In the third of a three-part Jackson Ball discusses the evolving Disney Princess, last up is Frozen…. Moving towards the contemporary end of Disney’s animated timeline, this essay’s final focus film is 2013’s Frozen. Despite being nearly 70 years later, the film meets many of the criteria first set by Snow White and the Seven […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Phedon Papamichael about creating cinematic art with George Clooney… “George Clooney approached me during the filming of Descendants [2011] at the halfway party on the dance floor and nonchalantly asked me if I wanted to shoot his movie The Ides of March [2011],” recalls Phedon Papamichael who was shooting his second […]

The Invisible Woman, 2013. Directed by Ralph Fiennes.Starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Joanna Scanlan and Michelle Fairley. SYNOPSIS: At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death. The Invisible Woman is a subtle and incredibly quiet affair, almost too […]

Well, here’s more evidence that creativity is dying a slow, painful death… producer Luc Besson is set to reboot The Transporter with a view to launching a new trilogy beginning with Transporter 4. Jason Statham will not reprise his role as Frank Martin in the new films, which will instead explore the character’s origin story. […]

Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper.Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. Sometimes a film rolls […]

Simon Columb continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with Serpico… Al Pacino has been a target for many during his career. Serpico begins as full-bearded Frank Serpico (Pacino) is wheeled on a stretcher through bustling corridors, blood over his body, in the same manner as Carlito Brigante in Brian DePalma’s Carlito’s Way. Clearly DePalma owes a […]

It looks like we’ll have a little longer to wait before we catch up with Dante, Randall and the rest of the View Askewniverse. During a Reddit AMA yesterday, filmmaker Kevin Smith has revealed that he’s decided to put Clerks III on hold in order to focus on his recently announced holiday horror anthology Comes […]

2014 is shaping up to be a huge year for Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt. As well as voicing the lead in The LEGO Movie, he’s set to join the ranks of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in August with his role as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, while he’s also set to begin […]

Well, any Marvel fans hoping that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Phil Coulson would eventually turn into The Vision are out of luck, with The Daily Mail and Variety revealing that Iron Man star Paul Bettany will transform from Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) A.I. system J.A.R.V.I.S. into the android superhero in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age […]

If there’s one person who knows a thing or two about Batman movies it’s Michael Uslan, executive producer on each of The Dark Knight’s big screen adventures from Tim Burton’s 1989 film through to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (not to mention countless animated movies featuring the Caped Crusader). And of course he’s continuing […]