James Turner reviews Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers #1… In the wake of a newly discovered alien threat, president Nixon calls on the one man he knows can stop the cosmic blood-suckers: Elvis Presley. Bubba Ho-Tep and The Cosmic Blood-Suckers (yes, that’s really its name) is a prequel to the cult classic film Bubba […]
Why Avengers: Infinity War is Everything Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wanted to Be
James Turner looks at the similarities and differences between the two biggest blockbusters of the last twelve months… This piece makes references to the plot of Avengers: Infinity War, but there are no substantial spoilers. For those who didn’t read my review of The Last Jedi, let’s just say I was less than impressed by it. […]
Movie Review – Western (2017)
Western, 2017. Written and Directed by Valeska Grisebach. Starring Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov. SYNOPSIS: A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust […]
Second Opinion – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. I have a real soft spot for anthology horror […]
Movie Review – Sweet Country (2017)
Sweet Country, 2017. Directed by Warwick Thornton. Starring Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, and Ewen Leslie. SYNOPSIS: Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes […]
Movie Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, and David Hewlett. SYNOPSIS: At a top-secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. The […]
Movie Review – Loveless (2017)
Loveless, 2017. Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. Starring Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, and Matvey Novikov. SYNOPSIS: A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments. Loveless issues two stark warnings to its audience: don’t let your resentment for another render you without love […]
Movie Review – Phantom Thread (2017)
Phantom Thread, 2017. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, and Brian Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. Phantom Thread has me torn. […]
Exclusive Interview – Bruce Campbell on Ash vs. Evil Dead Season 3, Stuntmen, and Stephen King
James Turner chats with Ash vs. Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell… My trilogy of Ash vs. Evil Dead interviews has come to an end, and of course, I had to save the Chosen One till last. He’s the slashiest, shootiest, and grooviest human being on the planet. He is the one and only Bruce Campbell. […]
Exclusive Interview – Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo on Ash vs. Evil Dead season 3
James Turner chats with Ash vs. Evil Dead stars Ray Santiago and Dana Delorenzo… Ash vs. Evil Dead is back for another season of hilarious, blood soaked action, as are everyone’s favourite Ghostbeaters, Ray Santiago (Pablo) and Dana Delorenzo (Kelly). I had a chat with the two of them to get their opinions on the new […]
