D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Get Carter, 1971. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, and Britt Ekland. Get Carter is a classic British gangster film that sees Jack Carter (Caine) arrive in Northern England with questions about the recent […]
Recall the Publicity! It’s Just Too Much!
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Peter Sciretta writes for /Film on April 4th reagrding the new trailer for the Colin Farrell-starring Total Recall: “The trailer for Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake seems to have impressed more than disappointed — I guess that’s the positive side of having an audience with very low expectations. […]
Steven Seagal joining Sylvester Stallone and company on The Expendables 3?
A couple of weeks ago we heard from Randy Couture that he expected filming to commence on The Expendables 3 later in the year, despite the fact that the second installment in the star-studded action series doesn’t arrive in cinemas until August. Well, if that proves to be the case, we could be seeing another […]
Thoughts on… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, 1991. Directed by Michael Pressman. Starring Kenn Scott, Lauri Faso, Michelan Sisti, Robbie Rist, Leif Tilden, Adam Carl, Mark Caso, Brian Tochi, Ernie Reyes Jr., Paige Turco, François Chau and David McCharen. SYNOPSIS: The teenage mutant ninja turtles must face their past and fight against […]
The Week in Spandex – The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America 2 and more
Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With Marvel’s The Avengers arriving in cinemas in just a few short weeks, you’d expect Disney to kick the marketing campaign up a gear, but when said marketing campaign has already been in overdrive for the last couple of months, things […]
Movie Review – Rampart (2011)
Rampart, 2011. Directed by Oren Moverman. Starring Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Brie Larson, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: In 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) – the last of a dying breed of Vietnam-vet ‘cowboy’ cops – struggles to survive amid accusations […]
The World Needs the Man of Steel
Martin Deer on why the world needs the Man of Steel… This week a new, and rather fantastic, synopsis for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was released. It gave nothing away about the story, as was to be expected, but there were a couple of things in there that really got the fan in me […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #80 – Brazil (1985)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Brazil, 1985. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin and Kim Greist. Brazil is Terry Gilliam’s black comedy futuristic fantasy film is set in a dystopian world that […]
Special Features – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Revisited
Almost twenty years on from its arrival, Luke Owen revisits the television phenomenon Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers… If you’re a UK resident with American friends, you’ll have probably heard of this service they have over there called Netflix where they can stream TV shows and movies to their laptops and TVs. If you’re a UK […]
Movie Review – Headhunters (2011)
Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne), 2011. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Aksel Hennie and Synnove Macody Lund. SYNOPSIS: Norweigan corporate recruitment headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) steals art on the side to finance his opulent lifestyle and to impress his beautiful wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund). He meets a potential client in […]