Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. What a mouthful. The Matt Reeves directed, Andy Serkis mo-capped, Jason Clarke acted sequel to 2011’s Rupert Wyatt-James Franco lead Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the 8th film in the franchise that stretches back 36 years and includes two television shows. The rebooted […]

The divisive film of 2014 may have just been released. (We are only three months in after all). Jonathan Glazer’s third feature length film, after the Oscar nominated Sexy Beast in 2000 and Birth four years later, Under The Skin is adapted from the Michael Faber novel of the same name published 14 years ago and […]

I have not seen many Wes Anderson films, I will admit. But whilst you load up your ammunition of derisive looks and low estimations of my cinema palate’s worth, allow me to offer that this enabled me to watch his latest offering The Grand Budapest Hotel without any expectation. And love […]

Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor with an enviable catalogue of films behind him. From playing Johnny Depp’s autistic younger brother in 1993’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, to making up one half of William Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet in 1996; the year after, DiCaprio reached international fame in Titanic, […]

In the build-up to the release of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues on December 18th, I wrote this article on Will Ferrell’s method acting publicity campaign to reinvigorate the popularity of the comedy franchise that started way back in 2004 with Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The film is […]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues opened in cinemas December 18th as one of the most anticipated box office releases this year. Fans of the moustachioed, wise-cracking narcissist news anchor Ron Burgundy, played by Will Ferrell, have waited nine long years for writer-director Adam McKay to get the gang of field reporter […]