Gerard Butler

Top 10 Most Boringly Obvious Film Titles

Titles are important. Think about it; if you were going to eat a chocolate bar, wouldn’t you rather something delicious-sounding like a Caramel rather than a Turd? Of course you would. It’s the same with films, which is why we hate those that give away EVERYTHING in the title. Here are the 10 worst offenders, which we’ve messed with, BFF style…

Cheat Sheet: Gerard Butler

Hot on the heels of the really rather good Coriolanus, Gerard Butler is once again disappointing his public with the startlingly dull Machine Gun Preacher. But is there really a talented actor behind the gun-toting beardy meathead? We think so, and if you gather round closer we’ll tell you why…

Machine Gun Preacher

Do you like machine guns? Do you like Jesus? Then you’ll love Machine Gu- oh, wait. That might not actually be enough to close the deal. Let’s try again: do you like the flagrant deification of bikers with hearts of gold? Do you like Gerard Butler being utterly dull as usual? Do you like the White Messiah fable? Then you’ll love Machine Gun Preacher! That’s more like it.

Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut takes on one of the darkest and most violent of Shakespeare’s tragedies with gorily glorious results. Combining a talented and varied central cast with an intelligently updated script which transports the play to the war-torn present day, Coriolanus is Shakespeare for the Call of Duty generation.

Gerard Butler does all the emotions in new Machine Gun Preacher trailer

Just punch something, Gerard, we know you want to.

First trailer for Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus now online

What is a film website but its trailers?

Russell Brand invited to join Academy roster

That’s nothing – we haven’t even mentioned Beyoncé yet…

Cheat Sheet: Zack Snyder

This week, with the release of Sucker Punch so close you can almost feel the explosions, we’re teaching you a bit more about the man bringing us the confection of fire-breathing dragons, WWII bombers and girls wearing very little while wielding very big guns; it’s Zack Snyder.