Ben Affleck used to be a joke in Hollywood. Hell, look at most of his output from the early 2000s. Terrible, terrible stuff from an otherwise talented actor. And then the chap decided to re-energise his career by becoming one of the best directors in the business today. Argo was a smash hit for Affleck, a tense thriller that earned …

Time for some true story love! Or at least a rockin’ movie inspired by those events. And what could be more harrowing than the tale of a US Coast Guard mission to rescue more than 30 sailors trapped on the sinking half of a tanker ship in the deep sea? Having to attempt that rescue in an ocean that happens …

The movie industry is not in great shape. Yes, you can point to the blockbusters and that 2015, despite some major flops, may produce several of the industry’s highest-grossing films yet. Last Updated: July 9, 2015

We’ve heard the rumours for a couple of years now, but it’s finally official: Han Solo is getting his own… well, solo movie. Pegged as the next of the standalone Star Wars Anthology movies following Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars: Rogue One, the still untitled 2017 Solo pic will be helmed by The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller …

Premium cable network Showtime is home to some of my favourite shows at the moment, such as Penny Dreadful and Ray Donovan, and it looks like they might have another winner on their hands if this trailer for Billions is anything to go by. Developed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) with Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big to Fail), …

One thing I like to do first thing in the morning is sip on my coffee, bite into toast and view trailers while my brain slowly warms up for the day ahead. That is not really achievable when what you are watching strips the last few hundred million years of cranial development and leaves you gasping for a new cerebral …

When you think of CHiPs – that’s the 1980’s TV show, not the stuff you eat with fish – you probably immediately think of Eric Estrada’s toothy grin, khaki uniforms, Ray Ban sunglasses, and a whole big ol’ helping of cheese. The popular TV series about two officers in the California Highway Patrol may have been classified as a drama, …

Growing up, I was an avid reader of “Goosebumps”. A light horror series for kids, the books taught me to never trust rubber masks and that all puppets were evil. Especially the ones used by ventriloquists. Bastards. Written by R.L Stine, the books were perfect for kids. Really, it was light horror without the need for mental scarring, like that one …