Howl, 2015. Directed by Paul Hyett. Starring Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Elliot Cowan, Amit Shah, Sam Gittins, Duncan Preston, Sean Pertwee and Rosie Day. SYNOPSIS: A train full of passengers must band together to fight off a pack of bloodthirsty wolf-like creatures. Two new werewolf movies released in the same month? Must be close to […]
BFI Review – I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)
I Know Where I’m Going!, 1945. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie and Petula Clark. SYNOPSIS: Due to marry on the isle of Kiloran, Joan Webster sets off to Scotland to meet her future husband. At the final hurdle, she is stuck at the waters […]
Movie Review – Bloody Knuckles (2015)
Bloody Knuckles, 2015. Written and Directed by Matt O’Mahoney. Starring Adam Boys, Kasey Ryne Mazak, Ken Tsui, Gabrielle Giraud, Dwayne Bryshun, and Steve Thackray. SYNOPSIS: Travis is an underground comic book artist with a penchant for the obscene. When one of his comics insults a Chinatown crime boss, the gangster punishes Travis by removing his […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Perspiration Implementation’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s middling ninth season. This week, the boys tried their hand at sport and the girls offered to help Stuart with a business problem… This season of The Big Bang Theory is finally settling into its groove. The issue is that that’s not necessarily a […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Light Beneath Their Feet (2015)
A Light Beneath Their Feet, 2015. Directed by Valerie Weiss. Starring Taryn Manning, Madison Davenport, Maddie Hasson, Kali Hawk, Kurt Fuller, Carter Jenkins, Nora Dunn, and Brian King. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother. Issues […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 3 Review – ‘Cross-Channel Discount Buying’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams were tasked with buying a list of very specific products – in both Calais and Kent. Who would be able to negotiate the best prices? The negotiating task is always one of the highlights of The Apprentice and it’s unusual to see […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Megazine #365
Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd Megazine #365… Wow, Twenty-Five years of Judge Dredd Megazine! Issue#365 is celebrating a quarter of a century of being on this planet and continuing to please us by bringing joy to our lives with scenes of a dystopian future, demons & nuns fighting evil along with numerous other macabre nastiness! What the heck is wrong with us!? […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – Cash Only (2015)
Cash Only, 2015. Directed by Malik Bader. Starring Nikola Shreli, Stivi Paskoski, Danijela Stajnfeld, and Malik Bader. SYNOPSIS: In this gritty Detroit-set thriller, Elvis Martini (writer-star Nickola Shreli, in a gripping performance) is a single Albanian father and landlord trying to do the right thing. But since he’s in debt to both bookies and his […]
DVD Review – Tales of Halloween (2015)
Tales of Halloween, 2015. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp, Paul Solet. Starring Booboo Stewart, Ben Woolf, Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, Adriennne Barbeau, Lisa Marie, Barbara Crampton, Adam Green, John Landis, Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams, Noah Segan, Joe […]
DVD Review – We Are Still Here (2015)
We Are Still Here, 2015. Directed by Ted Geoghegan. Starring Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie, Larry Fessenden, Monte Markham and Elissa Dowling. SYNOPSIS: A family grieving over the loss of their son move out to the country, but they are not alone in their new home. The recent trend of revisiting the 1970s and […]
