Jackboots on Whitehall, 2010. Written and Directed by Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry. Featuring the voice talents of Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall, Dominic West, Tom Wilkinson, Richard O’Brien, Stephen Merchant, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Pam Ferris and Brian Conley. SYNOPSIS: When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seize London […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises overshadows X-Men: First Class
Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the action from the movie superhero world, which was of course dominated last time out by the first-look images of Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger and Andrew Garfield in the as yet Untitled Spider-Man Reboot. We thought that Warner Bros. wouldn’t want their DC characters […]
DVD Review – 22 Bullets (2010)
22 Bullets (French: L’immortel), 2010. Directed by Richard Berry. Starring Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Marina Foïs, Gabriella Wright, Fani Kolarova, Daniel Lundh and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. SYNOPSIS: After being left for dead with 22 bullets riddled in his body, a retired mobster somehow survives and sets out to gain revenge on the only man who would […]
Master & Commander: Peter Weir Returns with The Way Back
Concluding our Peter Weir Blogathon, Trevor Hogg explores the making of the acclaimed filmmaker’s latest epic, The Way Back… In my quest to learn more about The Way Back, a World War II prison escape and survival epic, I spoke to two cinematic artists who have an unwavering sense of loyalty and respect for their […]
Peter Weir Retrospective: The Way Back (2010)
The Way Back, 2010. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Dragoş Bucur, Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Gustaf Skarsgård. SYNOPSIS: A small group of multi-national prisoners escape from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and attempt an epic journey across five hostile countries. Leaving behind the high […]
Peter Weir Retrospective: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at his Academy Award-nominated twelfth feature… Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D’Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin and Max Pirkis. SYNOPSIS: An embattled British Naval Captain, Jack Aubrey, seeks […]
Second Opinion – Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan, 2010. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. SYNOPSIS: A ballet dancer finds herself competing with a rival for the lead in a production of Swan Lake and must embrace her dark side in order to win the role, but at what cost? One […]
Catwoman and Bane to square off against Batman in The Dark Knight Rises
After Marvel took the spotlight last week with first looks at Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America, we speculated that Warner Bros would quickly look to get the internet community back on their side with some juicy information on The Dark Knight Rises. Well that arrives today courtesy of a press release from […]
DVD Review – Catfish (2010)
Catfish, 2010. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. SYNOPSIS: A riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. When I first heard about Catfish, it sounded like a ramshackle film cobbled together to capitalise on Facebook fever, and in particular, the enormous success of David Fincher’s The Social Network. […]
The Weir Way: Russell Boyd and Lee Smith Talk About Peter Weir
Continuing our Peter Weir Blogathon, Trevor Hogg chats with film editor Lee Smith and cinematographer Russell Boyd about their experiences working with the acclaimed director… Although he had not made a film since the seafaring Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), internationally acclaimed director Peter Weir had no trouble recruiting willing […]