Romantic laughs in Leap Year

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Rom-com fans will want to keep an eye out for Leap Year in which Amy Adams (Doubt, Catch Me If You Can, Junebug) stars as Anna, a young woman planning to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) on the magic date of February 29th. As we all know, in cinema-land the path of true love is never simple and our leading lady faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to … [Read more...]

Philips BDP3000/05 Blu-ray player review

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One of the biggest barriers to Blu-ray take up is the wallet-busting cost of players which in many cases can come in 10-12 times higher than a DVD player. Over the past few weeks we've been having a play with the Philips BDP3000/05 which is currently retailing from around £97, a big reduction on the £170 many stores were asking for the same player just a couple of months ago. … [Read more...]

De Niro plays the family man in Everybody’s Fine

Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore star in Everybody's Fine

Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell star in Everybody’s Fine, a remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's Stanno Tutti Bene which opens here in the UK on 26th February 2010. Frank Goode (De Niro) has spent his adult life working in a local wire factory earning every dollar he can to support his family. Recently retired, he realises that over the years he has … [Read more...]

A Single Man – trailer

Colin firth (George) & Nicholas Hoult (Kenny) Image: Icon Film distribution

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man, is the story of British college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) who struggles to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events … [Read more...]