Bella Madge on The Rocky Horror Picture Show as it celebrates its 50th anniversary… Fifty years ago, a rocket-ship from the planet Transsexual, in the galaxy of Transylvania crashed landed on Earth. With its blood-red swagger and sequined charm, the aliens inside it flooded our soundwaves and filled our dancefloors. It was an infectious rebellion, […]
Rooting For The Villain
A good villain can make or break your film or series. A great one might just have an audience root for them… Any genre film or series that gets boiled down to good vs evil in its basest form, needs a good villain. Luke Skywalker needs Darth Vader and the Emperor. Sometimes you can just […]
The Shining at 45: The Story Behind Stanley Kubrick’s Psychological Horror Masterpiece
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind The Shining as it turns 45… Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining had a divisive reception from film critics at the time of its release. However, decades later the effort has been appreciated and hailed as one of the greatest horror flicks of all time. As the masterpiece celebrates its 45th […]
Three Days of the Condor at 50: The Story Behind the Classic Conspiracy Thriller
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Three Days of the Condor as it celebrates its 50th anniversary…. Although receiving somewhat of a muted response at the time of its release, Three Days of the Condor has since been reappraised and acknowledged as one of the best conspiracy thrillers to emerge from the 70s era […]
3 Spectacular Performances in James Gunn’s Superman That Stole The Movie
Anthony Cooper puts the spotlight on three movie-stealing characters from James Gunn’s Superman… James Gunn’s mesmerizing metahuman world of Gods and Monsters that is Superman will make you cheer, cry, and be dazzled by sheer movie-making magic. Of course, David Corenswet’s performance as Superman, the titular “Last Son of Krypton”, is a perfect mix of […]
Returning to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
For three consecutive years it was a huge Christmas big screen event, so how does The Lord of the Rings trilogy hold up today? Does it sometimes feel like the Christmas season can lack a really standout, all-consuming big screen event? Over the years, there have been some huge movies drop over the Christmas holidays […]
All You Need Is Kill anime movie gets an English-language trailer
GKIDS has shared a new English-dub trailer for All You Need Is Kill, the upcoming anime movie adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel, previously brought to the big screen in live-action back in 2014 with the Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt-led Edge of Tomorrow. Check it out below… Set in the year 20XX, ALL YOU […]
Chilling Retro Games to Play This Halloween
Andrew Newton is back with another annual list of spooky 8-bit retro game recommendations for Halloween… Halloween is here again, bringing with it the knocks on doors, shaving foam sprayed over door cams and five-foot-tall children shouting trick or treat through your letter box. Well, why not ignore the door and try some classic spooky […]
Gladiator at 25: The Story Behind Ridley Scott’s Sword-and-Sandal Epic
As its celebrates its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Ridley Scott’s Gladiator… The production of Gladiator was one rife with problems and delays. A proper script wasn’t in place when filming began, one of its prominent cast members passed away unexpectedly, and the shoot itself was a gruelling one for both […]
Sin City at 20: The Story Behind the Stylish, Blood-Soaked Neo-Noir Comic Book Adaptation
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Sin City as it turns 20… In present day Hollywood, shooting films in digital backlots has become something of a commonplace occurrence. But two decades prior it was viewed by the industry as the ground-breaking next step in VFX driven visual storytelling. In this context, we take a […]
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