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 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 [...]

Stephen Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws wil be making it’s Blu-ray debut next week as part of Universal Studio’s 100th anniversary celebration. Also to be released in August is Michael Curtiz’s Western, Santa Fe Trail (1940) and Raoul Walsh’s noir-like Western, Pursued (1947), which stars Robert Mitchum as a former Civil War hero forced to face [...]

Car chases and driving scenes are the highlight of action movies. A skilful stunt can add to the drama of a movie but a badly cut driving scene or unrealistic trick can ruin the storyline. The key to a creating a good driving scene is clever driving, a skilful stunt team and some special effects. [...]

Setting up your own summer film festival might seem a bit daunting, but it will be all worth it once you get the celluloid rolling! Imagine… after those long days spent in the sun, coming home with all your friends to kick back on the couch and settle into a summer film festival  session where [...]

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 [...]

So the snow has stopped, the ice has retreated and the sun is once again coming into view. Suddenly you remember those New Year’s Resolutions to get fit and healthy that you have been neglecting, and realise that it is time to get serious if you want to be showing off a perfectly sculpted (or [...]

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 [...]

The 69th Golden Globes kicked off last night in usual style with glam women in beautiful dresses, smart and gorgeous men and plenty of happy faces and emotional speeches. Ricky Gervais, returning for his third year presenting the awards, was much more toned down last night than we have ever seen him before. There were [...]

Last week, we heard that Dubai will be getting its own movie theme park – to be called Adventure Studio Dubai – and it got us thinking. After cooling the jets on a last minute Dubai holiday (it doesn’t open til 2014 folks) we started thinking about the amazing number of movie and TV theme [...]