Fists of Rage a.k.a. Honor, 2006. Directed by David Worth. Starring Jason Barry, Russell Wong, Roddy Piper and Linda Park. SYNOPSIS: Two street warriors come to understand that not every battle is fought for money or power. Familiarity can be a good thing. An old pair of trainers that fit smoothly and snugly to your […]
Special Features – True Blood: Try a sip, you might like it
Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the popular US vampire series True Blood… Unless you happen to be dead yourself, you should know about the undead craze that is blanketing our planet. By undead I by no means am speaking of anything that slid out of the creative mind of one George A. Romero. I […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain America trailer, Dark Knight Rises casting confusion and X-Men: First Class character bios
Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It seems like an age ago that we got our first look at Marvel’s upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger with the all-too-brief 30 second Super Bowl spot back at the beginning of February. Well, after weeks and weeks of […]
Could Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘international TV series’ be True Lies?
Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger is out of office and officially set to embark on his ‘acting’ comeback, details are starting to emerge on potential projects for the former California Governor. The Austrian Oak spoke briefly about his next steps at the Arnold Classic a few weeks back and stated that while he’d received offers to […]
DVD Review – Demon Empire (2006)
Demon Empire, 2006. Directed by Dong-oh Jo & Dong-oh Cho. Starring Woo-sung Jung, Jun-ho Heo, Tae-hee Kim, Kwang-il Kim, Jeong-hak Park, Sang-wook Park and Ha-jun Yu. SYNOPSIS: A demon slayer finds himself in the place between our world and Heaven where, reunited with his lost love, he attempts to stop the leader of an unholy […]
Understanding Scorsese: A Martin Scorsese Profile (Part 4)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary American filmmaker Martin Scorsese in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. “The first newspaper article Nick Pileggi showed me was about the police covering a domestic fight on a Las Vegas lawn one Sunday morning,” explained American filmmaker Martin Scorsese regarding […]
R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)
Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor has passed away aged 79 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, where she had recently been admitted with congestive heart failure. Born to American parents in Hampstead, London in 1932, Taylor began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and in 1941 she was signed to a […]
Kiefer Sutherland Optimistic About ’24’ Film
Much loved real time show 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, has come under some criticism from fans about the slow progress to release a film version. In fact, a script was only penned in February 2010 by Billy Ray, and unfortunately for fans of the show it was dismissed by Fox. Despite these obvious setbacks however, […]
Movie Review – Wake Wood (2011)
Wake Wood, 2011. Directed by David Keating. Starring Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall, Amelia Crowley, Brian Gleeson, Dan Gordon, Ruth McCabe and Ella Connolly. SYNOPSIS: A married couple move to the Irish village of Wake Wood after the death of their daughter, where they discover an ancient ritual that can reunite them with their […]
DVD Review – Arrivederci Millwall (1990)
Arrivederci Millwall, 1990. Directed by Charles McDougall. Starring Kevin O’Donohoe, Sidney Cole, Tim Keen, Stephen Marcus, Peter McNamara, Andrew Tiernan, Valerie Gogan, Brian Lawrence and David Barrass. SYNOPSIS: A fiery group of English football supporters make their way to the continent for the holy grail of the football calendar, the 1982 World Cup in Spain. […]