Sleepy Hollow, 1999.Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien and Christopher Walken.SYNOPSIS:In the year 1799, New York police constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the small village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a spate of grisly decapitations all seemingly committed by the supernatural Headless Horseman.One of […]
Movie Review – If It Were Love (2020)
If It Were Love, 2020.Directed by Patric Chiha.SYNOPSIS:Documentary exploring the process of constructing a dance piece inspired by 1990s rave culture.Dance is inherently cinematic. In fact, the widescreen delight of elaborate bodily contortions has featured in a number of movies at this year’s LFF, including the booze-soaked Danish drama Another Round and Steve McQueen’s brilliantly […]
Blu-ray Review – 976-EVIL (1988)
976-EVIL, 1988.Directed by Robert Englund. Starring Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O’Bryan, Jim Metzler, J.J. Cohen, Robert Picardo, and Lezlie Dean.SYNOPSIS:A bullied teenager finds the Devil’s phone number and gets some help in sorting out his problems.It’s that time of year again when Eureka Entertainment delve deep into the vault of 1980s cult classics to dig up […]
Movie Review – A Common Crime (2020)
A Common Crime, 2020.Directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martinez and Eliot Otazo.SYNOPSIS:A woman is tormented by guilt when she comes to believe that her actions contributed to someone being killed.Genre fans would be forgiven for getting excited during the opening moments of A Common Crime. The movie rolls its opening credits over […]
Movie Review – Body of Water (2020)
Body of Water, 2020.Written and directed by Lucy Brydon. Starring Siân Brooke, Amanda Burton, Fabienne Piolini-Castle, Nick Blood and Kazia Pelka.SYNOPSIS:A mother suffering from anorexia struggles to repair the relationship with her estranged teenage daughter.The poignancy of writer/director Lucy Brydon’s debut feature unfurls with a potent, twofold timeliness. Body of Water, a taut, quietly powerful […]
October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992.Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Issak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan.SYNOPSIS:In the town of Twin Peaks, prom queen Laura Palmer struggles through a troubled life with sex and drugs, all the while attempting to uncover the identity of the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival – Bad Tales
Bad Tales, 2020.Directed by the D’Innocenzo brothers. Starring Elio Germano, Max Malatesta, Gabriel Montesi, Cristina Pellegrino, Giulia Melillo, Justin Korovkin, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Tommaso Di Cola, Ileana D’Ambra and Laura Borgioli.SYNOPSIS:A series of families living in or close to Rome intersect as the actions of parents exert a corrupting influence on their children.If parents are messed […]
Movie Review – Cicada (2020)
Cicada, 2020.Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Sandra Bauleo, Michael Potts, Jason Greene and Cobie Smulders.SYNOPSIS:A bisexual man swaps casual sex for commitment when he finally meets someone with whom he believes he can truly be himself.If gay people are under-represented on the big screen […]
Movie Review – Ultraviolence (2020)
Ultraviolence, 2020.Directed by Ken Fero.SYNOPSIS:A very timely and powerful look at cases of deaths in police custody in the UK.In 2001, documentary filmmaker Ken Fero unveiled his ground-breaking, controversial movie Injustice, which told numerous stories of deaths in police custody in Britain. Almost two decades later, he’s returning to the subject with spiritual sequel Ultraviolence, […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The One Who Got Away’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Helstrom…The big bad is warming up, bodies are being piled like airport luggage and flashbacks involving graphic torture are hinting at past atrocities. Elsewhere blatant flirting, bare faced lying and some psychological manipulation all broaden this Helstrom universe hinting at a gathering momentum. Dream sequences and visions allow […]
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