Hobo with a Shotgun, 2011. Directed by Jason Eisener. Starring Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Brian Downey, Molly Dunsworth and Rob Wells. SYNOPSIS: Hobo (Rutger Hauer) comes into Hope ‘Scum’ Town on a freight train and after being disgusted by the Drake family and their murderous torture games, he decides to enact some vigilante justice with […]
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The Week in Spandex – Green Lantern, The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men: First Class and more…
Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… With Green Lantern arriving this coming week Warner Bros. have really ramped up the publicity with eight new clips from the film, in addition to a host of video interviews featuring director Martin Campbell, screenwriter Greg Berlanti, producers Geoff Johns and […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: First Class, Captain America, The Dark Knight Rises and more…
Our weekly round-up of all the big talking points from the world of movie superheroes… The big news is of course the release of Matthew Vaughn’s Cold War-era mutant prequel X-Men: First Class, which I have to say I found to be a little over-rated. Don’t get me wrong, it’s enjoyable, but in my opinion […]
Second Opinion – Thor (2011)
Thor, 2011. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Joshua Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Clark Gregg, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS:Cast out of Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) arrives […]
The Week in Spandex – Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men: First Class and more
Our weekly round-up of all the talking points from the world of movie superheroes… We start things off this week with the news that character actor Michael Shannon (The Runaways, Jonah Hex, Boardwalk Empire) has signed on to Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel as bearded baddie General Zod, a role made famous […]
The Week in Spandex – Green Lantern footage and The Dark Knight Rises casting puts Marvel in the shade
Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest talking points from the world of movie superheroes… 2011 has started brightly for superhero fans with the last few months delivering flood of images, trailers and gossip from all of the year’s big comic book adaptations – Thor, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern and Captain America: The First […]
Understanding Scorsese: A Martin Scorsese Profile (Part 5)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary American filmmaker Martin Scorsese in the fifth of a five part feature… read parts one, two, three and four. “I didn’t think of it as Hong Kong. I reacted to what Bill Monahan put together in the script; I liked the idea,” explained American filmmaker Martin Scorsese when […]
DVD Double Feature – Luis Buñuel’s Susanna (1951) and The Brute (1953)
Luis Buñuel. You know. Spanish director. He did Un Chien Andalou, with the eyeball slicing and the meat dragging. Belle du Jour, with all the kinky French sex. Not so keen on God and churches. Dalí’s number one homeboy. That Luis Buñuel. Mr Bongo Films are releasing two of his lesser-known films, remastered for DVD, […]
Understanding Scorsese: A Martin Scorsese Profile (Part 1)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary American filmmaker Martin Scorsese in the first of a five part feature… “Marty never gave me much trouble,” stated Charlie Scorsese of his famous filmmaking son. “Marty and his friends used to drink my liquor and fill empty bottles with water and Kayro syrup, but they were good […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain America, Thor, X-Men: First Class and more
Presenting our weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The Super Bowl took place this past Sunday, which meant of course that the big Hollywood studios were looking to capitalise on a huge US television audience by forking out obscene amounts of cash to promote their upcoming blockbusters [see […]