Movie Previews

18 February 2008

Genre of the Month: Action Movie

Action movies are perhaps one of the most popular and most common movie genres at the cinema providing the audience with high octane, exciting experiences.As technology has advanced so has ...

18 February 2008

History of the Academy Awards

Despite the will they or won't they surrounding the ceremony over the last few weeks it just goes to show that no one messes with the Academy Awards as the ...
18 February 2008

Oscars Best Picture - Atonement

Director:Joe Wright Cast :Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave and Romola Garai. Synopsis:It's 1935 and thirteen year old Briony Tallis, an aspiring writer with a wild imagination, is fascinated by ...

18 February 2008

Oscars Best Picture - There Will Be Blood

Director:Paul Thomas AndersonCast:Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J O’Connor, Ciaran HindsSynopsis:Set over a twenty year period the Will Be Blood follows Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis), who rises from a ...

18 February 2008

Oscars Best Picture - Juno

Director:Jason ReitmanCast:Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, J.K Simmons, Allison Janney.Synopsis:Juno stars Ellen Page as the title character, a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned ...

18 February 2008

Oscars Best Picture - No Country For Old Men

Director:Joel and Ethan Coen Cast:Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and Kelly Macdonald.Synopsis:Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen it's the duo's first film in nearly four years and is an ...

18 February 2008

Oscars Best Picture - Michael Clayton

Director:Tony Gilroy Cast:George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack. Synopsis:Michael Clayton (Clooney) is an in-house ‘fixer’ at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of ...

18 February 2008

Mister Lonely

An audacious and visually playful love story set in the world of celebrity impersonators. A Michael Jackson impersonator lives alone in Paris and performs on the streets to make ends ...

18 February 2008

Redbelt

Set in the west-side Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops, and special forces types, "Redbelt" is the story of Mike Terry (Chewitel Ejiofor), a Jiu-jitsu ...

15 February 2008

Top 5 Morgan Freeman Performances

Morgan Freeman has had a successful career that has spanned almost forty years moving from small films that earnt him critical acclaim to the blockbuster.Along the way he has recognised ...
15 February 2008

Shine A Light

In autumn 2006 the Rolling Stones gave two concerts at Beacon Theatre in New York. Here, in the 2,800-seater old Broadway theatre that opened in 1928, we encounter living legends ...

15 February 2008

Frontiers

As the banlieues of Paris burn due to riots protesting the election triumph of an extreme right-wing party, a group of youths use the chaos as cover for smash-and-grab robberies. ...

14 February 2008

Film Icon of the Month - Sylvester Stallone

While Sylvester Stallone may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think of a film icon but he is an Academy Award nominated actor, director and ...

14 February 2008

Top Ten Romantic Films - Number 1 Brief Encounter

Here we are on Valentines Day we mark the end our search for the most romantic movie as 1945 British romance film Brief Encounter comes in at number one.Starring Celia ...

14 February 2008

Fireflies In The Garden

Fireflies in the Garden is a portrait of a family, at once bound together and torn apart by an unexpected tragedy.Michael Taylor (Ryan Reynolds) is an author who has channeled ...

14 February 2008

Flashpoint

A visually stimulating cavalcade of destruction and mayhem that highlights the pulse-pounding combat with a new dynamic mixed martial arts action style.Like the flashy sports car he controls, Detective Sargent ...

14 February 2008

The First Saturday In May

40,000 baby horses are born each year. Only 20, however, will make it to the gate in the Kentucky Derby.Known as "the most exciting two minutes in sports," the Kentucky ...

13 February 2008

Breakthrough Actor: Paul Rudd

Thirty eight year old television and film actor Paul Rudd has perhaps not given a breakthrough performance in the sense that he has become a new talent doing the rounds ...

13 February 2008

Top Ten Romantic Films- Number 2 Casablanca

Just piped to the top spot in FemaleFirst’s poll to find the most romantic movie is Casablanca which comes in at number two.Released in 1942 this romantic epic starred Humphrey ...

13 February 2008

Sharkwater

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven ...

13 February 2008

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was ...

13 February 2008

The Year My Parents Went On Vacation

Set in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts twelve year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When ...

12 February 2008

National Treasure: Book of Secrets Tops Box Office

Another week and another new movie tops the UK box office as National Treasure: Book of Secrets grabs the number one spot.Nicholas Cage returns as Benjamin Gates who goes in ...

12 February 2008

Top Ten Romantic Films- Number 3 An Affair to Remember

In our Top Ten Most Romantic Movies chart we move into the top three with 1957 release An Affair to Remember.The movie, which was a remake of 1939’s Love affair, ...