretive film commission. Regular visitors […]
Matthew Vaughn to direct Star Wars Episode VII? Mark Hamill returning? And more spin-offs already in the works?
Following the recent news that director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) has signed on to Disney’s remake of the 80s family sci-fi adventure Flight of the Navigator, the rumoured shortlist for the Mouse House’s first foray to a galaxy far, far away continues to dwindle; Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and […]
State of the Genre – Batman John Blake
In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer discusses the recent rumour about Joseph Gordon-Levitt being lined up for the role of the Dark Knight in Warner Bros.’ Justice League movie… Inevitably spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises are discussed here. Boy, did the internet explode yesterday. If you avoided all forms of […]
