In the annual lead up to Valentine’s Day comes a Hollywood romantic box-ticking blockbuster release. Obviously in this day and age most love tale scenarios have already been played out on the big screen. So, instead of boy-meets-girl-falls-in-love etc., how … Continue reading →

Director Alexander Payne is a man who specialises in what I like to call deliciously dark delights. Although he has only brought us a small number of said delights in his as-yet short career, it’s more than fair to suggest … Continue reading →

Bond, Bourne and Ethan Hunt can bash it up with the best of them but if you’re in need of a female agent, you’re pretty much been restricted to hiring Mrs Smith or Evelyn Salt up until now, and they’re … Continue reading →

What hasn’t Steve Spielberg done in his career? He’s given us bloodthirsty sharks, touching little alien chaps with glowing fingers, galavanting archaeologists in dusty hats, rampaging dinosaurs, brutally destructive wars, sprawling futuristic vistas, adventurous animated boy detectives… The list just … Continue reading →

One imagines that any director bold enough to run the perilous gauntlet of a Thatcher biopic would be well aware that they’re about to imbibe from a distinctly poisoned chalice. Indeed, director Phyllida Lloyd, the woman brave enough to have … Continue reading →

In an era of filmmaking predominantly defined by an often woefully misjudged “bigger is better” ethos, Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist, provides a refreshing and quite simply sensational reminder that our big budget cinematic expectations have become shamefully blurred. … Continue reading →

Nowadays, it’s highly unusual to come across a sci-fi film that isn’t either utter studio dollop, delivering style over insubstantial substance (Skyline, you know who you are) or an actionfest that takes little or no time to consider what type … Continue reading →

Is it just me or is anyone else slightly worried about Zack Snyder directing the forthcoming Superman reboot? Ever since the announcement was made I’ve found myself waking up alarmed and clammy in the night, having dreamt about Superman, flying … Continue reading →

No longer constrained by the limitations of the Shrekiverse in which he practically ruled supreme, Puss in Boots finally gets the chance to strut his feline wares, solo style. It’s a mild shame then that despite typically charismatic work from … Continue reading →

Based on the gold tinted trailer for Immortals, you wouldn’t be lambasted for presuming it a sequel or practically identical film to 300. Fear not, for were this the case, you weren’t far off – comparisons are inevitable. It is, … Continue reading →