The best films about male self discovery

I saw a common theme in some of my favourite movies: male characters, ranging in age, who had come to a crossroads. In many cases they were successful; they had a wife and kids, money and prosperity, a nice car and a big house. But something was missing. See my top 10 choices here

Enthiran - India's answer to The Terminator meets The Matrix

Enthiran, an Indian sci-fi adventure released worldwide  last year, became the country’s most expensive movie thanks to its  lavish special-effects and spectacular action sequences that will remind  western audiences of The Terminator and more recently The Matrx series. It features lots of over-the-top action sequences including a ten minute extravaganza that might just feature some of the greatest action scenes ever filmed. [Check out the clip here]

Top 10 Robert De Niro Movies

It's a challenge but someone has to do it. Top10Films.co.uk delves into the long, varied and brilliant career of Robert De Niro to pick out his ten best films.

Drive traffic to your site with Twitter

Having established a following of over 500 followers, Top 10 Film Editor looks at how to use Twitter as an effective marketing tool - read the article here.

Reviewed: Juno

Michael Sheen is Brian Clough in the brilliant Damned United

Michael Sheen once again brings to life a real life figure in the form of smart-mouthed, quick-lipped Middlesbrough-born football manager Brian Clough. Clough is widely regarded as one of the best British football managers, and, if it had not been for his often controversial and outspoken views, would have surely coached England. His greatest success was winning the biggest trophy in club football – the European Cup – with Nottingham Forest. That he did it once was a huge feat but he achieved it twice in consecutive years which has never been matched by any British manager. [read full review here]

Interview with Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky

When did you first embark on Black Swan? Where did the idea come from?
My sister was a dancer growing up and she was very into ballet. It wasn’t really anything that I understood. But as I got older, I was thinking about worlds to set films in and I thought ballet could be an interesting world to explore. In addition, I was very interested in Dostoevsky’s ‘The Double’, which is a story about a guy who wakes up and his double is there, and the double starts to replace his life. Then I went to see a production of Swan Lake, which I thought was just a bunch of girls in tutus. I didn’t know what it was. But when I saw that there was a Black Swan and a White Swan, played by one dancer, and it was kind of a Eureka moment, it was like ‘oh wow, a double…’ So then it started to come together… [Read More]