This might come as a surprise to some of our younger readers out there, but Chevy Chase used to be really funny. The former Saturday Night Live star enjoyed a run of successful comedies in the 1980s, starring in films such as Caddyshack, ¡Three Amigos!, the Vacation series and Fletch before his career nosedived during […]
DVD Review – Almighty Thor (2011)
Almighty Thor, 2011. Directed by Christopher Ray. Starring Patricia Velasquez, Kevin Nash, Richard Grieco, Cody Deal and Jess Allen. SYNOPSIS: When Loki attacks Asgard and bests Odin in combat, the only thing standing in the way of Armageddon is the God of Thunder, Thor. Chances are that if you’ve ever cast your eye over the […]
Thoughts on… Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Cowboys & Aliens, 2011. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown and Keith Carradine. SYNOPSIS: A posse of cowboys attempt to defend Earth from extraterrestrial invaders. Cowboys and Aliens. Now there’s a high concept movie title if I ever heard one. There are cowboys. There […]
Movie Review – Win Win (2011)
Win Win, 2011. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. Starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Alex Shaffer, Burt Young and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) decides to ‘innocently’ relocate an elderly client with dementia, Leo Poplar (Burt ‘Paulie’ Young), into a nursing home to receive his guardian […]
Cutting Edge: A conversation with film editor Anne V. Coates
Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning film editor Anne V. Coates… “When I was a really small girl I was very horsey; I used to think I’d like to be a race horse trainer,” recalls British film editor Anne V. Coates whose cinematic career spans over six decades. “Once I reached about 16 and became […]
Review Blood: True Blood Recap 4.9 – “Run”
Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood – “Run”… Sookie is dying! Sookie is dying! No, not really. Obviously they weren’t going to kill off the main character of the series. Sookie survives and the first thing she does…has an erotic dream which begins with […]
Second Opinion – Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Cowboys & Aliens, 2011. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown and Keith Carradine. SYNOPSIS: When a spaceship arrives in the Wild West region of Arizona, only a posse of cowboys stand in the way an alien invasion. It’s 1873 – a lone cowboy (Daniel […]
DVD Review – War of Resistance (2011)
War of Resistance, (a.k.a. Return to the Hiding Place), 2011. Directed by Peter C. Spencer. Starring John Rhys-Davies, Craig Robert Young, David Thomas Jenkins, Rachel Spencer Hewitt and Stass Klassen. SYNOPSIS: When a young resistance fighter witnesses atrocities towards the Jews, he’s drawn into a web of espionage and clandestine activities. When he meets a […]
Movie Review – Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Conan the Barbarian, 2011. Directed by Marcus Nispel. Starring Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan and Bob Sapp. SYNOPSIS: Conan the Cimmerian journeys across the continent of Hyboria on a quest to avenge the murder of his father and slaughter of his village. *** SPOILERS *** I went into Conan with […]
Sylvester Stallone to return as Rambo for a Last Stand?
He might have hit pensionable age earlier this year, but 65-year-old action icon Sylvester Stallone is showing no signs of slowing down and retiring to the countryside. The Rocky star is currently filming the crime thriller Bullet to the Head with director Walter Hill and also has The Expendables 2 on his slate, while reports […]
