By Marty Mulrooney
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, once again directed by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson respectively. The bickering detective duo must join forces once more, this time to bring down their most cunning adversary yet, the formidable Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris, Mad Men).
By Marty Mulrooney
Another Earth is a science fiction/drama film directed by Mike Cahill. The film stars Brit Marling as Rhoda Williams, a high school student who has been recently accepted to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). After celebrating with friends she drink-drives home, listening to a story on the radio about an approaching planet that looks exactly like Earth. Intoxicated and distracted, she ploughs into accomplished composer John Burroughs’ car (William Mapother), putting him in a coma and killing his wife and son. After being released from prison, Rhoda crosses paths with John once again as two Earths draw slowly closer…
By Marty Mulrooney
Kill List is a low-budget British horror film directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley as a pair of contract killers who are drawn into a dark and deadly plot where nothing is as it seems. Kill List is being released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK by Studio Canal on the 26th December, 2011.
By Adele MacGregor
Inspired by a true story, 50/50 follows the painful journey of a 27 year old man who discovers he has a rare form of cancer, leaving him with a 50/50 chance of recovery. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) plays Adam, a good law abiding citizen working at a Seattle radio station with his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogan, Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), living an ordinary existence until a doctor’s appointment turns his whole life upside down. Almost overnight Adam’s life becomes consumed by the alien world of hospital appointments, chemo and therapy sessions.
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