Geek Overture

We’re over the hump, and heading downhill into the weekend, hurrah! If you’re heading to the cinema, here’s some of the films that we think you should catch. Apparently there is this obscure vampire flick in cinemas…? More on that later, but first let’s start with: Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper stars with Jennifer Lawrence [...]

Halloween is nearly around the corner. Being the nerds that we are, our favourite thing to do on October 31st is spending the night in, curled under a blanket, watching a good ol’ slasher flick. We’ve been spending some time making some minimalist posters of some of our favourite  thriller movies. All these films have [...]

Halloween is just around the corner, and horror film afficionados are rubbing their hands with glee. This is definitely the time of year to indulge your taste in all things spooky, gory, or just generally weird. Not only are you less likely to attract strange looks from less ghoulishly-minded friends, but many film studios time [...]

We all love movies, but with prices rising, sometimes you have to pick and choose which ones to go and watch. Here’s a rundown of the top 5 films most likely to persuade us to part with our money. Perhaps the most anticipated film of the year is The Dark Knight Rises. This third installment [...]

This year’s Glasgow Film Festival runs from 16th to 26th February in different venues across the city. This is the 8th edition of the festival and the programme is packed with different kinds of events, from film screenings to gigs or workshops. Allan Hunter, co-director of the festival states that the philosophy of GFF is [...]

Good news for fans of vintage horror, as it has been revealed that more than 30 classic horror films produced by Britain’s Hammer studios are going to be restored for their Blu-Ray release. As well as the aforementioned restoration of the films, several of the releases will incorporate previously unseen or extended scenes cut from [...]

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas and welcome to the Movie Roundup Festive Special! As you can probably guess, it is pretty quiet over the weekend on the cinema front, but there are still a couple of juice filmbits to get your teeth into – namely Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Girl with the Dragon [...]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is out and we loved it! Don’t worry, I will stop myself from telling you the whole plot, so relax! And read on… Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law return as our favourite detective Sherlock Holmes and his Dr Watson with Guy Ritchie back in the directors chair. Plus there [...]

I’ve recently rediscovered a not-so-secret crush on Ryan Gosling, for obvious reasons. I then found myself shocked, disturbed and upset by the news this week that he was beaten by Bradley Cooper to be named The Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. I mean come on, really? The news struck this week, the same week [...]

The world of film has been left feeling more than a little perplexed, after Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt announced that he reckons he’ll be done with appearing in “on-camera” roles by the time he reaches 50. While this wouldn’t normally be the end of the world – after all, many an actor has hung on [...]