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Martin Scorsese’s 1995 movie Casino had “classic” written all over it from the moment it was announced. A director at the top of his game, Hollywood darlings Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone in lead roles...

If you're thinking of watching April Fools Day this week, don't.

Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues

Jason’s mother was the killer, Bruce Willis was dead all along and aliens suffer from aquagenic pruritus, apparently. Most of us know the biggest twists of the horror movie world - but a few genius narrative...

A driver locks horns with a trucker in the Spielberg classic

If there’s one movie genre that’s pretty much guaranteed to keep cinema-goers on the edge of their seats as they follow their hero’s escapades, it’s the sporting genre – just think of all those...

Simon swings for the fences as he pours praise on Tony Scott's baseball thriller

Horror movies are a popular movie genre for many different reasons. Audiences find them rather thrilling and able to elicit a range of emotions. In order to do this, writers of horror movie screenplays...

Clint Eastwood became the name that he is largely through two roles: Harry Callaghan (the no-nonsense cop who made his debut in 1971’s Dirty Harry) and The Man with No Name (the lone gunfighter who first...

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths

Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic

Ian looks back at Nic Roeg's classic

12 Days of Christmas As we count down to the big day, no doubt you’ll be looking to get into the yuletide spirit, and what better way to get you in the mood than to curling up with your loved ones and...

“This is the Universe. Big, isn’t it?” a voice intones at the start of A Matter Of Life And Death as we drift through the Cosmos, through the Milky Way, our Solar System, past the Moon, down through our...

Raquel Welch stars in this revenge western

John Carpenter's take on the Stephen King novel gets the thumbs up

When you mention you are a fan of the Saw movies, or for that matter are eagerly anticipating this week's Jigsaw, the reaction from the majority of folk is easy to predict. A mixture of disgust, bewilderment...

Matt Damon is one of the most iconic Hollywood A-listers currently working in the movie industry. He has some outstanding films to his name as an actor, producer, and writer and remains one of the most...

With superhero flicks now very much the behemoth when it comes to box office, rarely can a visit to the old multiplex pass without some reference to spandex, tights and superpowers. You may actually be...

Hitting select cinemas on August 25 before a TVOD release three days later (and a DVD outing in October), Bushwick certainly looks as though it will pack a punch. Perhaps that is not entirely surprising...

Available this week on download, with the DVD/Blu-Ray set to follow suit shortly, Ghost In The Shell sees Scarlett Johansson take on the iconic manga role, bringing it to the big (and now small) screen in a...