To Walk with Lions, 1999. Directed by Carl Schultz.Starring John Michie, Richard Harris, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen, Hugh Quarshie, Honor Blackman and Geraldine Chaplin. SYNOPSIS: An arrogant young man (Michie) travelling through Africa crosses paths with George Adamson (Harris), a world-famous lion tamer. Adamson employs Tony and teaches him about the lions and land. Oscar-winning […]
Downton Abbey Season 3 – Episode 4 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the fourth episode of Downton Abbey season 3… The Crawley girls aren’t having a good time of it at the moment. This episode Mary and Matthew are still worrying about the fact they haven’t conceived yet, and Matthew starts to wonder if it’s down to him. When Sybil goes into labour and […]
Exclusive: Roman Coppola talks about Doctor Strange and comic book movies
Recently the Internet was abuzz when Roman Coppola mentioned he had planned to do a comic book movie with his cousin Nicolas Cage (The Rock) portraying Doctor Strange. I brought up the subject while talking to the writer-director about his latest movie A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012). “Nowadays it’s over […]
Second Opinion – Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln, 2012 Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Bruce McGill and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many […]
The Following – Episode 1 (Pilot) Review
Matt Smith reviews the pilot episode of the new US TV drama The Following… All I’ve seen of Kevin Bacon recently are those fantastic, but let’s face it, nonsensical, adverts for a mobile (pronounced ‘mobbl’) phone. As much as I love the ads (though doesn’t Footloose Kevin Bacon look old!?), it was time for something […]
Django Unsold
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Kirsty Puchko writes for CinemaBlend.com about eBay’s decision to stop selling Django Unchained dolls: “From autographed posters to collectible figures and vintage promo tees, eBay is typically a terrific venue for seeking out hard to find movie memorabilia. So, when The Weinstein Company pushed toymaker NECA to pull […]
Movie Review – Amour (2012)
Amour, 2012. Written and Directed by Michael Haneke.Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. SYNOPSIS: An elderly couple’s bond of love is severely tested after one of them suffers a stroke. Warning – spoilers ahead… Georges and Anne are a married couple in their eighties, still happy and in love after, we assume, several […]
Movie Review – The Last Stand (2013)
The Last Stand, 2013. Directed by Kim Ji-woon.Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzmán, Eduardo Noriega, Peter Stormare, Jaimie Alexander, Zach Gilford and Génesis Rodríguez. SYNOPSIS: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is […]
Movie Review – Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty, 2012. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Stephen Dillane, Frank Grillo, Edgar Ramirez, Harold Perrineau, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins and John Barrowman. SYNOPSIS: The hunt for Osama Bin Laden in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist […]
The Week in Spandex – Marvel Phase Two and Phase Three, Man of Steel, Batman’s Return, Justice League, X-Men and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, S.H.I.EL.D., Man of Steel, Batman, Justice League, Kick-Ass 2, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Arrow, DC […]
