Freehold, 2017.Directed by Dom Bridges. Starring Javier Botet, Mim Shaikh, Mandeep Dhillon, Kola Bokinni, and Michael McKell.SYNOPSIS:An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revengeHave you ever been alone in your home and felt like someone […]
DVD Review – Cage Dive (2017)
Cage Dive, 2017.Directed by Gerald Rascionato. Starring Joel Hogan, Josh Potthoff, Megan Peta Hill, Pete Valley, Mark Fell, and Christopher Callen.SYNOPSIS:Three friends go shark cage diving in a bid to get on a TV reality show, only for things to go very wrong.In some territories Cage Dive comes with the prefix of Open Water 3 […]
Blu-ray Review – The Howling (1981)
The Howling, 1981.Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, John Carradine, Elisabeth Brooks, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Belaski, and Kevin McCarthy.SYNOPSIS:A female reporter is attacked by a notorious murderer so to get over her trauma she is sent to The Colony for relaxation. And then her problems really […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Blade of the Immortal, 2017.Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, and Kazuki Kitamura.SYNOPSIS:In ancient Japan, a young girl watches as her entire family are butchered by a master swordsman and his gang. Swearing vengeance, she seeks the help of an immortal samurai to train her for battle. When we talk of particularly prolific […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 7 – American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho, 2000.Directed by Mary Harron. Starring Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon and Willem Dafoe.SYNOPSIS:Patrick Bateman is a wealthy and successful banker living a luxurious life of expensive dinners and coke-fueled nights of clubbing in 1980s New York. Unbeknownst to his friends, Bateman is also a crazed serial killer divulging in the sadistic pleasures […]
61st London Film Festival Review – The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), 2017.Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Adam Driver, Judd Hirsch, Candice Bergen, Rebecca Miller, Danny Flaherty, Adam David Thompson, Ronald Peet, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, and Sigourney Weaver.SYNOPSIS:A dysfunctional family comes together when the father, a retired […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 6 – The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silence of the Lambs, 1991.Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, and Ted Levine.SYNOPSIS:A serial killer dubbed “Buffalo Bill” is kidnapping and murdering women, with the authorities struggling to apprehend him. To help the hunt for the elusive killer, young FBI recruit Clarice Starling seeks the help of cannibalistic murderer and […]
Movie Review – Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Brawl in Block Cell Block 99, 2017.Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Udo Kier, Don Johnson, and Marc Blucas.SYNOPSIS:A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.Shortly after being laid off from his position as an auto mechanic, Bradley comes home (American flag proudly […]
Movie Review – Life After Flash (2017)
Life After Flash, 2017.Directed by Lisa Downs.SYNOPSIS:Looking back at how Flash Gordon influenced movies, pop culture and its stars.Funded partly on Indiegogo back in 2015, Life After Flash is a movie that is made by fans, for the fans. This is its biggest strength, that beating heart right in the centre of this very entertaining piece. […]
Movie Review – On the Road (2016)
On the Road, 2016.Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Shirley Henderson, Paul Popplewell, James McArdle, Leah Harvey, and Wolf Alice.SYNOPSISLondon rock band Wolf Alice tour the UK and two members of their crew find love along the way. Few directors are anywhere near as prolific as Michael Winterbottom. But naturally, as with any filmmaker who averages […]
