Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Matthew Sweet writes for The Telegraph about Citizen Kane (potentially) losing it’s place on the Sight & Sound poll… “Orson Welles’ 1941 feature tracks the rise and fall of an American media mogul from the Colorado backwoods to a lonely death in his fairy-tale palace. Every 10 years […]
Manning up for The Expendables 2 – The Arnold Schwarzenegger Rampage
Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Arnold Schwarzenegger Rampage’… Arnold Schwarzenegger personifies the American Dream. He came to the country to achieve something, and then managed to fulfill every fanciful goal he set himself. He wanted to be the best at […]
Movie Review – Friends with Kids (2011)
Friends with Kids, 2011. Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. Starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns. SYNOPSIS: Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic. When it comes to having kids most people would agree that once […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, The Wolverine, The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Arrow, Booster Gold, Powers and more
Our weekly round up of the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes… Having recorded a solid $160m opening weekend in North America, Christopher Nolan’s Batman swansong The Dark Knight Rises crossed the $225m mark on Thursday and is currently the fourth highest-grossing domestic release of 2012 behind Marvel’s The Avengers ($615m), The […]
UK box office takings exceed £1 billion for the first time
Despite the gloomy economic climate, UK cinemas enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2011, with cinema receipts exceeding £1 billion for the very first time. According to the British Film Institute’s annual report (via The Independent), the UK box office increased 5% from 2010, amassing £1.04 billion in total, which was spurred on by a trio […]
Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 – Episode 7 – Review
Luke Graham reviews the final episode of Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23’s first series… The season finale to Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, entitled Shitagi Nashi after a fictional Asian manga that features in the plot, was a compelling affair. Between holidays, graduation and searching for work, it has taken me […]
DVD Review – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (2011)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, 2011. Directed by Constance Marks. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on the man behind the Muppet – Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash. I have little doubt in my mind that The Avengers will end up being my favourite movie of the year, but one film has come really close to taking the top […]
Producer Dean Devlin discusses the Independence Day sequel
Earlier this month, Armageddon specialist Roland Emmerich hinted that he and his former creative partner Dean Devlin were looking to resurrect the long-rumoured sequel to 1996’s blockbuster alien invasion flick Independence Day, and now Coming Soon has caught up with producer Devlin for an update on the status of ID4 2, which seems to have […]
Blu-ray Review – Pentathlon (1994)
Pentathlon, 1994. Directed by Bruce Malmuth. Starring Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Renée Coleman and Roger E. Mosley. SYNOPSIS: An Olympic Gold-winning East German pentathlete defects to the West, only to become the target for a group of Neo-Nazis led by his sadistic ex-coach. With London 2012 getting underway, Olympic fever is taking over the UK. […]
Special Features – Do good dramas need bad guys or just believable human beings?
Following a previous article on movie villains, Liam Trim wonders whether BBC dramas Blackout and Line of Duty actually needed any bad guys at all… Spoiler warning: the following article contains spoilers from The Dark Knight Rises and the recent BBC drama series Blackout and Line of Duty. Earlier this year I wrote a feature […]
