Simon Columb kicks off our Buster Keaton month with a short introduction… In his definitive book on Silent Comedy, Paul Merton, 88-pages in, titles a chapter “Enter Buster – and Others”. Many would imagine Buster Keaton, with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, are front a centre in a guide on the era. Indeed, while Chaplin […]
DVD Review – Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013. Directed by James Wan.Starring Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins and Barbara Hershey. SYNOPSIS: The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. Picking up more or less exactly where the first movie left off, Insidious: Chapter […]
DVD Review – The Great Train Robbery (2013)
The Great Train Robbery, 2013. Created by Chris Chibnall.Starring Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans, Neil Maskell, Jack Roth and Robert Glenister. SYNOPSIS: A two-part television adaption of Britain’s biggest ever heist – the ‘great train robbery’ of 1963. Having your life adapted for the screen seems to be the kiss of death these days. Shortly after […]
Scott Adkins discusses his audition for The Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman
Prior to the announcement that Ben Affleck had secured the role of Batman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel, an online fan campaign was lobbying for British actor and martial artist Scott Adkins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Expendables 2) to don the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman. This […]
Critics Must Stand Firm on Standards
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. A favourite writer, Mark Cousins, acutely demonstrates how criticism is so much more than writing reviews of the weekly Hollywood spectacular in the February 2014 edition of Sight and Sound: “The critic, if she’s any good, will have come to realise that she doesn’t merely respond to art, […]
Four Christmas Comedown Movies
Luke Graham with four Christmas comedown movies… The holidays are a magic time of year, with snowflakes, miracles and family cheer. For many people, the Christmas and New Year period are the highlights of their year. Well, enough of that. Now that it’s January, it’s time to get back to real world. Here are four […]
Potential new details on Batman vs. Superman
Over at Batman-on-Film (via Comic Book Therapy), a few rumoured tidbits of information concerning the plot of the Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman have appeared. Of course, these are just rumours but in recent years the site has hit the nail on the head with information concerning The Dark Knight. Most interesting is […]
More rumours about an animated Guardians of the Galaxy series
It seems as if Marvel is placing all its trust in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, with a rumoured animated series in the works to follow the live-action Phase Two film. Marvel editor Stephen Wacker hinted towards the idea in an interview last year, and now rumours have arisen from Comic Book Movie suggesting […]
Movie Review – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen.Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael K. Williams, Scoot McNairy, Ruth Negga and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, […]
Boba Fett reportedly set for Star Wars spin-off movie
Although we are yet to have any confirmation of exactly who will be the “stars” of Disney’s Star Wars spin-off movies, the bounty hunter Boba Fett is seemingly all but confirmed as the focus of one of the two films currently in development. Adding to previous reports Metalocapypse director Jon Schnepp claims to knows that […]
