Anghus Hourvouras wonders whether the world’s greatest filmmaker has endorsed himself into a corner… There was a time when Steven Spielberg’s name on a film meant something. It was an event. A reason to go to the movies. There are few filmmakers that have been able to generate excitement in film fans both young and […]

Heat, 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo and Jeremy Piven. SYNOPSIS: A professional thief is hunted by an unrelenting detective in the streets of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… He Got Game, 1998. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Jim Brown and John Turturro. He Got Game is a sports film with a difference! The story follows Jesus Shuttlesworth (Allen), the […]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, 2011. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Julia Jones, Billy Burke, Maggie Grace and Michael Sheen. SYNOPSIS: The newly-wed Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen find themselves contending with a […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November 2011… There was little surprise at the UK box office this past weekend as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 pulled in another £4.6m in receipts, with the fourth entry in the hugely popular vampire romance […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… In America, 2002. Directed by Jim Sheridan. Starring Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou. In America is the beautiful story of an Irish family who enter America on a tourist visa, but plan to settle and make New […]

TT3D: Closer to the Edge, 2011. Directed by Richard De Aragues. Narrated by Jared Leto. SYNOPSIS: A documentary covering the fast-paced action of the world famous Isle of Man TT. The Isle of Man… a small island in the Irish sea, birthplace of the Bee Gees and home to the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy […]

Flamboyant British filmmaker Ken Russell has passed away in his sleep on Sunday evening, aged 84. Born in Southampton in 1927, Russell started his career in the industry as a photographer and independent documentary filmmaker after spells in the Merchant Navy and Royal Air Force. His attention turned to the small screen in 1959 when […]

Magic Trip, 2011. Directed by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood. SYNOPSIS: A documentary following famed author Ken Kesey and ‘The Merry Band of Pranksters’ on their acid-fuelled cross-country road trip across America to the 1964 New York World’s Fair. This documentary of novelist Ken Kesey (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) and his band of […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Battle Royale, 2000. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Kenta Fukasaku and Takeshi Kitano. Battle Royale is a Japanese horror film based on the novel of the same name written by Koushun Takami. It follows a class of children who […]