Simon Thompson presents ten adaptations that failed their source material… The science of what makes a good adaptation is a bit like cooking a complicated stew with an ultra-specific recipe, in the sense that you can have most of the right ingredients, but if even one or two things are a little off what you […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb, 1971. Directed by Seth Holt. Starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Mark Edwards, Aubrey Morris, James Cossins, Hugh Burden, Rosalie Crutchley. SYNOPSIS: After the coffin of an Egyptian queen is brought back to London, a young woman starts to learn the truth about who she is. Loosely based on […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Hard Boiled (1992)
Hard Boiled, 1992. Directed by John Woo. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Anthony Wong, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Phillip Kwok, and John Woo. SYNOPSIS: A tough maverick cop and an undercover agent team up to take down a ruthless Triad gang leader. Often cited as the definitive Hong Kong action movie, inspiring the likes of […]
Direct-to-Video Horror: The Unsung Heroes of 90s Genre Cinema
Adam Page on the unsung heroes of horror… Obviously, I’m not going sit here and argue that Puppet Master 4 is Citizen Kane. I would insult both movies, and more importantly, I would miss the point completely. Because the direct-to-video horror boom of the 1990s wasn’t representing high art. It was something perhaps more important: […]
4K Ultra HD Review – She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
She Killed in Ecstasy, 1971. Directed by Jesús Franco. Starring Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Fred Williams, Ewa Strömberg, Howard Vernon, Horst Tappert, Jesús Franco. SYNOPSIS: After her discredited doctor husband kills himself, a woman takes revenge on the medical board that struck him off. During the early 1970s the quantity of movies Jesús ‘Jess’ Franco […]
Movie Review – Mile End Kicks (2025)
Mile End Kicks, 2025. Written and Directed by Chandler Levack. Starring Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, Stanley Simons, Juliette Gariépy, and Jay Baruchel. SYNOPSIS: A young female music critic moves to Montreal to write a novel about Alanis Morissette, but complications ensue when she becomes romantically involved with two members of the band she is covering. […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Spaceways (1953)
Spaceways, 1953. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Howard Duff, Eva Bartok, Alan Wheatley, Philip Leaver, Andrew Osborn, Anthony Ireland, Michael Medwin, Cecile Chevreau. SYNOPSIS: Whilst testing a rocket set to orbit the Earth, a cheating couple go missing and the woman’s husband becomes a suspect in their disappearance, but where are the bodies? At a […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice at 10 – Looking Back at Zack Snyder’s Polarizing Superhero Flick
As it celebrates its tenth anniversary, Hasitha Fernando takes a look back at the story behind Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice… A film featuring both the Dark Knight and the Big Blue Boy Scout has always been a concept that has intrigued filmmakers since the rising popularity of comic book movies and […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
Vampyros Lesbos, 1971. Directed by Jesús Franco. Starring Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Muller, Ewa Strömberg, Jesús Franco, Heidrun Kussin, Andrea Montchal. SYNOPSIS: A female vampire lures a lawyer to her private island by way of an erotic nightclub performance. Jesús ‘Jess’ Franco was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the latter half of […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Fear in the Night (1972)
Fear in the Night, 1972. Directed by Jimmy Sangster. Starring Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing, Gillian Lind, James Cossins. SYNOPSIS: After moving to a private boy’s school with her teacher husband a young woman is attacked by a one-armed assailant, but nobody believes her. Fans of Hammer have never had it as […]
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