Blade Runner, 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah and Edward James Olmos. SYNOPSIS: A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. As part of the BFI’s Science Fiction season, […]
The Triumphant Return of the 80’s Style Synth Score!
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the return to popularity of the 80’s style synthesizer score… Cinema and the orchestra have had a long-standing relationship. Over the years the big screen has been almost as much about the accompanying music as the film. When someone like John Williams creates iconic, rousing, emotional, bombastic and beautifully […]
Movie Review – Blue World Order (2017)
Blue World Order, 2017. Directed by Che Baker and Dallas Bland. Starring Jake Ryan, Billy Zane and Bruce Spence. SYNOPSIS: The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which civilisation has crumbled. A massive electromagnetic pulse has killed all children on the planet with the exception of Molly (Billie Rutherford), the daughter of Jake […]
Movie Review – Apocalypse Road (2016)
Apocalypse Road, 2016. Directed by Brett Bentman. Starring Katie Kohler, Ashlyn McEvers, Nellie Sciutto, and Lance De Los Santos. SYNOPSIS: Apocalypse Road follows the journey of two sisters while separated during a post apocalyptic depression. There was a time in the 80’s when you couldn’t move for post apocalyptic action films. After the success of […]
Movie Review – Live-Evil (2015)
Live-Evil, 2015. Directed by Ari Kirshenbaum. Starring Vladimir Kulich, Charlene Amoia, Vincent M. Ward, Tony Todd, J. Richey Nash, and Karen Wheeling Reynolds SYNOPSIS: Supernatural forces are locked into a college town police force’s basement jail. The sheriff and his deputies are subjected to psychic attacks, preying on the fears of the loyal officers and only those […]
Movie Review – Never Let Go (2017)
Never Let Go, 2017. Directed by Howard J. Ford. Starring Angela Dixon, Lisa Eichhorn, Velibor Topic, Nigel Whitmey, and Rami Nasr. SYNOPSIS: Award-winning actress Angela Dixon stars in this international action-thriller about a single mother desperately searching for her missing child in a beautiful, but unfamiliar land, following an apparent abduction. Trusting no one, she […]
Horror Channel FrightFest Review – Eat Locals (2017)
Eat Locals, 2017. Directed by Jason Flemyng. Starring Charlie Cox, Freema Agyeman, Mackenzie Crook, Tony Curran, Eve Myles, Ruth Jones, Annette Crosbie, Vincent Regan, Nick Moran, and Dexter Fletcher. SYNOPSIS: Facing difficult times and with their glory days long gone, the eight undisputed British vampire overlords gather up for their semi-centennial meeting. However, before the […]
Movie Review – Anti Matter (2016)
Anti Matter, 2016. Written and Directed by Keir Burrows. Starring Yaiza Figueroa, Philippa Carson, Tom Barber-Duffy, and Noah Maxwell Clarke. SYNOPSIS: Ana, an Oxford PhD student finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find […]
Movie Review – The Domicile (2017)
The Domicile, 2017. Written and directed by Jared Cohn. Starring Steve Richard Harris, Demetrius Stear, Katherine Flannery, Sara Malakul Lane, and Amanda Ruth Ritchie. SYNOPSIS: When Russell’s wife accidentally dies in their home, his mental state goes from bad to one of utter despair. As the ghost of his dead wife awakens, her spirit becomes […]
Movie Review – Boyka: Undisputed (2016)
Boyka: Undisputed, 2016. Directed by Todor Chapkanov. Starring Scott Adkins, Teodora Duhovnikova, Martyn Ford, Brahim Achabbakhe, Emilien De Falco, Alon Aboutboul, Julian Vergov, and Valentin Ganev. SYNOPSIS: In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands […]
