• Trailer Watch – Queen of the Desert

    Director Werner Herzog returns to his favourite themes of travel, culture and exploration in this intriguing ‘biography’ of Gertrude Bell, the famous cartographer, archaeologist, traveller and spy. Her incredible reputation in the Middle East during World War One, led to her influential role in British policy-making and helped found...
  • Trailer Watch – Jenny’s Wedding

    Jenny’s Wedding takes what could be a formulaic romantic comedy and gives it a twist. Katherine Heigl stars as Jenny a woman under a lot of pressure as she gets older and more and more of her family members are getting married and having babies. Her straight-laced family is...
  • Trailer Watch – Creed

    Rocky’s back! Although this time he’s not the one between the ropes as he attempts to train Adonis Creed, the son of his greatest rival. Luckily, the focus is on the young Adonis rather than Balboa. This switch in focus is one of the key reasons that Creed looks slicker...
  • Trailer Watch – Boulevard

    It is an easy thing to think fondly of someone who has passed. Trying to celebrate all that was good in their life as should be done. But of the 103 acting credits listed on Robin William’s IMDB page, Boulevard will be the most difficult to watch simply for...
  • Trailer Watch – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

    The revolution is coming to an epic end but which side will stand victorious in the final instalment of the Hunger Games franchise? Entitled “Unite”, this first teaser trailer for Mockingjay Part 2 embraces the word itself.  Starting off with the wedding of newly reunited Annie and Finnick, this gives...
  • Trailer Watch – Cooties

    Elijah Wood is back, and continuing to differentiate himself from Lord Of the Rings. Cooties sits comfortably in his new-found genre home, horror. However, it’s unlike anything you’ve seen him in before. Unless you can think of another film with teachers fighting zombie schoolchildren. Political correctness aside, there are numerous opportunities for...
  • Trailer Watch – Steve Jobs

    It’s yet another Steve Jobs film, as apparently the world needs more of a man who is the embodiment of the marmite principle. This time it’s Michael Fassbender’s turn, and this first look trailer shows about five seconds of him in the title role. Adapting Walter Isaacson’s authorised 2011 biography of...