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TMW's 2015 Movie Preview - Part 5: The Auteurs

Some of cinema's most revered directors have movies coming in 2015.

TMW's 2015 Movie Preview - Part 4: Sequels

There's a deluge of sequels headed your way in 2015.

TMW's 2015 Movie Preview - Part 3: Sci-Fi

The Force Awakens isn't the only sci-fi movie coming to screens in 2015.

TMW's 2015 Movie Preview - Part 2: Horror

2015 is set to be a big year for horror, with a host of sequels to recent hits and remakes of classics due to hit us.

TMW's 2015 Movie Preview - Part 1: Spy Movies

The genre that seems to be dominating the 2015 release schedule is, rather inexplicably, the spy movie.

Robin Williams' 10 best roles

When Robin Williams sadly passed away on August 11th of this year, he left behind a legacy of great performances, unmatched by few of his peers. He may have begun in comedy, but as this list demonstrates, Williams quickly became as respected as a dramatic actor as he was revered for his comic talents.

10 Directorial Coulda-Beens

Many iconic movies had completely different directors attached in their early stages.

10 Dramatic Physical Transformations for a Role

Over the years, actors have put themselves through gruelling transformations for roles. Here are ten of the most extreme.

Battlestar Galactica and more iconic 70s TV shows

Legendary TV producer and writer Glen A. Larson sadly passed away last week aged 77 - Larson was most famous for creating Battlestar Galactica one of the most spectacular and ambitious television programmes ever produced in the 1970s. Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Original Series is being released on Blu-ray for the first time on 24th November 2014 and to celebrate the release we’re remembering some of the most iconic TV shows of the 1970s.

Exclusive - Director Chuck Parello on his favourite horror movie, Halloween

Director Chuck Parello (Henry 2: Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Hillside Strangler, Ed Gein) dropped us a line to tell us about his favourite horror movie - John Carpenter's 1978 masterpiece, Halloween.

Exclusive - Actor Andrew Sensenig on his favourite horror movie, When a Stranger Calls

With Halloween around the corner, Upstream Color star Andrew Sensenig dropped us a line about his favourite horror movie, 1979's When a Stranger Calls.

Exclusive - Director Katt Shea on her favourite horror movie, Psycho

Director Katt Shea (Stripped To Kill, Poison Ivy, The Rage: Carrie 2) on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

Sub Standard: 10 occasions when subtitles should be avoided

If you don't want to be labelled a cinema philistine you should always opt for the subtitled option, right? Right?

TMW's Summer 2014 movie preview

We take a look at the array of movies coming our way this summer. 

Social Media Propels Veronica Mars Film Project


You’re likely to be familiar, if only in passing, with the new Veronica Mars film.

Against the Grain: 10 Reviews We Got Wrong (Or Right?) in 2013

Here at Waffler Towers we're often baffled by the praise heaped on movies we feel are undeserving. Other times we champion a movie only to see it trashed in the mainstream. Using Rotten Tomatoes as a reference point, here are 10 examples from 2013 where our evaluations differed wildly from the general consensus. Were we completely wrong or just not drinking the right Kool-Aid?