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Christopher Morris is no stranger to controversy. You just need to look at his Channel 4 series Brass Eye to realise that he is not one to shy away from subjects that a lot of people would avoid like the plague. So the news that his feature film debut would be a satire on Jihad fundamentalism shouldn’t really be a shock.

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Robot Chicken is the brainchild of Seth Green, who starred in the Austin Powers films, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the series, not the film) & (among other things) one of my all time favourite films Idle Hands, & Matthew Senreich.

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I’d never heard of F, a new British horror movie from director Johannes Roberts & starring David Schofield, Eliza Bennett & Ruth Gemmell, but I’ve just received the trailer &, as it is about to receive it’s World Premiere at Frightfest tomorrow night, I just felt I had to share it with you. Read the rest of this entry »

Usually when I receive a film to review I’ll look it up on IMDB. There are various reasons for this, like finding out the director, cast, trailers etc. Sometimes, though, I can’t locate them. And this was the case with Nazi Dawn, a horror film I’d just been sent that starred Lance Henriksen.

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Independant filmmakers are only really constrained by their own imagination & whatever budget they can raise to make their movie. This means, a lot of the time, that independant movies will be more personal & more inventive than the more mainstream Hollywood movie can ever be, and there have been some great directors come out of the indie scene & break into the mainstream over the years, so it’s always an interesting place to see if you can spot the talent of the future.

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Scott Pilgrim, the movie about to hit cinemas directed by Edgar Wright, captured my interest as soon as I saw the first trailer. Here was a movie that was based on a comic, but one that I was unfamiliar with, & it seemed to be the closest thing to a comic book brought to life that I had seen since Sin City.

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I’ve never hidden the fact that I am a “geek”. In fact, I’m quite proud of it. I can remember when I was younger (when I was 10 or under, so we’re talking at least 20 years ago now) sitting down on a Saturday morning & watching Flash Gordon cartoons. They weren’t the best animated things in the world (in fact, if I’m honest, I think a lot of the “animation” was actually fairly static) but they captured my imagination. And then along came the live action Flash Gordon in the the 1980s & I loved it. Yes, it’s cheesy, camp & over the top but I thought it was fantastic. And now, after many years of loving the film but not having seen it for ages, I had the opportunity to watch it on Blu-Ray & I was really looking forward to it. But was it to be a case of rose tinted glasses clouding my memory & the actual film disappointing the adult me or would it still be as good as I remember it?

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It really seems that every single new film that is released is tagged with “3D” & it’s getting to the point now where it seems you might just as well resign yourself to the fact that any film that is going to be released will be also shown somewhere in 3D – but sometimes a concept does actually lend itself to the 3D world & I truly think that Jackass is one of those – just think of the stupid stunts that we’ve seen from Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius & all the other nutters involved & then imagine them in 3D. Flying towards your face. Read the rest of this entry »

Since I first saw Night Watch I have been a big fan of Timur Bekmambetov as a director. So far I haven’t seen a film by him which has disappointed, as I loved both Day Watch & Wanted but while we wait for his next movie (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) we can enjoy a Russian movie that he produced, called Black Lightning, which was written & directed by Dmitriy Kiselev & Aleksandr Voytinskiy. And it looks fantastic! Read the rest of this entry »

Love or hate the ending, Lost was one of the best series on TV since it started in 2004. While the ending (which by the way I quite liked) polarised a lot of fans of the show there is no denying the effect it had on TV shows or that it was one of the best written pieces of TV drama in many years, and now fans of the show have a chance to own a piece of that history thanks to Profilesinhistory.com & ABC Studios during the weekend of the 21st & 22nd of August when they hold the official Lost Auction & Exhibit in Santa Monica Airport.

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The Torment is a new British horror movie released on DVD today, the 9th of August, & to celebrate it’s launch I’ve been given 3 copies of the DVD to offer to you lovely readers!

