After some initial setbacks, Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs has finally given the world a look at the maverick inventor as portrayed by Michael Fassbender. The brief yet succinct trailer features a prolonged speech from Fassbender’s Jobs, coupled with voice clips from Seth Rogan’s Steve Wozniak, and Kate Winslet’s Joanna Hoffman. It is only at the end […]
“Who is Ava DuVernay” is the question you might be asking. If you’ve heard of a little film called Selma, which was something of a topic of discussion earlier this year in the run up to the Academy Awards, you may have come across the name of this director who made something of a splash […]
After a breakout role on the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Tom Hardy quickly won a part in Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. An unforgettable rising star, Hardy surged to international prominence by playing ‘Shinzon’ in Star Trek: Nemesis. A magnanimous blend of character actor and leading man, Hardy has begun to embody […]
The BBC’s Spooks (MI-5) is the latest British TV show to join the trend of popular shows from the nation being adapted into movies. But for every success like The Inbetweeners and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, we get a Mrs Brown’s Boys: D’Movie and Keith Lemon: The Movie. So how does Spooks: The Greater Good […]
French filmmaker Luc Besson has been on a comeback lately. His last movie, 2014’s Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson, made a whopping $458.8 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing film of his career. The movie was seen by many critics as a return to form for the director of classic 90s action movies like La Femme Nikkita and Leon: The Professional. […]
With some fabulous re-releases – including a timely Jurassic Park box set – this week’s home-video fare is skewed toward an older group of films. However, an Oscar Winning performance from Julianne Moore won us over, and earned Richard Glatzer’s Still Alice the title of Recommendation of the Week. New Release: Still Alice – (Blu-ray, DVD and Instant) […]
The Incredibles is one of the most beloved Pixar films of all time. Since its release in 2004, fans have been clamoring for a sequel. After a decade of silence, Pixar announced last spring that The Incredibles 2 was in the works for release at an indeterminate point. Having kept himself busy with live action […]
