In Fear, 2013 Directed by Jeremy LoveringStarring Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert and Allen Leech SYNOPSIS: Driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there. As I left the screening with co-editor […]

Bernie, 2011. Directed by Richard Linklater.Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. SYNOPSIS: In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s alive.  Director Richard Linklater is one of the most unpredictable film […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 19 of Elementary… How would God act if he were here on Earth? I know that’s a big concept to open with in a review for a TV show, but just stick with me for a moment. We’re his creation, for arguments sake, but even if he was human and came […]

Peaches Does Herself, 2012 Written and directed by PeachesStarring Peaches, Dannii Daniels and Sandy Kane SYNOPSIS: Peaches Does Herself is an electro rock opera stage show that tells a mythical history of the musician Peaches. You remember that episode of Spaced where they go and watch Vulva’s stage show? Well Peaches Does Herself is exactly […]

Mud, 2012 Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. Matthew McConaughey can do no wrong at […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel, Justice League, Wonder Woman, […]

In a World…, 2013. Written and Directed by Lake Bell.Starring Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Demetri Martin, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino and Rob Corddry. SYNOPSIS: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets […]

In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at Spartacus… “One day Rome shall fade and crumble. Yet you shall always be remembered in the hearts of all that yearn for freedom.” Starz’s Spartacus is the tale of the legendary gladiator of the same name, taking up arms and […]

Paul Risker chats with Francesca Gregorini, writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes… On day two of Sundance London 2013 I was fortunate to have an opportunity to sit down and speak with the writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, Francesca Gregorini. Despite Emanuel being Francesca’s second feature film following 2009’s Tanner […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 18 of Elementary… Holmes as a character has a past. That statement can be meant in at least two ways. Either there’s the literal, the Sherlock Holmes you see to the right, who has a past. He has had drug problems and has met at least two women who’ve influenced his […]