It Follows, 2014. Directed by David Robert Mitchell. Starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe. SYNOPSIS: Jay, a young woman, is excited to be dating the handsome Hugh. However after the two become intimate, Jay finds herself drugged and once awakened strapped to a wheelchair, from which Hugh explains […]
October Horrors Day 30 – Ash vs. Evil Dead
Ash vs. Evil Dead Created by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy Starring Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Jill Marie Jones and Lucy Lawless. SYNOPSIS: Set several years after the events of the films, the series follows Ash still working as a stock boy, still charming his way into the arms of various […]
12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 10 – Krampus (2015)
Krampus, 2015. Directed by Michael Dougherty. Starring Adam Scott, Emjay Anthony, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Conchata Ferrell, Allison Tolman, Stefania LaVie Owen, Lolo Owen, Queenie Samuel, Luke Hawker, Ivy Geoge, Maverick Flack, Gideon Emery, and Krista Stadler. SYNOPSIS: A family gets together for the annual festive celebrations, but all is not well in the household […]
Movie Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, 2016. Directed by Dave Green. Starring Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Peter D. Badalementi, Tony Shalhoub, Tyler Perry, Brian Tee, Gary Anthony Williams, Stephen Farrelly, Brad Garrett, Alessandra Ambrosio and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: As Shredder joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman […]
Movie Review – A Most Violent Year (2014)
A Most Violent Year, 2014. Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Ashley Williams, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Elyes Gabel and Albert Brooks. SYNOPSIS: In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city’s history. […]
Review – Brian Tyler live at the Royal Festival Hall
Sean Wilson reviews Iron Man 3 composer Brian Tyler’s sensational London concert… What does it take to an endure as a successful film composer in the 21st century? The answer, if you’re Brian Tyler, is versatility – and a lot of energy. Making his concert debut at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday night, the […]
Terminator 2 at 25: Revisiting Cinema’s Greatest Sequel
Edward Gardiner revisits Terminator 2: Judgment Day on its 25th anniversary… *Spoilers for the Terminator franchise There was a time, if you remember, when James Cameron wasn’t weirdly obsessed with those funny blue aliens over on Pandora. Back in the early ’90s, when Tarantino was paving his way into Hollywood and Spielberg was bringing dinosaurs back to life, Cameron […]
Movie Review – Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey. (2014)
Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey., 2014. Directed by Ate de Jong. Starring Edward Akrout, Matt Barber, Megan Maczko, and Helen Bradbury. SYNOPSIS: A shocking home invasion irrevocably changes the lives of all involved in ways neither victims nor perpetrator could have imagined. Fifty Shades of Grey meets Funny Games in the latest movie from Ate de Jong, the Dutch […]
Hooked on a Feeling: Remembering Guardians of the Galaxy
With the sequel on release now [read our review here], Sean Wilson casts his mind back to summer 2014 when the original Marvel adventure became the true underdog champ of blockbuster movies… A kindly tree-like creature named Groot illuminates a series of spores, imbuing his superhero misfit buddies with a profound sense of wonderment. Tyler […]
Gotham Season 4 Episode 10 Review – ‘Things That Go Boom’
Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Gotham season 4… Multiple threads, numerous explosions and enough twists and turns to keep the most attention deficient audience member happy, is what Gotham gave us this week. Dark and moody, violent and riddled with double bluffs piled six feet high, this is the season you need to […]