Liam Trim reviews Episode 2 of the BBC’s hit new costume drama, Parade’s End… Warning: Spoilers! After only two episodes Parade’s End looks set to be one of the critical hits of 2012. Despite the fact that Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s novel lost almost a million viewers last Friday, with many tempted […]

Liam Trim reviews the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who… Warning: Spoilers! The build up to the new series of Doctor Who has been dominated by talk of bigger budgets, cinematic vision and blockbuster scale. Head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat loves a grand, complex narrative, and here he is laying […]

Let the Right One In (Sweden: Låt den rätte komma in), 2008 Directed by Thomas Alfredson.Starring Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord and Mikael Rahm. SYNOPSIS: In 1981, in a quaint, wintery suburb of Stockholm, 12 year old outcast Oskar gets more than he bargained for when he unwittingly befriends a […]

CBS has offered a pilot production commitment to a TV series based upon Beverly Hills Cop, which is to be executive produced by Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit) on behalf of Sony TV. According to Deadline, the series will serve as a sequel to the feature film trilogy and is set […]

Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away aged 54 after failing to recover from a heart attack he suffered in July. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1957, Duncan started out working as a bodyguard for the likes of Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Notorious B.I.G. in the early 1990s whilst appearing in bit […]

Simon Columb reports from the BFI’s ‘Call it a Classic’ evening where a panel of industry experts discussed the question of what makes a film a ‘classic’… In terms of lists and the definition of a ‘classic’, this really is the year to discuss the issue. Indeed, the combination of Sight & Sound’s ‘Greatest Films […]

Stash House, 2012. Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Jon Huertas, Briana Evigan and Sean Faris. SYNOPSIS: After moving into their new dream home, a couple discover that the previous owner was a drug tsar and find themselves targeted by professional killers who want to reclaim the stash of drugs. With legendary action producer […]

The Aggression Scale, 2012. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Boyd Kestner and Ryan Hartwig. SYNOPSIS: When a group of armed men attack a family looking for stolen money, the children hit back. Not having seen any trailers or read any reviews, it was refreshing to go into this […]

Dark Mirror, 2007. Directed by Pablo Proenza. Starring Lisa Vidal, David Chisum and Joshua Pelegrin. SYNOPSIS: A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass. Dark Mirror is a 2007 supernatural thriller from writer/director Pablo Proenza who, according to IMDB, has done very little […]

Liberal Arts, 2012. Written and Directed by Josh Radnor. Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olson, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro and Zac Efron. SYNOPSIS: Jessie (Radnor) returns to his old college for his old professor’s retirement party and it’s during that weekend that he meets a student, Zibby (Olson). The two hit it off right […]