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Today the internet and column inches are awash with retrospectives and touching tributes to one of the film industry’s most loved actors and comedian. The untimely and tragic passing of Robin Williams has...

Simon professes his love for the Wesley Snipes air-bound actioner

The cinema of Abel Ferrara is caustic, caught in between the pervasive grime of the street and a religious fever that is all at once pure and faux, a nightmare that washes over you. While Bad Lieutenant is...

We pick our top three Schwarzenegger classics

‘The Invasion’ is the fourth and most recent screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ (retitled ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ for its 1956 cinema release, ostensibly...

Simon defends the forgotten Johnny Depp slice of sci-fi

One of the most popular genres in cinema history has to be the western, but more rare are the comedy westerns. With A Million Ways To Die In The West hitting the spot at the box office, we’ve rounded up a...

An asylum-based shocker that pushes all the right buttons

You’re not human if you have never fantasised about winning the lottery. Suddenly your life gets flipped upside down, you can quit your job, buy yourself a Lamborghini and a holiday home in the Maldives (or,...

We give thanks for the David Fincher sequel

While awaiting the filming for the upcoming “Batman vs. Superman” movie, Ben Affleck decided to drop by the casinos in Vegas for some rest and relaxation. He was recently reported to have been banned from...

A dastardly villain, a thumping theme-tune, and explanations for complicated time-travel paradoxes delivered in barely comprehensible jargon at speeds so quick viewers are forced to simply shrug and smile...

Simon gets overly excited about the sci-fi actioner

A driver locks horns with a trucker in the Spielberg classic

I guess the new motto in Hollywood is “if it’s not broke, just reboot it”.

By Amanda Hodges 'He takes to movies like it was his medium. Like he owned it.' This was the prescient verdict of film director Elia Kazan on young actor James Dean who Kazan was then considering for the...

A convoluted mess that is not a patch on it's predecessors.

Spider-man 2 is a worthy companion to the first film.

We're now living in a world where Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are considered retro.

After the London BFI’s LGBT season drew to a close last weekend I couldn’t help but double take at the amount of horror films on the line up. Whilst the LGBT scene and the horror genre may not seem...

Released in cinemas and Video On Demand on 21st March and DVD and Blu-Ray on 31st March, low-budget sci-fi thriller The Machine is a shot of adrenaline that mixes elements of Blade Runner, The Terminator and...