Films to Inspire Your Vacation Are you hitting the road soon? Got all your bags packed and looking for a way to kill the last few hours before you strike out on an adventure? Want something to get you all fired up and raring to go? Or are you just thinking about venturing out soon and want some on-screen inspiration? Then you’re in the right place! Here, we...

As the world of cinema likes to frequently remind us, people die. With the exception of the cutesiest family film, most movies will feature someone being beaten, maimed or murdered. Interesting plot points maybe, but that doesn’t mean these scenes can’t get repetitive. A constant bombardment of death is depressing at the best of times, but there’s no...

When A Separation became the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award, more people gained awareness of the country’s rich film legacy. Hamid Naficy, a leading authority on Middle Eastern cinema, lists a selection of his favorite Iranian films. The House is Black (1961), directed by Forugh Farrokhzad This is a documentary about the lives of the lepers in...

As is true of all great artists, Wes Anderson’s creations have a distinct and immediately recognizable aesthetic. This, of course, is because all art is to some degree an exercise in self-reflection. It is unavoidable. Just as a signature inevitably reproduces a unique aspect of the individual who signs it, so too do movies reveal aspects of the filmmaker...

To celebrate the release of the Academy Award-winning Pillow Talk on Blu-ray as part of a special Limited Edition Collector’s Digibook, we have created a list of the Top 10 phone scenes in movies. This collection of films showcases some of the most famous and romantic telephone calls ever made. The Blu-ray Digibook is being released on 7 May 2012 from...

by: H. Blain     A few weeks ago I got to grab a quick five minutes with Kristen Connolly – star of the Drew Goddard/Joss Wheedon horror film that’s been on hold over at MGM for a few years. This film ‘premiered’ at SXSW, but I was fortunate enough to have seen it in December last year.  And I’ve waited FOUR MONTHS to drag my...

To Kill a Mockingbird celebrates its 50th anniversary with a commemorative Limited Edition Collector’s Series Blu-ray™ out on 13 February 2012 from Universal Pictures UK. To mark the occasion here are 50 facts about the film. 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Gregory Peck: Gregory Peck’s 9 minute summation speech in To Kill A Mockingbird was nailed...

The secretive and illusive nature of cults has been depicted in cinema for decades. Human curiosity has looked at these mysterious organisations in a variety of screenplays, examining cults’ religious devotions and obsessions. To mark the release of Martha Marcy May Marlene (out 3rd February), here are some of the best cults to feature in movies. Mind you I...

I say “never knew” but you probably know a few of them. Ron Perlman makes an action packed return to film with the release of The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption on Blu-ray and DVD from February 27, 2012. In his latest role, screen-legend Perlman stars as Horus – the powerful and inspirational King of Egypt. Horus dispatches Mathayus...

According to Urban Dictionary, a MILF (an acronym for Mother I’d Like To…you fill in the blank), is ‘Any woman in her early 30s to late 40s who is in danger of being attacked by horny teenage boys.’ MILFs have recently been idolised in films, most notably by American Pie in 1999, but the concept stretches further and wider in cinema history. These...