FX has released a promo for the fourth episode of The Strain season, entitled ‘New Horizons; watch it below… Dutch is forced to make a deal with Desai while she plots to escape a strigoi breeding facility. Eph and Alex seek to uncover the dark secrets behind the Partnership’s new plan but face the repercussion […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]
Star Trek: Discovery will be “hard PG-13”, but no nudity
Star Trek: Discovery will be going where no Trek series has gone before this September as it returns to the small screen on the streaming service CBS All Access, free of the restrictions of broadcast television. Which means, according to showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg, that Discovery will be going “hard PG-13”, although it […]
Blu-ray Review – Psycho II (1983)
Psycho II, 1983. Directed by Richard Franklin. Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, and Tom Holland. SYNOPSIS: 22 years after he was incarcerated for murder Norman Bates is declared sane and released back to his motel but Mother isn’t likely to let him live a peaceful life. Sequels […]
DVD Review – Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD (2015)
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD, 2015. Directed by Paul Goodwin. Starring Pat Mills, John Wagner, Neil Gaiman, Karl Urban, Dave Gibbons, Scott Ian, Brian Bolland, Carlos Ezquerra, Kevin O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A detailed look at the history of the 2000AD comic and its main character Judge Dredd from those involved in its creation. Documentaries are […]
Movie Review – House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
House of 1000 Corpses, 2003. Directed by Rob Zombie. Starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Tom Towles, Walton Goggins, Matthew McGrory, Rainn Wilson, Erin Daniels, and Dennis Fimple. SYNOPSIS: Four young thrill-seekers exploring the backwoods of Texas become the victims of a family of sadistic killers. With his latest movie 31 recently […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson joins Chris Pine in Outlaw King
Deadline is reporting that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to join Chris Pine in Outlaw King, the new film from Starred Up and Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie. The Netflix film will see Pine as Robert the Bruce, the Scottish king and national hero who led his country during the First War of Scottish […]
The directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade
Tom Jolliffe on the directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade… There’s a cinematic crossroads on the horizon. As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there’s a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different. After all, there’s only […]
Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface gets a new poster
Last week we brought you the first red band trailer for Leatherface [watch it here], and now a poster has arrived online for the upcoming Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel which you can check out below… This is the origin story for “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” in which a young nurse is kidnapped by four […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Devil You Know’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Mist… Layer upon layer of situation and circumstance is making The Mist into a must see piece of television. Acting like a psychological filter making others face up to failings, flaws and insecurities gives this show depth allowing an audience time to invest. As family histories are […]
