Tom Jolliffe reviews the short film Neon, which premiered at FrightFest 2016… It’s a difficult task to create a short film which captivates and challenges an audience. This I know first hand. One might assume that you can pick up a camera and shoot something for nothing. In theory you could, but you leave yourself […]
Movie Review – Tiger Raid (2016)
Tiger Raid, 2016. Directed by Simon Dixon. Starring Sofia Boutella, Brian Gleeson and Damien Molony. SYNOPSIS: Two Irish mercenaries are tasked with a kidnapping operation in the Iraqi desert. Joe (Brian Gleeson) and Paddy (Damien Molony) travel via a 4×4 through the inhospitable middle-eastern desert to carry out an off-the-books operation, by a faceless, […]
Blu-ray Review – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Robert Downey Sr., Dwier Brown, Michael Greene, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent goes out for revenge when his partner is killed but has to resort to criminal […]
Blu-ray Review – Smokey & The Bandit: The Complete Collection
Smokey & The Bandit: The Complete Collection. Directed by Hal Needham/Dick Lowry. Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Colleen Camp, Dom DeLuise, Macon McCalman, Michael Mann, George Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: Box set featuring all three car chase movies remastered on Blu-ray, courtesy of Fabulous Films. Thanks to […]
DVD Review – Bloodsucking Bosses (2015)
Bloodsucking Bosses, 2015. Directed by Brian James O’Connell. Starring Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, Emma Fitzpatrick, Yvette Yates and Marshall Givens. SYNOPSIS: Evan is a dedicated office worker who is passed over for promotion in favour of newcomer Max, but once Max settles in to his new job the bodies start piling […]
Blu-ray Review – The Driller Killer (1979)
The Driller Killer, 1979. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz, Alan Wynroth. SYNOPSIS: A struggling artist goes insane and takes to the streets of New York armed with a drill and the desire to kill. One of the more notorious movies to have ruffled the feathers of Mary […]
Movie Review – Magnus (2016)
Magnus, 2016. Directed By Benjamin Ree SYNOPSIS: The life and times of Magnus Carlsen. How the “Mozart of chess” became World Champion at the age of 22. Magnus Carlsen is seated in front of ten Harvard Lawyers. He is facing the opposite direction from his opponents, and just for good measure, also blindfolded. The outcome […]
Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #5
Tony Black reviews Lucas Stand #5… Lucas puts himself and Cyd in danger when he kills an agent of Hell he wasn’t assigned in 1947 Hollywood. We’re racing toward conclusion now for Kurt Sutter & Catrin Kittridge’s limited run series Lucas Stand, which has been as dark and nihilistic as you might expect from Sutter […]
American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 9 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the ninth episode of American Horror Story: Roanoke season 6… And so we reach AHS: Roanoke’s climactic moments, and while a lot of promises are fulfilled in this episode, a whole load of questions are left unanswered, too. Episode 9 is much of the same of the previous episode – some great […]
Movie Review – The Anatomy of Monsters (2014)
The Anatomy of Monsters, 2014. Directed by Byron C. Miller. Starring Tabitha Bastien, Jesse Lee Keeter, Conner Marx, Keiko Green and Asher Vast. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring murderer Andrew lures a seemingly innocent woman back to a room in a seedy motel intending to make her his latest victim. However, much to his surprise, his intended victim […]
