The superhero genre has always been a misnomer. Yes, there are common tropes involving characters in tights fighting against evildoers, but outside of that basic parameter we have seen such radical differences. From western tropes in Logan to the spy thrills of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, there are many facets the genre can explore.One […]
Blu-ray Review – Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection
Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection, 2020.Directed by Alejandro Jororowsky. Starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Tamara Garina, Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Horacio Salinas, and Zamira Saunders.SYNOPSIS:Box set featuring restored cult favourites by Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, although quite what they are about is anyone’s guess.You often hear about things being ‘Marmite’ in a reference to the […]
Blindspotting producers developing Firewatch adaptation
Snoot Entertainment, the production company behind Blindspotting and Little Monsters, is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo for a feature adaptation of the latter’s 2016 title Firewatch.The critically acclaimed game, which has sold over 2.5 million copies, is a first-person mystery taking place in 1989 and follows a fire lookout called Henry, who […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2020.Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, Anthony Welsh, Aneurin Barnard, Divian Ladwa, Rosalind Eleazar, Morfydd Clark, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse, Daisy May Cooper, Sophie McShera, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Aimée Kelly, Bronagh Gallagher, Ruby Bentall, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Cottle, […]
The New Mutants gets five character posters and a new TV spot
With just five days to go until the release of The New Mutants, five character posters have arrived online for the X-Men spinoff featuring Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), Mirage (Blu Hunt), and Cannonball (Charlie Heaton); check them out below along with a new TV spot for the movie…SEE ALSO: The […]
Exclusive Interview – You’ve Been Trumped Too director Anthony Baxter
Sean Wilson chats to filmmaker Anthony Baxter about his film You’ve Been Trumped Too, the latest in his series of eye-opening Donald Trump exposés…Barred for four years by the Trump Organisation, documentary You’ve Been Trumped Too is now available on demand. Originally intended for a 2016 release, and filmed in the months leading up to […]
The Northman – Destined for Greatness?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the upcoming Viking epic from Robert Eggers, The Northman…Robert Eggers is two features into his fledgling film career and has already established himself as a major voice in auteur horror. Comparisons to Kubrick have been thrown his way with two films, The Witch and The Lighthouse, which is high praise indeed. […]
Movie Review – Perfumes (2019)
Perfumes, 2019.Directed by Grégory Magne. Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Grégory Montel, Zelie Rixhon, Gustave Kervern and Pauline Moulène.SYNOPSIS:Having lost her career as a luxury perfume maker, a woman working in the world of fragrances bonds with a taxi driver.When they were offering career guidance at my school, the idea of becoming “a nose” never came up. […]
Master of Horror: Five Essential Dario Argento Films
Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Dario Argento…Although he has fallen from grace somewhat recently, during the 70s and 80s Dario Argento was the master of suspense and mystery. During this time he managed to craft some of the finest pieces of Italian giallo and genre films. Still, to this day his films […]
Watch the Black Adam teaser from DC FanDome
Although its production has been pushed back into early in the New Year due to the global health crisis, Dwayne Johnson was on hand yesterday at DC FanDome to give fans a taste of what we can expect when he dons the suit to take on the role of DC antihero Black Adam in next […]
