Review: Piggy (2012)

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Joe (Martin Compston), an introverted and easily alarmed delivery boy, starts to warm to his intimidating surroundings as he spends more and more time with his older brother, John (Neil Maskell), and his current flame, Claire (Louise Dylan). But when John is murdered after a calamitous run-in with a violent mob, Joe quickly sinks back into his formerly reclusive life. That is, until Piggy (Paul Anderson), John’s former friend, arrives. Hellbent on exacting revenge on those who killed John, Piggy leads Joe down a lethal path – one that will alter his life Continue reading “Review: Piggy (2012)” →

New Prometheus Trailer Crashes Online

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20th Century Fox have put out another, slightly longer trailer for their upcoming summer blockbuster Prometheus – and it has all the necessary ingredients and more to leave you speechless with a body and mind coated in goosebumps.

Boasting a high profile cast, including Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Logan Marshall Green, Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, the world class storyteller and visionary responsible for Continue reading “New Prometheus Trailer Crashes Online” →

US Box Office: April 27 – 29, 2011

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Think Like A Man topped the US box office for a second week running. Screen Gems’ comedy-drama, starring Kevin Hart and Gabrille Union, pulled in another $18M, bringing its domestic total to a very impressive $60M, almost five times its production budget.

Aardman’s latest claymation Pirates! Band Of Misfits (titled Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists in the U.K.) landed in second place. The film, which Continue reading “US Box Office: April 27 – 29, 2011” →

Review: The Monk (2011)

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Abandoned on the doorstep of a monastery in Spain, Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) becomes a devout friar known far and wide for his ethics and traditionalism, much like the Capuchin monks who raised him. However, after suffering a series of terrorising dreams, he becomes entranced by a masked figure who takes shelter in the monastery. Discovering the figure is actually a woman named Valerio (Déborah François), Ambrosio seduces her, beginning his slow descent into a world of sin.

The Monk, based on Matthew Lewis’ revered and controversial eighteenth century novel of the same name, positions itself strongly as a character-driven Continue reading “Review: The Monk (2011)” →

Review: The Avengers (2012)

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After laying hands on “the Tesseract” (a cube shaped source of energy capable of opening portals between worlds), Asgardian demi-God Loki (Tom Hiddleston) becomes hell bent on conquering Earth once and for all. Realising they don’t have a human army resilient enough to check his wrath, S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) calls upon six individuals with superhuman abilities – Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) – in a plan codenamed the “Avengers Initiative”, to Continue reading “Review: The Avengers (2012)” →

Review: Safe (2012)

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Ex-cop turned cage fighter Luke Wright (Jason Stathan) finds himself embroiled in a three-way throw-down between the Russian Mafia, corrupt NYC officials and the Chinese Triad when he stumbles upon Mei (Catherine Chan), a 12-year-old Chinese girl who saves him from attempted suicide. Vowing to protect Mei from all and sundry, Luke thrusts himself back into his old, destructive life.

Unlike many films of its ilk, Safe resists the temptation to explode into one relentless action sequence after the other from the offset. Instead, writer and Continue reading “Review: Safe (2012)” →

Melissa Leo Joins The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman

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Melissa Leo (Frozen River) has signed on to star in Bona Fide Productions and Voltage Pictures’ The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Deadline has reported.

Leo, who won an Academy Award for her performance in last year’s The Fighter, will star opposite Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia), Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler) and Mads Mikkelson (Casino Royale) in the dramedy.

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman will centre on a man (LaBeouf) who Continue reading “Melissa Leo Joins The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman” →

First Poster For House At The End Of The Street

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Relativity Media have issued the first poster for their upcoming horror-thriller House At The End Of The Street, due for release in the US on September 21.

The film, which marks British filmmaker Mark Tonderai’s second crack behind the camera, centers on a girl who, after moving into a new house with her mother, befriends the surviving son of the family that once live there, and soon learns of their horrifying story.

Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) stars opposite Elisabeth Shue (Hollow Continue reading “First Poster For House At The End Of The Street” →

Lionsgate Acquires The Glass Castle; Jennifer Lawrence Eyed For Lead Role

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Lionsgate have acquired the rights to The Glass Castle, American writer and journalist Jeannette Walls’ tell-all memoir, The Playlist has revealed.

Released to acclaim in 2005, The Glass Castle recounts Walls’ and her siblings’ troublesome, poverty-stricken childhood at the beck and call of their intensely flawed and abusive parents, Rex and Rose Mary.

Marti Noxon, best known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and last Continue reading “Lionsgate Acquires The Glass Castle; Jennifer Lawrence Eyed For Lead Role” →

DVD/Blu-Ray Releases: April 23, 2012

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Headlining this week’s assortment of DVD and Blu-Ray releases is Sony Pictures’ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Adapted from Stieg Larsson’s acclaimed novel by Steven Zaillian (Contagion), David Fincher directs Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig in this slick and concentrated thriller about a man (Craig) hired to uncover the mysterious disappearance of a girl who has been missing for over forty years.

Featuring a confident and sexy, yet headstrong performance from Mara, striking cinematography and a punchy score from the mind’s of Trent Reznor and Atticus Continue reading “DVD/Blu-Ray Releases: April 23, 2012” →