Movies 06.12.2011

A celebration of spiders in the movies

Matt Compton

There are some wonderful moments when you can clearly see the panic in the Shat’s face as he gets too close to his creepy co-stars

Whether they’re bigger than a bus or smaller than your fist, spiders are commonly feared. Here’s Matt’s celebration of arachnids in the movies…

Movies 14.11.2011

Looking back at Jackie Brown

Glen Chapman

Less financially succcessful than the wildly popular Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown is nevertheless one of Quentin Tarantino’s finest films. Glen takes a look back...

Movies 13.11.2011

Cast for Tarantino's Django Unchained continues to expand

Glen Chapman

More names are being added to the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Here's what's been happening...

Movies 07.11.2011

Looking back at Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction

Glen Chapman

Recently the subject of a lavish Blu-ray reissue, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction remains a key moment in 90s cinema. Glen take a look back at a cult classic…

Movies 01.10.2011

Two more set for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained

Glen Chapman

Two more actors, who have previously worked with Quentin Tarantino, have been lined up to feature in his spaghetti western homage, Django Unchained.

Movies 29.09.2011

Exclusive clip: Samuel L Jackson talks about his role in Pulp Fiction

Ryan Lambie

With less than a month until the arrival of Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray, we've got a rather marvelous clip of Samuel L Jackson chatting about his role in the classic film...

Movies 07.09.2011

The cast and crew of Scarface: where are they now?

James Peaty

Out this week on Blu-ray, the Brian De Palma’s gangster picture Scarface remains a classic. We find out what its cast and crew got up to in the years after its release...

Disc Reviews 09.08.2011

Quarantine 2: Terminal DVD review

CJ Wheeler

There’s a disease on a plane, and an eerie absence of music in director John Pogue’s efficient horror, Quarantine 2: Terminal. Here’s CJ’s DVD review…

Movies 04.08.2011

The genres Hollywood left behind

Zoe Bond

Many genres that Hollywood used to rely on for lots of hits have long since fallen by the wayside. Zoe finds out what happened to them…

Movies 19.07.2011

Quentin Tarantino adds Kevin Costner to Django Unchained

Simon Brew

Kevin Costner is heading back to the world of westerns, as he’s added to the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained…

Movies 15.06.2011

Latest updates on Tarantino’s Django Unchained

Simon Brew

Jamie Foxx circles Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming western, as the US release date for Django Unchained is announced…

Movies 14.06.2011

Promo poster spotted for Joss Whedon’s The Avengers

Ryan Lambie

There’s still a full year before the arrival of Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie, but a promo poster’s already been spotted in the wilds of Los Angeles…

Movies 22.02.2011

Looking back at How To Get Ahead In Advertising

Zoë Bond

Bruce Robinson’s follow-up to Withnail And I was the less acclaimed How To Get Ahead In Advertising. Zoe looks back at an underappreciated British comedy...

Disc Reviews 23.01.2011

Jackboots On Whitehall DVD review

Ryan Lambie

War movies and historical epics are parodied in the puppet-filled comedy Jackboots On Whitehall. Here’s Ryan’s DVD review…

Movies 20.12.2010

Cuckoo: Tony and Richard Bracewell interview

Doralba Picerno

Nowadays, more than anything, you have to treat your audience with respect, and if they are spoonfed bad movies, they will vote with their feet.

With British drama Cuckoo out now in cinemas, we caught up with its producer and writer-director, Tony and Richard Bracewell, to chat about it…

Movies 16.12.2010

Withnail & Me: working with Richard E. Grant

Richard Bracewell

I worked with a legend and didn't want my money back

Richard Bracewell, the writer and director of Cuckoo, describes his experiences of working with the legendary Withnail & I actor, Richard E Grant…

Movies 12.12.2010

Cuckoo review

Doralba Picerno

Doralba reviews the British drama, Cuckoo, and finds a brooding, paranoid movie, with a particularly creepy performance by Richard E Grant...

Movies 29.11.2010

Gareth Edwards interview: on making Monsters, meeting Quentin Tarantino and more

Ryan Lambie

As monsters prepares for release in UK cinemas, we caught up with its maker, Gareth Edwards, to talk about its conception, production and success…

Movies 19.11.2010

The 10 coolest Quentin Tarantino movie moments

Helen Cox

Those of us well-versed in celluloid culture understand Tarantino to be the equivalent of a god in film terms

Quentin Tarantino is renowned for his slick writing and memorable characters. Helen celebrates ten of the auteur's finest movie moments...

Disc Reviews 18.10.2010

Grindhouse Blu-ray review

Ryan Lambie

Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s exploitation double feature Grindhouse heads to Blu-ray in its original form. But how does it fare three years on? Here’s our review…

Movies 05.08.2010

Is Quentin Tarantino taking on The Shadow?

Simon Brew

Does Quentin Tarantino know what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Is he really set to take on The Shadow?

Comics & Books 06.07.2010

Stories: All New Tales review

Gemma Reilly

Stories deserves to be praised, preferably loudly and in public. It is remarkable and inspiring and important and necessary and many other things besides.

Gemma reads Stories: All New Tales, a new anthology collated by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, and finds a collection that seamlessly fuses multiple genres...

Movies 23.06.2010

The romantic comedy, gender stereotyping, and the Twilight saga

Paul Tamburro

Whilst those particular films succeeded, anything with any sort of cinematic credibility would never succeed as well as another Twilight instalment or Transformers 3: Rise of the Victoria's Secret Model.

With the continued success of Twilight seemingly unending, Paul wonders how much longer Hollywood will appeal to mindless gender stereotypes…

Misc 12.04.2010

Music in the movies: Quentin Tarantino

Glen Chapman

Glen looks at the importance of music to the movies of Mr Quentin Tarantino...

Movies 25.03.2010

A History of the American B-movie: The future is now

Karla Healion

Our look back at the American B-movie brings the story right up to date...

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