Ninja Scroll, 1993. Written and Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.Featuring the voice talents of Kōichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Daisuke Gouri and Takeshi Aono. SYNOPSIS: A mercenary ninja is forced into fighting an old nemesis who leads a group of superpowered demons. When people discuss ‘classic anime’, several titles always pop up. Ghost in the Shell and […]
Blu-ray Review – Southern Comfort (1981)
Southern Comfort, 1981. Directed by Walter Hill.Starring Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Peter Coyote, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales, Lewis Smith and Les Lannom. SYNOPSIS: A squad of National Guards fight for their lives after angering local Cajuns during an isolated weekend training exercise in the Louisiana swamp. Action director Walter Hill may be […]
The Found Footage Project
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Charlie Lyne writes for The Guardian about how found footage films are dominating cinema – and the functional problems with this… “The central conceit of the found footage genre – fictional characters, be they priests, partygoers or palaeontologists, suddenly being struck by the inexplicable urge to immortalise the […]
Blu-ray Review – The Campaign (2012)
The Campaign, 2012. Directed by Jay Roach.Starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Katherine LaNasa, Sarah Baker, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox. SYNOPSIS: Two corrupt businessmen hatch a plan to have a naive tourism director run against a controversial congressman vying for a fifth term. Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis go […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and more
Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Hulk, Kick-Ass 2, Wonder Woman and more… There’s just over a week now until the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight […]
R.I.P. Larry Hagman (1931-2012)
American actor Larry Hagman, best known for his iconic role as the scheming oil tycoon J. R. Ewing in the US TV series Dallas, has passed away at a hospital in Dallas, Texas after battling throat cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. He was 81. The son of Broadway star Mary Martin, Hagman was born […]
Machete producers looking to block the release of Machete Kills
Overnight Productions, the producers of Robert Rodriguez’s 2010 Grindhouse spin-off Machete, has filed a $2 million lawsuit against Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions that could ultimately block the release of the upcoming sequel Machete Kills. According to Deadline, “Overnight claims that… they were not provided with Texas tax credit information as required under the agreement with […]
Movie Review – Lawrence of Arabia (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration) (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962. Directed by David Lean.Starring Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins and Omar Sharif. SYNOPSIS: T.E. Lawrence attempts to unite the hostile Arab factions during the First World War in order to lead them to victory over the ruling Turkish Empire. There are many films which are great. There are […]
The Last Horror Movie sequel in the works
UK filmmaker Julian Richards (Shiver) has announced that he’s developing a sequel to his 2003 cult hit The Last Horror Movie. Entitled Murder on Demand, the found footage follow-up will see the murderous sociopath Max Parry hitting the streets of Los Angeles to continue his serial killing ways and “deliver a quintessentially English view of […]
State of the Genre – The Worrying Truth About Warner Bros. & DC Comics
In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer on the alleged power struggle within Warner Bros., and its impact on the studio’s DC Comics superhero movie output… On November 10th The LA Times reported some rather disconcerting news that things are not well at Warner Bros. Ben Fritz and Meg James report – […]
