Stale Popcorn

For some reason the British film industry seems to have created a niche for itself where we churn out nothing but gritty gangster films. Of course, the British film industry used to be synonymous with Ealing comedies so I guess it’s an improvement in some ways. So hows does The Liability, the new film from Craig Viveiros fair on entry into what is a quite crowded genre where the likes of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels still stand strong?

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To celebrate the release of Bait on DVD and Blu-ray (2D & 3D) on the 29th of April, we are offering our readers the chance to win a horror DVD bundle!

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Twenty six years. That’s how long it has been since Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell unleashed the Evil Dead for a second time on cinemagoers. More than just a sequel to the original film, Evil Dead II was a tour de force of brilliance on it’s release. But how does it fair twenty six years later on Blu-Ray? Especially in a post-Cabin In The Woods film world? Read the rest of this entry »

This is where I open the review with a snappy line or two that will grab your attention, make you laugh (hopefully) & make you want to read the rest of the review.

For some reason, I can’t think of any way of doing that for The Tall Man, but read the review anyway.
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The sequel to the prequel of the 2008 remake of the 1975 classic, Death Race Inferno has the task of finishing up the story of the original Frankenstein. But is it any good?

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If there’s one thing that we can depend upon, it’s that the film industry will churn out gritty urban thriller after gritty urban thriller. Which makes it a tough genre to bring something new to. So how does new British crime drama Gangs of Tooting Broadway fair in this regard?
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A film that wowed the film festivals from director Tony Kaye & starring Adrian Brody about the American school system sounded like a great nights viewing, as Kaye is a dependable director and Brody is a very good actor.

But does that turn out to be the case?

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There seems to be a never ending stream of Swedish or Norse films coming through at the moment, thanks in part I feel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but I have to admit that I really enjoy a lot of Scandanavian thrillers, as there is something quite bleak about them.

But how does False Trail, the latest to hit UK shelves, fair?

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With the award season upon us once again, I thought I’d share some facts with you that team behind the Logitech Harmony Touch remote control (almost feels wrong calling something with that amount of features a “remote control”!) were kind enough to send over.
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This has suddenly exploded all over the internets with The Hollywood Reporter & Deadline both “breaking” the news that J.J Abrams has been confirmed/very close to being confirmed (delete as appropriate, as THR are saying its nearly a done deal & Deadline are stating that its all done apart from the official announcement) as the director of the new Star Wars film coming in 2015 from Disney.
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I was very kindly sent the following review by a reader by the name of Emma who had seen The Impossible and wanted to share her thoughts with the site. So over to Emma:

A family vacation turns into a living nightmare as a tsunami rips through their idyllic get away.

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As a young lad I can remember being thrilled by the adventures of Jack Regan & George Carter as they fought against the criminals in the London underground, bringing them to justice with tactics that would be put down to police abuse nowadays. And now we have a remake of the classic hard hitting UK cop show. But is it any damn good (you slags)?

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Since 1902 films have been made at Ealing Studios. Possibly better known for comedies, like The Ladykillers, they have also made films in other genres, like the film noir Nowhere To Go, and this melodrama. But how has a film made in 1950 that deals with a cultural phenomena that has now all but disappeared aged?

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When you think of an “Ealing Film”, I guess most people would think of comedies, and it is easy to forget that they made a lot of other types of films. And Nowhere To Run has been referred to as the “least Ealing film ever made”. But how does a lost “classic”, now restored to its full former glory, fare on its first DVD release?

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Here we go! Warner Bros have just released the full length international trailer for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, and it looks every bit as iconic & epic as I’d hoped! Check it out below
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And here…..we…….go….

Yes, I know – that quote is from The Dark Knight and not The Dark Knight Rises, but it’s exactly what went through my mind when I sat down to watch the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series – both in the cinema & when I popped the DVD in. But did watching the DVD evoke the same feelings as when I watched it in the cinema?

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17 years ago a TV series from America debuted in the UK on Channel 4. It was soon a cultural hit, glamorising the coffe shop lifestyle for those of us who, up until then, were possibly not aware of it. It was of course Friends & it continued for 9 years & 236 episodes. During that time we were entertained with the lives & loves of the characters, and many comedy shows today owe this show for their inspiration.
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I’ve just been sent the trailer for Midnight’s Children, which is set to be released in UK cinemas on the 26th of December 2012 and I thought I’d share it with you all.

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A new trailer for The Impossible, being released on 2nd January 2013, has just arrived and I thought I’d share it with you.

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