So what is The Torment? Here’s the official synopsis:

A tale of demonic possession, strange goings-on, and human beings tortured to the brink of insanity by forces we don’t fully understand, The Torment portrays an explanation that defies logic as the hand held, point-of-view shooting puts the audience into the characters heads. Key to the action is the fact that the haunting isn’t attached to a location but to the central character himself, David O’Reilly. Read the rest of this entry »

It had been a while since I’d last seen a Jackie Chan movie, but as much as I love all of his movies I became a fan after watching his Cantonese movies on Channel 4 many many years ago, so when I received Robin B-Hood through the post, which is a collaboration between Chan’s JCE Movies Limited, Huayi Brothers Film & Taihe Investment Company and is billed as Chan’s first appearance in a role where he isn’t a nice guy! Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read is possibly one of the strangest subjects for movies & documentaries, but at the same time there is something very compelling about his story. Possibly one of Australia’s better known criminals, at least internationally, he is now an author, artist & singer and his criminal life has already been turned into a movie, Chopper, which had a fantastic turn from Eric Bana in the title role. But what about the man himself? Well, in the documentary Fatbelly: Chopper… Unchopped we are presented with an opportunity to see what made Read “Chopper” & how he views his past, present & future.

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On Monday the 2nd of August the latest movie in the Free Willy series, Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove, is released on DVD & to celebrate it’s release I have a chance for one person to win a four disc set containing all of the Free Willy movies & three runners up will win a copy Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove. Read the rest of this entry »

Zack Snyder may be best known at the moment for his stunning takes on 300 and Watchmen (say what you like about it, I still think it’s a magnificent movie) but that could all be about to change as he may well be about to really earn the “visionary” tag that was given to him on the trailers for Watchmen. How you ask? Because of the release of the first trailer for his first “original” movie, the forthcoming Sucker Punch.

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You might already know about the online movie rental & purchase website Blinkbox, but let’s pretend that you know nothing about it. Basically Blinkbox offers a service where you can access a huge library of movies & TV shows for either rental or purchase (and some of which are available for free), which can either be streamed directly from their website or downloaded to your PC to watch whenever you want.

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The last couple of days has seen a number of images appearing online from the forthcoming movie adaption of Thor, one of which I have shared with you. These images have been greeted with various differing responses from people online, with some loving them & some not so sure, but with Comic-Con just about to kick off in America it was always pretty certain that these recent images weren’t going to be all that we saw of Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger this week – and even before the convention has kicked off Marvel, via Yahoo, has revealed two exclusive posters only available at Comic-Con for the two movies.

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Will Smith used to be a darling of Hollywood, with many thinking that his presence in a movie almost guaranteed it to be a success but with some of his recent movies not quite hitting the same chord with cinema goers (like Hancock & I Am Legend) that might not be as certain as it once was. But that doesn’t stop the guy from stretching himself across as many different movies as possible & now it has been announced that he has added one more role to his ever growing list in-production movies with The Legend of Cain; a new take on the tale of Biblical brothers Cain & Abel.

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When I first saw Donnie Darko I was blown away. Here was a movie, seemingly ignored by a vast majority of people, that was not only amazingly well made but also absolutely mesmerizing & imaginative. Of course, it found it’s fame when it was released on DVD, & was successful enough for a Directors Cut (which although I own I’d never actually gotten around to watching) to be released. Finally it had gotten the recognition it deserved. And now, finally, we get to witness it all again in High Definition as the Theatrical & Directors Cuts are released on Blu-Ray. But how has this wonderfully remembered movie aged?

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I’ve just received a trailer for the new movie starring two of my favourite comedic actors, Paul Rudd & Steve Carrell, called Dinner For Schmucks and thought I’d share it with you all, as it does look quite amusing.

I’ll be honest & say that I knew nothing about this movie before I received the email containing the trailer so, if you’re as unaware of it as me, here’s the official synopsis: Read the rest of this entry »