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 [...]
Based on his hugely popular Los Angeles Times column ‘LA NOIR: TALES FROM THE GANGSTER SQUAD’, this is the true story of a brutal secret police team operating in 1950s Los Angeles. It has inspired the major new Warner Brothers film of the same name, starring Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn and Emma Stone. The film [...]
The first trailer for Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad has emerged, and boy oh boy does it look like a classy affair. Fleischer’s previous movies, Zombieland and 30 Minutes or Less were both enjoyable popcorn flicks but Gangster Squad could see itself nominated for a couple of golden statues. The movie is based on true events [...]
The Year in Review Part 2 So… Where were we? Oh yeah. SUPER 8. OK. I really enjoyed that actually. As all the reviews mentioned at the time, it is positively steeped in love for those films made in the eighties about people in the suburbs who end up involved in something… Who am I trying to kid? [...]
It was a bit of a middleweight effort from the new releases, but Real Steel claimed the champions belt with $27.3 million.The Hugh Jackman robot boxing drama was only really up against The Ides Of March, which was on significantly fewer screens. The political thriller starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney who also directs the film. This [...]
