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Shaolin (Xin shao lin si), 2011. Directed by Benny Chan. Starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Xin Xin Xiong, Yu Xing, Jacky Wu, Hai Yu and Xiaohong Shi. SYNOPSIS: A brutal warlord is double crossed by his deputy and seeks refuge among the peace-loving monks at the fabled Shaolin Temple. When his […]

Sean Guard sinks his teeth into the latest episode of the popular U.S. vampire series True Blood – “Soul of Fire”… All of the several major story-lines in this epic season have dwindled down into about only two. The first one being the battle, more like war, between the vampires and the witches. Led by […]

Liam Trim takes in a double-bill of ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Super 8’… It’s been a while since I went to the cinema. But it feels much longer than it actually is. That’s because it’s summer blockbuster season and every week a new big gun toting production swaggers into town. Stay […]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Starring James Franco, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Tyler Labine and Freida Pinto. SYNOPSIS: In San Francisco, experiments with genetic engineering sees an ape develop super-intelligence before rising up and leading a revolution against his human masters. The success of […]

Limitless, 2011. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel and Johnny Whitworth. SYNOPSIS: A writer takes an experimental mind-enhancing ‘smart drug’, attracting the attention of shadowy forces determined to use his newfound abilities for their own gain. Is it possible to be a genius in an age when […]

Liam Trim on Inside Job and the ongoing News International phone-hacking scandal… I just watched Inside Job. It was one of those films I felt I had to see, rather than desperately wanting to. I am glad I did watch it though. I am still reeling from the impact of its message. I was expecting […]

The Devil’s Rock, 2011. Directed by Paul Campion. Starring Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater and Luke Hawker. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos discover an occult plot by the Nazis to unleash demonic forces to win the war. On paper The Devil’s Rock has a refreshing and promising […]

Liam Trim with ten reasons to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon… The latest Transformers movie has been critically panned from virtually every corner. Danny Leigh off that BBC show with Claudia Winkleface is even calling for strike action to boycott the movie in The Guardian and thus send a message to studio execs. But […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the fourth of a six part feature… read parts one, two and three. For over a decade filmmaker George Lucas had been developing a project which was a gender reversal of the Biblical story about Moses being hidden as a baby in the bulrushes. […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the second of a six part feature… read part one here. “After THX 1138 [1971], I wanted to do Flash Gordon and tried to buy the rights to it from King Features, but they wanted a lot of money for it, more than I […]