• Film Review – American Sniper

    With six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, American Sniper is the story of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the biopic is based on Kyle’s autobiography as the most lethal sniper in US military history, providing a different take on war dramas. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper and...
  • Trailer Watch – Run All Night

    “I’m coming after your boy with all I’ve got. And when it’s done, and it will be done… then I’ll let you die.” On the same day that Tak3n hit UK cinemas, the trailer for Run All Night was released. Seeing Liam Neeson in yet another action movie, this time, he’s protecting...
  • “We both take a firm stance against the mainstream” – Introducing the Nottingham Alternative Film Network

    logo credit: Paul Banks, Peril Design With noble and lofty long-term goals, the Nottingham Alternative Film Network (NAFN) are the latest addition to the film clubs of Nottingham’s cultural hub. Thomas Humphrey, NAFN’s Network Director, explained that he and Network Producer Sanpreet Janjua “both take a firm stance against the mainstream....
  • Film Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Of the directors in the world, the one most suited to making major blockbusters with sweeping special effects is Ridley Scott. He did it before with Alien, Gladiator and Robin Hood, but his new film doesn’t deal with aliens, Romans, or a folklore legend. Instead his new film’s origins are rooted in...
  • Film Review – Into the Woods

    Into the Woods is a Disney adaptation of a Broadway musical where several familiar fairy tale storylines all converge within the magical space of The Woods. The central character to all the arcs is Meryl Streep as The Witch, and an actor of Streep’s calibre is needed to carry off...
  • Trailer Watch – Better Call Saul

    Who you gonna call? Um, someone called James Miguel apparently? After months of speculation, mysterious teasers and one cryptically worded country western song here, finally, we have our first proper look at AMC’s prequel spin-off to Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul. As expected, Better Call Saul looks set to be,...
  • Trailer Watch – The Voices

    The first trailer for dark comedy The Voices has just been released on the web, and it’s a little crazy. If a talking cat, dog and disembodied head weren’t wacky enough, then the fact that Ryan Reynolds might actually be in a good film is surely entering into the realm of insanity. Reynolds is one...