Director Dominic Cooke made his name in the theatre, with much-praised stints at The Royal Court, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre. TV’s award winning The Hollow Crown (2012) followed and he now arrives in cinemas with his first movie, On Chesil Beach, adapted from the novella by Ian McEwan. A self-confessed constant […]
Movie Review – On Chesil Beach (2017)
On Chesil Beach (2017) Directed by Dominic Cooke Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Sam West, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: It’s the early 1960s and newly-married couple, Florence and Edward, have arrived to spend their first night together at a hotel near Chesil Beach in Dorset. Their first attempt at […]
Christmas horror Sick for Toys gets a trailer and poster
Devilworks has released a poster and trailer for director David Del Rio’s upcoming festive horror Sick for Toys which stars Camille Montgomery, Jon Paul Burkhart, Justin Xavier, David Gunning, Melanie Thompson, Morgana Shaw, Katie Wallace; check them out here along with three images… The film tells the story of Roy, who accepts an invitation to have Christmas dinner […]
Movie Review – Island Zero (2017)
Island Zero, 2017. Directed by Josh Gerritsen. Starring Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Terri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas, and Elaine Landry. SYNOPSIS : A remote island off the coast of Maine, USA, finds itself cut off from the mainland when communications fail, and the ferry fails to appear. Then people start to disappear too, and the […]
The Most Disappointing: The ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope
Anghus Houvouras on the ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope… Blockbusters are frequently rife with clichés and tropes, gingerly strung together to construct a flimsy narrative from which they can hang their set-pieces. No one ever said big budget crowd-pleasers had to be wholly original. If that was a requirement we might only get 2 to […]
Blu-ray Review – Rawhead Rex (1986)
Rawhead Rex, 1986. Directed by George Pavlou. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O’Conor, Ronan Wilmot, John Olohan, and Heinrich von Schellendorf. SYNOPSIS: A farmer unleashes a demon known as Rawhead Rex, who proceeds to go on the rampage across rural Ireland. There is an unwritten rule in horror filmmaking that you don’t reveal your […]
Stan Lee’s The Virtue of Vera Valiant heading to the big screen
Over the past decade we’ve become very accustomed to seeing Stan Lee’s creations on the big screen, and we’ll soon be able to add another to the ever-expanding list, although this one is pretty far removed from Marvel superheroes. Deadline is reporting that Lee’s Pow! Entertainment is teaming up with China’s Tianying Media for an […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Box Set Directed by Michio Yamamoto. Starring Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura, Shin Kishida, Midori Fujita, Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Toshio Kurosawa, and Yukiko Kobayashi. SYNOPSIS: Blu-ray box set of three Hammer-inspired Japanese vampire movies from the 1970s. Made by Japan’s legendary Toho Studios – the company responsible for, amongst others, […]
Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens and more join Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell
Voltage Pictures has announced that Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad), Dan Stevens (Legion), Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Eka Darville (Jessica Jones) have joined the cast of Her Smell. The new additions join the previously announced Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Amber Heard (Justice League), Ashley Benson (Spring […]
Watch the trailer for action thriller The Hitman Agency starring Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson
Coinciding with its VOD release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for The Hitman Agency, the feature debut of filmmaker Dominik Starck, which stars Erik Hansen, Everett Ray Aponte and kickboxing legend Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson. Check them out here, along with the official synopsis… The ambitious professional hitman Lucas Kane (EVERETT RAY APONTE) […]
