A man walks vigilantly into the embassy building, he furtively flicks through his numerous passports and produces the correct one. From across the room, Security eye him closely, speaking into the radios concealed in their jackets. They arm themselves and walk towards him. The man, with slightly blonde hair and an athletic physique, knows exactly what will happen. With a snap of wrist, and a shrug of his body he has broken the arm of one guard, punched another man [...]

Oh, yes, please. This is the sort of movie that proves the eternal dichotomy of popcorn; totally pointless outside of a cinema, perfect accompaniment to a film like this, yet you’ll end up spitting most of it out in fits of laughter. And frankly, if lines like “I’m as serious as an erection problem” don’t have you rolling in the aisles, then a) stop reading now, b) you’re much more mature than me, well done, and c) you’re reading the [...]

It’s official; Dr Doug Ross, long beloved of housewives, students and anyone else sad enough to watch ER ten years ago, is not only a Major Hollywood Player, but now also a Serious Motion Picture Director. For his second stint behind the camera, George Clooney has chosen a deeply personal project, the story of 1950’s US TV anchorman Edward R. Murrow, and his on-air battles with Senator Joseph McCarthy, leader of the communist witch-hunts which had Middle America scared of [...]

Peyton Reed is a very brave man. After starting his Hollywood career with underrated wish-fulfilment fantasy cheerleader movie Bring It On, a movie understandably but unfairly remembered primarily for its casting, he gives us underrated knockabout throwback rom-com Down With Love… A movie dismissed as kitsch. Despite the genius stroke of casting David Hyde Pierce. And now the poor bastard’s third consecutive brave move, history’s least romantic rom-com, has to endure the fallout of Brad’n’Jen, and the “Are they? Aren’t [...]

There’s a semi-bearded gentleman sitting nervously to my right. We’re discussing Aussie horror flick, Wolf Creek. He didn’t like it, but I’m explaining the magic of cutting your the lead actresses fingers off. During our awkward lapses in conversation, I’m wondering why my right hand has turned a pinky-blue. But what’s really troubling me is the poster I saw downstairs; a man in shiny Aviator shades, grinning a toothy and demonic grin with the slogan: “I will try to use [...]