Following on from his interview last week, Tom Jolliffe selects his Five Essential Gary Daniels films… When a plethora of martial art specialists were foist upon audiences in the late 80s and early 90s, there were a few who managed to find an audience and maintain lengthy careers in the video realm. One such star […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises updates, The Amazing Spider-Man reshoots, The Avengers villains, X-Men sequels and more
Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Despite the filming stage of The Dark Knight Rises drawing to a close a couple of weeks back, the hype surrounding Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman feature shows no sign of slowing down. Indeed, if the past week is […]
Thoughts on… The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers, 1956. Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood. SYNOPSIS: Returning to his brother’s family three years after the end of the civil war, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) is a bitter and resentful war veteran. Soon after his return, a Comanche attack his leaves his […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #10 – Friday (1995)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Friday, 1995. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Faizon Love, Tommy Lister Jnr, John Witherspoon, Regina King and Bernie Mac. It’s Friday and Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) have until 10 […]
Special Features – How to Lose Friends and Borrow from People
Jessica Lomax on the influence of the Billy Wilder classic The Apartment on the British comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People… One film cover stated that ‘movie-wise there has never been anything like “The Apartment”, love-wise, laugh-wise or other-wise!’ This was undoubtedly true of Billy Wilder’s film when it was released in 1960, […]
Special Features – A Christopher Nolan Movie Marathon
To coincide with their latest LoveFilm voucher deal, Most Wanted are putting together a collaborative piece designed to help keep their readers entertained during the dark winter nights. As such, they’ve invited a number of film bloggers to come up with their ideal movie marathons, each featuring three films from the same director, and for […]
A conversation with action star Gary Daniels
Tom Jolliffe chats with British action star Gary Daniels… Gary Daniels was a successful kickboxer (a former world champ) who took the decision to leave his homeland in England to pursue a career in acting overseas in the late 80’s. He cut his teeth on celluloid in the Philippines before venturing to America to launch […]
Ten Essential… Movie Adaptations of Classic (Pre-20th Century) Novels
With Andrea Arnold’s take on Wuthering Heights about to arrive in U.K. cinemas, Adam Hollingworth counts down his favourite movie adaptations of classic pre-20th century novels… This week sees the release of Andrea Arnold’s latest film Wuthering Heights: an affecting and starkly beautiful film which contradicts the old adage that great novels don’t translate into […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #9 – TRON (1982)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… TRON, 1982. Directed by Steven Lisberger. Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes and Dan Shor. Tron is the story of a computer software engineer, Kevin Flynn (Bridges), who accidentally gets transported into a computer-generated […]
Ellen Page isn’t Barbara Gordon in The Dark Knight Rises… but how about Juno Temple?
Gary Collinson speculates on the identity of Juno Temple’s “street-smart Gotham girl” in The Dark Knight Rises… Hot on the heels of Empire’s impressive insight into The Dark Knight Rises earlier this week, a potentially juicy rumour emerged suggesting that Christopher Nolan had secretly extended his Inception reunion by casting Ellen Page (X-Men: The Last […]
