Tag Archives: Spain

Pete’s Peek | Is Eliza Dushku’s Open Graves the next Final Destination?

If you screamed along with Final Destinaton and enjoyed the wild adventure that was Jumanji, the spooky new horror, Open Graves, is aimed at you. Set on the rugged coast of northern Spain, the film stars Dollhouse’s Eliza Dushku, Cloverfield’s … Continue reading

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News Hound | China pulls Avatar from its cinemas and Channing Tatum wants to strip – again!

  China is pulling the 2-D version of Avatar from its cinemas, causing much speculation as to why. Kellan ‘Twilight’ Lutz is up against two other actors for the role of Conan (The Barbarian) in an upcoming remake of the … Continue reading

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The Best view | Broken Embraces – Penélope Cruz lights up Pedro Almodóvar’s lush romantic melodrama

Pedro Almodóvar reunites with favourite leading lady Penélope Cruz for the first time since their triumph with 2006’s tragic-comic melodrama Volver. Broken Embraces, their new movie, doesn’t scale its predecessor’s heights but still contains much to delight fans of both … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Little Ashes – Robert Pattinson flaunts his stuff as Salvador Dalí in low-budget historical romance

Before winning global fame as Twilight’s swooonsome vampire hero Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson gave a very different performance as the sexually ambivalent Salvador Dalí in this low-budget British-made historical drama co-starring Javier Beltrán and Matthew McNulty. Looking like an overgrown … Continue reading

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Out on DVD |Vicky Cristina Barcelona

A human tornado of jealousy, craziness and sensuality, the Oscar-winning Penélope Cruz whirls into Woody Allen’s delightful romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona – and proceeds to blow everyone else off screen. She doesn’t appear, though, until half the movie has … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Pan’s Labyrinth

I’ve not yet spoken to anyone who didn’t enjoy

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