You know, I’ve never really understood why it’s called The Three Musketeers when it’s always about the fourth one — surely there’s an origin story (or three) we’re missing out on here – but to be perfectly honest, this features quite low on the list of things that baffle me about Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation. Far more pressing is the question of how Anderson, the man responsible for [...]

Love it or hate it, the Twilight series has been a massive success that turned its handsome star, Robert Pattinson, into an international pin-up idol overnight. Between instalments and capitalizing on the fever generated by the fanged franchise, here is his latest showcase: Water for Elephants, another tale of doomed love in a setting full of mythical creatures – this time the awe-inspiring beasts of a travelling carnival.

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You know the creative pool in Hollywood is running dry when they start risking millions to exhume old franchises such as The Green Hornet, a superhero no one was particularly crying out to see on the big screen. What’s even more desperate is their bizarre decision to cast Tinseltown’s resident stoner, Seth Rogen, as said superhero and placing quirky art-house director Michel Gondry at the wheel. Couple that [...]

After his original choice Christoph Waltz (who is in high demand thanks to his Oscar-winning turn in Inglorious Basterds) dropped out to co-star with Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in circus flick Water for Elephants mastermind director David Cronenberg has persuaded his old pal and frequent leading man Viggo Mortensen to play Sigmund Freud in his biopic The Talking Cure. Joining Mortensen on Freud’s couch are previously announced Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley.

Inglourious Basterds is what you get when you leave everyone’s favourite cinematic psychopath, Quentin Tarantino, in a room with baseball bat, a hunting knife and a history book. Once he whacked history over the head, he proceeded to cut away all the boring bits, leaving behind a blood-drenched war epic like no other. As far as apologies go — and boy did Death Proof require one — they don’t come much better than this. Welcome back Tarantino of the 90s, we missed you.