Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Ben Childs managed to see some sort of preview of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol at the BFI Imax at Waterloo: “Judging by the quarter-full auditorium at the Waterloo IMAX this morning, studio Paramount’s most difficult mission – should they choose to accept it – will be to […]

The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito), 2011. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo and Blanca Suárez. SYNOPSIS: A genius plastic surgeon, haunted by the tragedies of his past, creates a type of synthetic skin, tested on an imprisoned patient, that can withstand […]

Legendary two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks returns behind the camera for the only the second time in his distinguished feature film career. Arriving fifteen years after his directorial debut, That Thing You Do!, Larry Crowne sees Hanks take the title role – a blue-collar divorcee who finds himself laid off from his store job in […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Napoleon Dynamite, 2004. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell, Diedrich Bader and Haylie Duff. Napoleon Dynamite is the story of Napoleon, a down and out loner high school kid with […]

Outrage (Japan: Autoreiji), 2010. Directed by Beat Takeshi (aka Takeshi Kitano). Starring Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina and Ryo Kase. SYNOPSIS: A Japanese Yakuza (mafia) action film, following two opposing drug syndicates. The boss of one of these syndicates, Sekiuchi orders his lieutenant Kato, and right-hand man Ikemoto to bring down the competition, a job that […]

According to an unsubstantiated rumour, J.J. Abrams’ upcoming sequel to his 2009 reboot Star Trek could be turning to a classic villain from the franchise’s history and no – we’re not talking about Khan Noonien Singh. Here’s what ThinkMcFlyThink have to say… “From what we’ve heard the Klingons play a prominent role in Star Trek […]

The Thing, 2011. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Eric Christian Olsen. SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists discover an alien craft at a research site in Antarctica. The Thing (2011), for starters, should have an alternative title in an attempt to distinguish it from […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Fargo, 1996. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare. Fargo is the product of the Coen Brothers and is apparently the telling of a true story. Macy plays […]

Trevor Hogg delves into The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler to explore the creation of George Lucas’ epic space opera, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope… After discovering over 50 interviews conducted by Charles Lippincott between 1975 and 1978 with the likes of George Lucas, John Barry, Gary Kurtz, and John […]