The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are two of AMC’s most successful and critically acclaimed shows, but could they actually be connected? Well, there’s a fan theory doing the rounds that suggests just that, and Netflix has released a video which explores the evidence that Walter White is ultimately responsible for the zombie apocalypse. Watch […]
Movie Review – The Unspoken (2015)
The Unspoken, 2015. Directed by Sheldon Wilson Starring Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Pascale Hutton, Anthony Konechny, Jake Croker SYNOPSIS : In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed…until now. While confusion and mystery is at […]
DVD Review – Abbey Grace (2016)
Abbey Grace, 2016. Directed by Stephen Durham. Starring Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, Semi Anthony, Maggie McNabb. SYNOPSIS: After her mother dies, a professional woman puts her career on hold to move back home to look after her agoraphobic brother who has not left the house for years. She soon discovers that the house holds […]
Katherine Waterston joins Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon in The Current War
Katherine Waterston has signed on to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming drama The Current War. The film is being directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and revolves around the real life battle between Thomas Edison (Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse […]
Max Landis to write and direct American Werewolf in London remake
John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London is set for the remake treatment, with Landis’ son Max Landis signing on to write and direct a new take on the 1981 cult classic. The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman and David Alpert are producing the remake through Skybound Entertainment for Universal Pictures. John Landis is also attached […]
DVD Review – 50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
50 Years of Star Trek, 2016. Directed by Ian Roumain. SYNOPSIS: 50 Years of Star Trek isn’t an exhaustive documentary, since you can only cram so much into 85 minutes, but it is a nice look back at a franchise that has endured for half a century. It’s also notable for containing Leonard Nimoy’s last […]
R.I.P. Gunnar Hansen (1947-2015)
Icelandic-born actor Gunnar Hansen, star of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has passed away at his home in Maine after a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 68. Hansen made his screen debut in Tobe Hooper’s horror classic, portraying the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, one of the genre’s most iconic characters. Opting to pursue a writing career after […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – The Witch (2015)
The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie. SYNOPSIS: A family of settlers is slowly torn apart by supernatural forces in 1630s New England. ‘The scariest film of all time / the year / in decades’ is a phrase that appears on the posters of every single horror […]
Movie Review – Black Souls (2015)
Black Souls, 2015. Directed by Francesco Munzi. Starring Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta and Fabrizio Ferracane. SYNOPSIS: The story of three brothers, the sons of a shepherd, close to the ndrangheta and of their divided souls. Tantalisingly steady in its pace, Black Souls toys with the idea of classical Mafia crime drama, subverting its stereotypical themes […]
Watch the short film Sidekick starring Emily Bett Rickards, Tom Cavanagh and Josh Dallas
Writer-director Jeff Cassidy has released his new superhero-themed short film Sidekick, which features an impressive cast that includes Emily Bett Rickards (Arrow), Tom Cavanagh (The Flash), Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time) and Christian Michael Cooper (Prison Break) and tells the story of a struggling father who uses a bedtime story to impart an important […]
