This month’s Sight and Sound dropped through my letterbox this morning, and in it contained their once-a-decade Top 10 Films of All Time, as voted for by critics and filmmakers. If you’ve been living as a recluse in your own personal Xanadu, Orson Welles, who’s been number one for the past half century, got Citizen […]
Manning up for The Expendables 2 – The Chuck Norris Rampage
Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Chuck Norris Rampage’… Chuck Norris is brilliant. Chuck Norris doesn’t do push ups, he just pushes the Earth down! His action man persona and his on-screen invincibility have become internet legend with thousands of different […]
No more Ghostbusting please!
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Fans of the Ghostbusters films will be happy to know that (a) they are moving ahead with a sequel but (b) Bill Murray won’t be in it. The Telegraph covered the story from an interview Aykroyd gave to Metro… The new writer is Etan Cohen, who co-wrote Men […]
Troma Review – The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger, 1984. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Starring Mitch Cohen, Mark Torgl, Andree Maranda, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard and Pat Ryan Jr. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered janitor is transformed into a mutated ‘Monster Hero’ and sets out to clean up the town of Tromaville, New Jersey. When looking back in […]
Special Features – A Brief History of Troma Entertainment
Luke Owen presents a brief history of the cult production and distribution company Troma Entertainment… It’s a name that is synonymous among B-Movie horror fans with movies that more often than not fall into the “so bad they’re good” category. Since their inception in 1974, Troma Entertainment’s surreal look at cinema has led them to […]
Michael Mann, Mike Leigh, Kevin Macdonald and Michel Hazanavicius – Your Favourite Filmmakers’ Favourite Films Part 3
This month’s Sight and Sound dropped through my letterbox this morning, and in it contained their once-a-decade Top 10 Films of All Time, as voted for by critics and filmmakers. If you’ve been living as a recluse in your own personal Xanadu, Orson Welles, who’s been number one for the past half century, got Citizen […]
Thoughts on… Wanderlust (2012)
Wanderlust, 2012. Directed by David Wain. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux, Joe Lo Truglio, Alan Alda, Kathryn Hahn, Ken Marino and Jordan Peele. SYNOPSIS: A New York couple decide to try an alternative lifestyle at a rural commune called Elysium, which is dedicated to nudism, veganism, and free love. Director David […]
Terence Davies, Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Dominik and Paul Greengrass – Your Favourite Filmmakers’ Favourite Films Part 2
This month’s Sight and Sound dropped through my letterbox this morning, and in it contained their once-a-decade Top 10 Films of all Time, as voted for by critics and filmmakers. If you’ve been living as a recluse in your own personal Xanadu, Orson Welles, who’s been number one for the past half century, got Citizen […]
Computer Upbringing: Sophie Leclerc talks about Happy Downloadday
Trevor Hogg chats with Emmy Award-winning VFX Producer Sophie Leclerc about her directorial project Happy Downloadday… Following in the footsteps of Tron [1982] where human beings become entwined with software programs is the science fiction tale Happy Downloadday; the short film depicts a dystopian society where computer generated children are not allowed a human body […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Thor 2, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and more
Our weekly round up of all the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes… Despite early reports indicating that The Dark Knight Rises was starting to fall off the pace box office-wise last weekend, Christopher Nolan’s Batman swansong responded with a strong second-weekend haul of $62 million in North America and looks set […]