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Blu-ray Review: JUPITER ASCENDING Is The Wachowskis’ Most Satisfying Film Since The Matrix

Jupiter Ascending is the Wachowskis’ best film since 1999’s The Matrix. It may be over-stuffed with ideas and have enough plot to fill a trilogy but you can’t fault the spectacle that the siblings have put onscreen. The story is a simple one, [...]

June 24, 2015

New Poster For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Starring Tom Hanks

Here’s the new poster for the latest Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg team-up Bridge of Spies. This is the type of marketing you’d expect from a film with this pedigree (Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote it). It’s classy but not too spectacular – [...]

June 5, 2015

Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Out In October; Thomas Newman Replaces John Williams As Composer

It’s a little odd that Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies has flown under-the-radar for so long. After all the film stars Tom Hanks and it was written by Joel and Ethan Coen (with help from Mattt Charman). Maybe it’s because until recently it [...]

March 21, 2015

Review: Richard Donner’s SUPERMAN – THE MOVIE

Richard Donner’s Superman broke new cinematic ground. Visually it’s stunning, and that’s before you take into the account the special effects – most of which still hold up today (impressive when you consider that they were making them up [...]

July 21, 2013

Review: MAN OF STEEL

Warning: This review may contain spoilers! Man of Steel arrives with a great weight of expectation on its shoulders. It’s a reinvention of a much loved character, a brand new take on the world’s first superhero. The last cycle of Superman films [...]

June 16, 2013

Don’t Forget Richard Donner’s SUPERMAN

Everyone is anticipating next weekend’s (14th June) Man Of Steel. Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan appear to have delivered a Superman film for the 21st Century but we shouldn’t forget about Richard Donner’s 1978 film, or his 2006 cut of [...]

June 8, 2013