Eaten by Lions, 2017. Directed by Jason Wingard. Starring Jack Carroll, Antonio Aakeel, Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Vegas. SYNOPSIS: Omar and Pete are half-brothers raised by their grandmother after their mother and Pete’s father die in the freak accident of the film’s title. After finding a letter talking about his blood father, Omar decides to take […]
Movie Review – The Ciambra (2017)
The Ciambra, 2017. Written and Directed by Jonas Carpignano. Starring Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, and Damiano Amato. SYNOPSIS: In a small Romani community in Calabria, Italy, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. Amidst a backdrop of tensions between the local Italians, recent arrivals from African countries and his fellow Romani, Pio must decide […]
Movie Review – Dead List (2018)
Dead List, 2018. Directed by Victor Mathieu, Ivan Asen and Holden Andrews. Starring Matt Fowler, Nick Bandera, Holden Andrews, Rob Healy, Josh Eichenbaum, Eric Pierce, and Susan Stangl. SYNOPSIS: A group of actors all vying for the same role start to go missing in mysterious ways. An occult book detailing their names acts as check list for the […]
Movie Review – Island Zero (2017)
Island Zero, 2017. Directed by Josh Gerritsen. Starring Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Terri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas, and Elaine Landry. SYNOPSIS : A remote island off the coast of Maine, USA, finds itself cut off from the mainland when communications fail, and the ferry fails to appear. Then people start to disappear too, and the […]
Sci-Fi London 2018 Review – Precognition (2018)
Precognition, 2018. Directed and written by Luke Tedder. Starring Adam J. Bernard, Vanessa Russell, and Jessica Andrews. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, a man experiences terrifying visions of a past he can’t remember. His partner, who secretly works for a company that manipulates memory, attempts to uncover the mysteries surrounding them. Exploring a nefarious world where […]
Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: An academic and arch-sceptic is drawn into a quest to disprove the reality of three inexplicable cases of supernatural activity. Adapted from a successful stage play that first toured the UK in 2010, Ghost Stories is […]
Movie Review – Sanctuary (2016)
Sanctuary, 2016. Directed by Len Collin. Starring Kieran Coppinger, Charlene Kelly, Robert Doherty, and Amy-Joyce Hastings. SYNOPSIS: Two people engage in a romantic tryst, despite the watchful and disapproving eyes of society and the legal system. Sophie (Charlene Kelly) and Larry (Kieran Coppinger) are two people in love in this funny and moving Irish comedy drama. Based […]
Movie Review – The Third Murder (2017)
The Third Murder, 2017. Written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, and Izumi Matsuoka. SYNOPSIS: A leading attorney takes on the defense of a murder-robbery suspect who was convicted for another murder 30 years ago. The chances of winning the case seem low – the client freely admits his guilt, despite […]
Movie Review – Cold Hell (2017)
Cold Hell, 2017. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. Starring Violetta Schurawlow, Tobias Moretti, Robert Palfrader, Sammy Sheik, and Verena Altenberger. SYNOPSIS: A woman witnesses a brutal murder in her neighbour’s apartment building. The killer sees her, and the two take part in a tense struggle that will change both of them forever. Cold Hell, a tense new thriller from […]
Movie Review – The Energy Within (2017)
The Energy Within, 2017. Directed by Samuel de Ceccatty. Starring Stefanie Reid, Daniel Adegboyega, Marie-Helene Boyd, Aasiya Shah, and Suzy Bastone. SYNOPSIS: After recently recovering from an accident that cost her leg, a professional athlete aims to get her life and running career back on track. Based on her own real-life experiences, The Energy Within stars Paralympian Stefanie Reid in […]