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Movie Trailers | 15 January 2008
Guillermo Del Toro returns to directing Hollywood blockbusters after his oscar-nominated success with Pan's Labyrinth. His sequel to Hellboy sees Ron Perlman return as the red demon with a love of cigars, who along with the rest of his clandestine organisation take on more creeping, crawling demons from the underworld. Luke Goss, better known as one of the twins from 80s pop phenomenon Bros, joins the fun as a long-haired demon overlord.
Movie Trailers | 14 January 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis team up to bring to the screen this epic tale of greed, religion and oil. Day Lewis is grabbing plenty of awards attention for his portrayal of Daniel Plainview - a scheming, vicious, backstabbing oil baron who'll stop at nothing to get what he wants - who enters into a battle of wills and wits against a young preacher, played by Paul Dano. Gripping, epic, and with a terrifying score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, There Will Be Blood is one of the first genuine must-see films of the year.
Movie Review: Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Reel Weekend | 11 January 2008
Veteran director of classics such as Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Serpico, Sidney Lumet returns to the director’s chair to bring to the screen this gritty crime drama, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose attempt at a jewellery robbery goes disastrously wrong. Dark, brooding and morally corrupt, this is a film that avoids easy solutions or upbeat endings, and is all the better for it.
Movie Review: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Reel Weekend | 11 January 2008
Last year's winner of the Palme D’Or and one of the most acclaimed international releases of the year, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a difficult, dark and downbeat tale of backstreet abortion in 80s Romania. Admittedly, it may not sound like a good night at the movies but don't be put off – this film is as gripping and tense a thriller as you can imagine.
Movie Review: Charlie Wilson's War
Reel Weekend | 11 January 2008
Tom Hanks stars in the story of Charles Wilson, a womanising, party-loving Democratic congressman, who in the early 80s led a campaign to arm the freedom fighters of Afghanistan in their fight against the pesky Soviets. Legendary director Mike Nichols works from a script by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin in a spiky satire that is already attracting awards attention. Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman complete the excellent supporting cast.
Reel Weekend | 04 January 2008
In the first Reel Weekend of 2008 we welcome in the new year with a look forward to the unmissable movies coming your way over the next 12 months. Daniel Day Lewis comes out of semi-retirement to mesmerise critics and audiences alike in the awesome There Will Be Blood, Batman is back and darker than ever – with Heath Ledger trading Brokeback Mountain for the giggling insanity of the Joker, and Harrison Ford hopes to prove that age shall not wither a whip-wielding adventurer in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Episode 8: I'm Not There, I Am Legend and Paranoid Park
Reel Weekend | 26 December 2007
Once you've finished scoffing mince pies and draining every last drop from the sherry bottle, make sure you catch this post-festive episode of Reel Weekend – Ben Howard takes a look at the Boxing Day releases vying for your Christmas money. In this show, Todd Haynes introduces us to the many faces of Bob Dylan, Will Smith is the last man alive and Gus Van Sant gets down with the skate kids.
Reel Weekend | 21 December 2007
As 2007 draws to a close, Ben Howard takes a look back at the last 12 months of cinema releases as he counts down Reel Weekend's top five movies of the year. With offerings including Ridley Scott's American Gangster, The Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon and the true-life crime epic Zodiac, it was a tough call. Find out which films made the selection...
Todd Haynes: I'm Not There - Part 2
Reel Report | 18 December 2007
In the second part of our two-part interview with Todd Haynes, director of I'm Not There, the rock biopic about the life of Bob Dylan, we talk more generally about aspects of his filmmaking. In particular we ask him about his unique way of story-telling, his approach to the concept of film genres and whether his sexuality has an effect on his ability to interpret characters. If you missed the first part you can catch it here.
Movie Trailers | 18 December 2007
Christopher Nolan returns to the director's chair for his follow-up to the box-office smash Batman Begins. Christian Bale is back as the caped crusader and this time is facing one of the all time great screen villains, an insane, giggling Joker, played by Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger.
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