Shaolin (Xin shao lin si), 2011. Directed by Benny Chan. Starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Xin Xin Xiong, Yu Xing, Jacky Wu, Hai Yu and Xiaohong Shi. SYNOPSIS: A brutal warlord is double crossed by his deputy and seeks refuge among the peace-loving monks at the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments #1 – The Bespin Duel
With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson completes the countdown of his most memorable Star Wars moments (along with a couple of bonus entries)… STAR WARS: EPISODE V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK “Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, […]
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson (1923-2011)
The Academy Award-winning actor and screen veteran Cliff Robertson passed away yesterday from natural causes at Stony Brook University Medical Center, just one day after celebrating his 88th birthday. Beginning his acting career in the 1950s, Robertson made a number of film and television appearances such as Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953-1954), Picnic […]
The Week in Spandex – Updates on the X-Men franchise, The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, The Avengers and more…
Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With X-Men: First Class arriving on DVD and Blu-ray in North America yesterday, producer Lauren Shuler Donner has spent the past week discussing the various incarnations of Fox’s X-Men movie franchise with a number of sites including IAmRogue, CraveOnline, […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments #2 – Luke destroys the Death Star
With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE Although the Battle of Yavin doesn’t quite match up to the ground-based warfare of The Empire Strikes Back (see here), […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments #3 – The Battle of Hoth
With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despite having all the fancy CG tools in the world at his disposal for the Prequel Trilogy, George Lucas […]
Review Blood: True Blood Recap 4.11 – “Soul of Fire”
Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood – “Soul of Fire”… All of the several major story-lines in this epic season have dwindled down into about only two. The first one being the battle, more like war, between the vampires and the witches. Led by […]
Tony Kaye finally set to follow up American History X as Detachment secures distribution
After falling out with just about everyone in Hollywood off the back of star Edward Norton’s re-editing of American History X, director Tony Kaye has found it mighty difficult to follow up his acclaimed feature film debut. However, it looks as if the British filmmaker is finally set for a breakthrough with the announcement today […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments #4 – “I was once a Jedi Knight the same as your father”
With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE “The Force is what gives the Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds […]
Movie Review – Points of Interest (2011)
Points of Interest, 2011. Directed by Anthony Lopez and Jon Salimes. SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 2010, a group of filmmakers accompanied the bands Juniper Tar and Strand of Oaks on a 10-day tour of the American East Coast. This film is the result of what happened; as best they remember it. How do I […]