Author: Barnaby Walter


  • New international trailer for The Wolverine released

    A new trailer for Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox’s The Wolverine has been released. The movie, which is largely set in Japan, shows Hugh Jackman reprising his role as the metal-clawed member of the X-Men cast. Svetlana Khodchenkova also stars as the evil Viper, and the final moments of the trailer suggest the two will have […]

  • Actor Kelsey Grammer talks about his hit show Boss and its similarity to King Lear

    Kelsey Grammer and creator and Executive Producer Farhad Safina talk about the development of Boss, which is available now on DVD.

  • Comment: The subject may have been grisly, but BBC2’s The Fall got it just right

    The Fall may have been upsetting to watch at times, but Film Editor Barnaby Walter argues it stayed the right side of horrific.

  • Competition: Win a copy of Beyond the Hills on Blu-ray

    This new film from Cristian Mungiu was awarded both the Best Female Actor and Best Screenplay awards at Cannes 2012 for its depiction of a real life tragedy that unfolded in a small religious community in Romania. Two friends who grew up together in an orphanage are reunited after years apart. One has taken orders […]

  • Review: Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember ★★★☆☆

    ITV’s new Poirot film, the first in the final series of the drama, is enjoyable but a bit of a disappointment, writes Film Editor Barnaby Walter.

  • Review: The Moth Diaries ★☆☆☆☆

    Considering it is from Mary Harron, the director of American Psycho, The Moth Diaries is surprisingly inept at doing anything very remarkable. Based on Rachel Klein’s highly praised novel from 2002, the film is a Canadian/UK co-production set in an American girls boarding school. However, this is more Twilight than Malory Towers, as one particular […]

  • Review: Fast and Furious 6 ★☆☆☆☆

    This appalling sixth instalment in the Fast series sees the family of lovable criminals relocate to London. They have been asked by the bulky Police officer in the previous instalment (Dwayne Johnson, obvs) to help hunt down a super-criminal (Luke Evans) who is evading capture wherever he goes. So Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and co […]

  • Competition! Two copies of Boss: Season One on DVD to be won!

    Mayor Tom Kane (Golden Globe® winner Kelsey Grammer)rules his domain of Chicago with an iron fist. Deception, scandal, and betrayal go hand in hand with Kane’s form of politics. As long as he gets the job done, the people of Chicago look the other way. Despite being the most effective mayor in recent history, Kane […]

  • New Poirot trailer suggests the final series of the drama will take us to dark and sombre territory

    ITV have released a trailer for their new film in the Agatha Christie’s Poirot series, Elephants Can Remember. The feature-length drama, which stars David Suchet as the famous Belgian detective and My Family actor Zoe Wannamaker as Ariadne Oliver, will air this Sunday. It is an adaptation of Christie’s 1972 novel of the same name, […]

  • DVD review: Boss Season One ★★★★★

    Some – understandably – claim that Gus Van Sant has lost his touch in recent years. His efforts since 2009’s Milk haven’t exactly endeared him to critics. His 2011 romantic cancer drama Restless received a very negative reception, and this year’s Promised Land hasn’t exactly set the world alight. But amongst all this, Gus has […]

  • Competition! Win Monsters University prizes!

    To celebrate the release of Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University we have teamed up with Walt Disney Studios to offer our readers the chance to win some great Monsters University jumpers, with a Blu-ray of Monsters Inc. thrown in for First Prize! Ever since Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming […]

  • Review: The Hangover Part III ★☆☆☆☆

    The Hangover Part II did very well financially. It was horrible and offensive and vulgar, but it made a lot of money. Like the first film, it was sickeningly racist and homophobic, but on a bigger, nastier, more epic scale. It gave viewers a pretty good idea of what type of person director Todd Phillips […]

  • Interview with Wreck-It-Ralph producer Clark Spencer

    The Edge’s Film Editor Barnaby Walter talks to Wreck-It-Ralph producer Clark Spencer about his work on the film, what it’s like to work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and his thoughts on 3D cinema.    Some people are still in the dark as to what a producer does on a film, so tell us a […]

  • Warner Bros. Pictures releases terrifying new poster for The Conjuring

    Based on a true story, The Conjuring tells the horrifying story of how paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorised by a mysterious presence in their secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives. […]