Category: Film

The 100-day writers’ strike provided just the free time and creative stimulation writers needed to resurrect back burner projects and develop new material, but it isn’t destined for your TV. When the Hollywood writers’ strike began last November, TV and film writer Michael Genet had just finished three screenplays and was pitching a TV series […]

UK movie production must change or die as more and more films fail to make enough to realise their costs… The upper end of the film industry in the UK seems to be in a healthy state. The Harry Potter series of films are doing well on both sides of the Atlantic and companies such […]

The hit cartoon series lands its death-defying leap to the big screen slightly short… It’s been in the pipeline for years, and finally it’s arrived. One problem that creator Matt Groening didn’t need to worry about was finding an audience. Because of The Simpsons’ popularity on television, he already knew that people would flock to […]

The man behind the voices of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn Quagmire and Brian, the intellectual, martini-drinking dog explains all… For fans of Family Guy, that’s virtually every aorta of the beating heart of the show, and it’s the fans that MacFarlane and his team of writers owe their very existence too. Cancelled after just […]

The all-important Oscars 2006 are upon us, so read our definitive guide to what’s hot a what’s not before the 78th annual Academy Awards…   The hilarious news satire show presenter, Jon Stewart will have his work cut out for him as presenter of this year’s Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. He will be struggling […]

Opt-out of Christmas television with our selection of the best movies to woo to in our top 10 romantic films guide… Is Casablanca more romantic than Titanic? Do you think Affair to Remember is more romantic than Pretty Woman? No-one ever agrees on what are the most romantic films, but I’ve made a list here […]

Team America: World Police – out on DVD – isn’t just another run-of-the-mill Hollywood flick, it’s a breath of fresh air and hilarious to boot… Firstly, the cast consists completely of puppets. Secondly, it’s funny and thirdly, it’s actually rather good. And it’s certainly not one of the mass-produced blockbusters we’ve been bullied into surrendering […]

With its rock-bottom prices, spectacular scenery and mesmerising medieval villages, US movie producers are flocking to make movies in Romania… Until recently, Romania was known to the world mainly as home to the legend of Count Dracula, whose birthplace is said to have been in the province of Transylvania. But the country’s recent willingness to […]