Riddick
Just when you thought you thought that Vin Diesel was having a quiet year with only one franchise movie being released, along comes the trailer for the new Riddick film. It’s been nine years si...
Author Archives: John McArthur
Behind the Candelabra
Normally a new biopic of a long dead flamboyant entertainer would be dismissed as just another excuse for a cheesy, glossy delve into the past with little in the way of substance. Not in this case. T...
The Purge
Original and interesting ideas are a bit thin on the ground in mainstream cinema these days. So it came as a bit of a pleasant surprise to view the trailer for the new horror film The Purge. Set in t...
Ender’s Game
The first trailer for the forthcoming Sci-Fi adventure Ender’s Game has just been released to the world in a blitz of fanfare and exclusives. Four days before the trailer was released as a worl...
Mission: Impossible Five confirmed
Its has been confirmed by Paramount pictures and Skydance productions that Tom Cruise has signed up to reprise the role of Ethan Hunt in the fifth Mission:Impossible. Not really much of a surprise as...
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
By the time the Franchise reached the sixth installment it was at a bit of a crossroads. The previous film, The Final Frontier had been a critical and commercial failure. The cast was ageing and the ...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
It is perhaps inevitable that the ego can get in the way of common sense. Especially when you are talking about a Billion dollar franchise like Star Trek. Off the back of the successful trilogy of fi...
The Wolverine
Premiered at CinemaCon recently is the latest trailer for the Hugh Jackman film The Wolverine. This second stand alone movie centering on most people’s favourite X-Men character, Logan. From th...
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
And so we reach the fourth cinematic installment of the ongoing mission of the crew of the star ship Enterprise. The voyage home, as with The Search for Spock before it, follows directly on from the ...
Byzantium
A late entry into competition for the Palme d’Or at this years Cannes film festival is the new film from British director Neil Jordan. Byzantium stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as a moth...