It’s the burning question coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and one that’s spawned many theories since the release of the first chapter of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy last December: just who are the parents of Daisy Ridley’s Rey? One such theory is that Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso – the protagonist of the upcoming […]
Watch an exclusive clip from British thriller Panic
Director Sean Spencer’s urban thriller Panic opens in the UK next month, and we have an exclusive clip from the film, which stars David Gyasi (Interstellar, Cloud Atlas, The Dark Knight Rises, Doctor Who) and Pippa Nixon (Cuffs, Containment, John Carter). Check it out below, or over on our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of […]
October Horrors Day 24 – Kill List (2011)
Kill List, 2011. Directed by Ben Wheatley Starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring and Emma Fryer SYNOPSIS: Kill List follows former soldier turned hitman Jay who has not taken on a contract since a failed job in Kiev and is struggling with financial difficulties. However, a tantalising solution to his woes lands on the table, […]
Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals, 2016. Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: Rich, glamorous and successful gallery owner Susan (Amy Adams) seems to have it all. But her life is starting to crumble and when her ex-husband sends her the manuscript for his […]
Second Opinion – The Light Between Oceans (2016)
The Light Between Oceans, 2016. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz and Bryan Brown. SYNOPSIS: After the end of World War I, former soldier Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) takes the solitary job of lighthouse keeper off the coast of Western Australia. On the mainland, he meets the vivacious Isobel Graymark […]
Blu-ray Review – Christine (1983)
Christine, 1983. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Christine Belford, Roberts Blossom, William Ostrander. SYNOPSIS: An unconfident bullied teenager buys an old car that seems to have an effect on his personality. 1983 was something of a banner year for movies based on Stephen King […]
Tyler Perry scores big and beats Tom Cruise with Boo! A Madea Halloween as it opens to $27 million
Released in the run-up to All Hallow’s Eve, not many people gave Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween a fighting chance as it competed against the Tom Cruise-starring Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and horror prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil, but the comedy spoof beat them both. Screening in significantly less theatres than both Jack Reacher: Never Go Back […]
Blu-ray Review – Body Double (1984)
Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Crampton, Gregg Henry, Dennis Franz, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd. SYNOPSIS: An out-of-work actor becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman after spying on her through a telescope, leading to a series of nasty events. After beginning the 1980s with the triple-whammy of […]
Beau Knapp to play the main villain in Death Wish
Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake has found its main villain, with Deadline reporting that Beau Knapp (Southpaw, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) has signed on to the project alongside Bruce Willis’ Paul Kersey. The remake of the 1974 revenge thriller is currently shooting in Montreal, with a cast that also includes Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil), Dean Norris […]
John Wick: Chapter 2 director on taking the Aliens approach to the sequel
This February sees Keanu Reeves returning to the role of retired assassin and killing machine John Wick for a sequel to the 2014 action thriller, and director Chad Stahelski has been speaking to Collider about the approach they adopted for John Wick: Chapter 2, comparing it to that of James Cameron’s Aliens. “We decided to […]