How to Train Your Dragon, 2010. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, Craig Ferguson, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and David Tennant. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking aims to follow in his tribe’s tradition of slaying a dragon but finds himself befriending the creature […]
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Far From Ordinary: A Danny Boyle Profile (Part 2)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Academy Award-winning British director Danny Boyle in the second of a two part feature… read part one here. “I like extreme films, where you put somebody in the most extreme circumstances you can imagine and see what they can do with it,” explained Manchester-born director Danny Boyle who expanded […]
Essential Actor / Director Partnerships: Molly Ringwald and John Hughes
In a special feature running all this week, Alex Williams counts down his Essential Actor / Director Partnerships… Molly Ringwald and John Hughes Sixteen Candles (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985) Pretty in Pink (1986) In the mid 80’s, there was no one in movies who could make a better teen film than John Hughes. In […]
Killing time for Bond 23 with James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Liam Trim reviews the latest Bond video game 007: Blood Stone… Right now the internet is ablaze with debate and gossip. Alright it always is, but at the moment fans everywhere are wondering who will be cast in the next James Bond film, the 23rd in the franchise. Last week two pretty heavyweight acting names […]
Movie Review – Brighton Rock (2011)
Brighton Rock, 2011. Written and Directed by Rowan Joffe. Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: Pinkie (Sam Riley) is a young gangster in 60s Brighton who must seduce the naïve Rose (Andrea Riseborough) after she is a potential witness to to a murder Pinkie’s gang committed. The first […]
Ascension: A Tom Hooper Profile (Part 1)
Following his Academy Award nomination for Best Director on The King’s Speech, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Tom Hooper in the first of a two-part feature… “I fell in love with directing at the age of twelve, at prep school in Highgate,” stated British filmmaker Tom Hooper who as a student came […]
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 […]
DVD Review – The Hole (2009)
The Hole, 2009. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Teri Polo and Bruce Dern. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers discover a mysterious hole in the basement of their new home that forces them to confront their darkest fears. In the vein of 80’s kids horrors such as Gremlins, The Hole (from Gremlins […]
Visual Linguist: A Darren Aronofsky Profile (Part 1)
With his latest feature Black Swan currently on release in North America, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Darren Aronofsky in the first of a two-part feature… “When I was a kid, me and my sister and friends used to put on these little shows,” recalled American moviemaker Darren Aronofsky, the son of two […]
DVD Review – Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man 2, 2010. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: After revealing his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark faces new challenges in the form of the US government and rival industrialist Justin Hammer. An unassuming […]
