Gangster Squad, 2013’s first big-cast all-action picture, was released to cinemas last week; and for anticipatory fans such as myself, not a moment too soon. With a four-month extension of its release date, this is a film that has garnered a lot of attention in its pre-release, and in doing so it has given itself [...]

We are living in the age of the musical. With our television screens dominated by Glee, and Les Miserables soon to hit cinemas this month, we have been bombarded in recent years by films from Rock of Ages to Burlesque, and now Pitch Perfect. Directed by Jason Moore, Pitch Perfect stars Anna Kendrick as a [...]

“A Hater’s Journey” or “How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy The Hobbit” As those of you who follow the podcasts will already be aware, I am not a fan of the Lord of the Rings films. For those who don’t know, let me brief: Yes, they are a staggering technical achievement and yes, [...]

After the success of his first feature In Bruges, acclaimed play-wright  Martin McDonagh returns with his second turn as film Screen writer and Director with Seven Psychopaths, which also reunites him with In Bruges star Colin Farrell. Clearly, the two have become firm friends since their last big screen outing,  because McDonagh trusts Colin with a role I would imagine is [...]

Jack Nicholson’s face is huge. I mean, like twenty feet high huge. His justly celebrated eyebrows are the size of a Bentley’s wheel arches and each and every tooth in that leering, gently demonic grin of his is the size of a fat baby’s head. I am sitting in a darkened cinema watching Stanley Kubrick’s [...]