Yardie, 2018. Directed by Idris Elba. Starring Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Calvin Demba, Naomi Ackie, and Shantol Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Broken by the murder of his older brother, Dennis turns to a life of crime in the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica circa 1973. A decade later, he’s sent overseas to London, where he reunites with lost […]
Sundance London 2018 Review – Never Goin’ Back (2018)
Never Goin’ Back, 2018. Directed by Augustine Frizzell. Starring Maia Mitchell, Camila Morrone and Kyle Mooney. SYNOPSIS: Jessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent’s due, they’re about to get fired, and they’re broke. It’s been a while since we’ve […]
The Nastiest Movie Moments of 2017
Ben Robins on the nastiest movie moments of 2017… It’s been a banner year for fairly disgusting things on-screen. No real guesses as to why, but we’re not here to slave over the reasons. We’re here to simply recount, and to celebrate. From FrightFest-backed horrors, to gonzo arthouse dealings and even the occasional indie weepy, […]
The Punisher: All of the Different Frank Castles Ranked
Ahead of The Punisher on Netflix, Ben Robins ranks all of the different Frank Castles… In an almost unprecedented act of genius, Marvel’s long lost, secretly loved but consistently butchered anti-hero The Punisher is finally getting his own ultra-violent spin-off series. And with star of just about every crime/drama movie/series in the last few years […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Ingrid Goes West (2017)
Ingrid Goes West, 2017. Directed by Matt Spicer. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and Billy Magnussen. SYNOPSIS: A mentally unstable loner takes a hefty inheritance and moves west to Venice Beach, California, in search of friends, fame, and an Instagram starlet she’s just a little too obsessed with. […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 8 – ‘Hearts Still Beating’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the eighth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… It was finally mid-season finale week on our favourite post-apocalyptic zombie nightmare, and as those ultra-miserable season 7 dominoes finally started to tumble towards the yet another cliffhanger (albeit, rather slowly), we actually got a half-decent tease for […]
Marvel’s Murder Problem
Ben Robins on Marvel’s murder problem… With the most celebrated of all the cinematic universes very much knocking on the door of its 10th anniversary, there’s all sorts of retrospective business going round. And something that becomes more and more glaringly obvious within the Marvel world, especially moving forward, is its attitude towards death. Well, […]
The 4 Spider-Man Storylines We Need In the MCU
Ben Robins on the 4 Spider-Man storylines we need in the MCU… With this month’s Spider-Man: Homecoming marking the third big screen incarnation of the famous wall-crawler in the 21st century alone, you’d think we’d be hard-pressed by this stage to find storylines that hadn’t already been adapted at least somewhere down the line. We’ve […]
Movie Review – Nails (2017)
Nails, 2017. Directed by Dennis Bartok. Starring Shauna Macdonald, Ross Noble, Steve Wall, Charlotte Bradley, Leah McNamara, and Richard Foster-King. SYNOPSIS: A recently paralysed woman struggles to retain her own sanity as the vengeful spirit of a former nurse begins to haunt her hospital room. If for, whatever reason, you’ve been looking for the very […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – Wilson (2017)
Wilson, 2017 Directed by Craig Johnson Starring Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Judy Greer and Isabella Amara SYNOPSIS: A lonely and socially-difficult middle-aged man battles his father’s sudden death by teaming up with his ex-wife to hunt down and reunite with the daughter they put up for adoption several decades earlier. The very concept of Wilson […]
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