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Hi guys, been meaning to update the blog a little more often! Anyway, as I’m sure you’re aware, today sees the first of two landmark anniversaries for John Lennon this year. Dec 9 will mark the 30th anniversary of Lennon’s death, and I’m sure there’ll be much celebration of the legendary Beatle’s li

Hi there folks, must start updating my blog more regularly! Anyway… like many anime fans around the world, I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Satoshi Kon, director of a number of important anime films. Born in 1963, Kon started out illustrating manga before moving on to animation and

Hi there… haven’t updated in over a week, got a review of Inception and a couple of books lined up… hope to post more regularly. For now, here’s another trailer round-up.Marvel's The Avengers is set to begin production next February, and is apparently being shot in 3D. Here’s the recent teaser which

Guillermo Del Toro announced last week that his next project will be an adaptation of seminal horror author H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains Of Madness. According to an exclusive report from Deadline New York, the Pan’s Labyrinth/Hellboy director intends to shoot the film in 3D, with the help of Ja

Last week, Britain’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced that it was to axe the UK Film Council, a move which has met with strong criticism in some quarters. Founded in 2000, the National Lottery-funded government body has since backed hundreds of British films, including notable produ

Welcome to part two of my new-and-recent-trailers review… as I mentioned in the first part, I’m not necessarily that keen on seeing all of these movies, but one way or another they’ve perked my interest. Anyway, let’s take a look…Low-budget sci-fi horror Monsters caused something of a stir at this y

Hi again… thought I’d take a look at some new and recent trailers – though not all necessarily for films I’m all that keen on catching. So consider this a kind of ‘trailer review’! Okay, off we go with part one:David Fincher’s The Social Network is based on Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billiona

The sheer joy of silliness...There are some movies that are just so darn out-of-this-world fantastic, they positively have to be proudly championed. I’m talking about films so ridiculously entertaining, they demand to be discussed in lengthy philosophical debates and honoured with plaques and statue