Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Helen McCrory, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the series' 23rd installment.
New Release Review - Looper
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Noah Segan, Garrett Dillahunt
In 2044, Gordon-Levitt is a "looper", a hitman who disposes of victims sent back in time from thirty years in the future. His latest target however is his future self.
First Time Watches - September 2012
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Burt Lancaster is thrilling as a travelling salesman who hooks up with an evangelist troupe, initially with the intention of seducing young preacher Jean Simmons.
New Release Review - Savages
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro
When Lively is kidnapped by Hayek's Mexican drug cartel, it's up to her two lovers, Taylor-Johnson and Kitsch, to get her back.
Hooray for Wakaliwood!
Isaac Nabwana is a true maverick, producing, directing and editing action movies from his home in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda. American film-maker Alan Ssali Hofmanis was inspired to make him the subject of his new documentary "Wakaliwood". The Movie Waffler caught up with Hofmanis to hear his fantastic story.
New Release Review - Tower Block
Directed by: James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson
Starring: Sheridan Smith, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Brown, Russell Tovey
The residents of a tower block's top floor find themselves held under siege by a sniper.
New Release Review - House at the End of the Street
Directed by: Mark Tonderai
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows
Lawrence falls for neighbor Thieriot whose sister disappeared after killing his parents.
New Release Review - Arbitrage
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
Starring: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker
New York magnate Gere flees the scene of an accident and calls in help from the son of a deceased employee, Parker.
New Release Review - Killing Them Softly
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, Sam Shepard
Pitt's hitman is hired by Jenkins to punish those responsible for the armed hold-up of a poker game.
Pre-Code Retrospective - Little Caesar (1931)
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Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr, Stanley Fields
The violent and ruthless rise of gangster Caesar Enrico Bandelli (Robinson).
Superman Summer - Superman Returns (2006)
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Sam Huntington
After five years searching for the remains of Krypton, Superman returns to Metropolis.
New Release Review - The Sweeney
Directed by: Nick Love
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell, Damian Lewis, Kara Tointon, Steven Mackintosh, Alan Ford
Big screen adaptation of the popular seventies U.K TV show.
New Release Review - Lawless
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Starring: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Noah Taylor
The story of the Bondurant brothers who ran a bootlegging operation in prohibition era Missouri.
New Release Review - Now Is Good
Directed by: Ol Parker
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Rose Leslie, Olivia Williams, Jeremy Irvine, Kaya Scodelario, Paddy Considine
Terminal leukemia sufferer Fanning falls for neighbor Irvine.
Dead Format Month - How The West Was Won (1962)
Directed by: Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Starring: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Carroll Baker, Lee J Cobb, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Eli Wallach, Walter Brennan, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Thelma Ritter, Russ Tamblyn, Spencer Tracy, Harry Dean Stanton, Lee Van Cleef
An epic family drama which deals with the Civil War, the Gold Rush and the dawn of the railroad, all shot in Cinerama.
New Release Review - Dredd
Directed by: Pete Travis
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson
Second screen adaptation of the British comic strip.
New Release Review - Anna Karenina
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly MacDonald, Olivia Williams, Matthew MacFadyen, Emily Watson, Domhnall Gleeson
In nineteenth century Russia, wealthy wife Anna Karenina (Knightley) embarks on an affair with young Count Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson).
Dead Format Month - Wiiiiiiiidescreeeeen
In an age when we can enjoy watching DVDS, Blu-Rays and online films on a large screen TV and surround sound system in our living room (or home theater room if you're lucky), the thrill of a cinema visit isn't what it used to be. In the mid twentieth century, television sets were appearing in more and more homes, leading Hollywood to look for new ways to entice people back to the cinema. 3D was attempted unsuccessfully but what did work was the enlarging of the screen itself to give us what's now known collectively as "widescreen". Various widescreen formats competed for your dollar in the fifties and sixties. Here we take a look at the successful and not so successful variants.