Svengali Directed by John Hardwick Starring Jonny Owen, Vicky McClure, Martin Freeman SYNOPSIS: Welsh dreamer Dixie travels to London to manage the band of his dreams. Blind optimism and painfully positive enthusiasm, There is something to be said for always looking on the bright side of life, oblivious to the shackles that most of us […]

During an interview with The Daily Telegraph to promote his new film The Love Punch, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan has been reminiscing about his time as James Bond, stating that he is unable to watch himself as 007 as he was “never good enough”. “I felt I was caught in a time warp between Roger […]

Magic Magic, 2013. Directed by Sebastián Silva. Starring Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Agustin Silva. SYNOPSIS: A delicate and fragile young woman takes a Chilean roadtrip with some of her cousins’ friends, with unsettling and unexpected results. Juno Temple could never be accused of choosing easy roles. The St Trinian […]

Despite the fact that Sony has laid out the future of its Spider-Man franchise with The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man 4, Venom and The Sinister Six, and Marvel Studios having reportedly mapped out the Marvel Cinematic Universe until 2028, it’s the question that just won’t go away… will we see Andrew Garfield’s wall-crawler […]

Locke, 2013. Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Olivia Coleman. SYNOPSIS: A successful construction manager’s life is drastically changed by a series of phone calls while he drives. Ivan Locke gets in his BMW X5 one evening in Birmingham and he sets off on a journey to London. Over […]

Steven Spielberg has added a new project to his upcoming slate, with Variety reporting that he’s attached himself to the religious drama The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, which is currently being written by Tony Kushner (Munich, Lincoln). According to the report, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is based on a nonfiction book by David Kertzer […]

Alice Rush reviews the seventh episode of Bates Motel season 2… This week on Bates Motel saw characters leave, the tension between Norma and Norman escalate to breaking point and a shocking revelation. And yet it still managed to feel repetitive and slow. The overarching storylines that Bates has been tackling in this season have […]

Villordsutch reviews Afterparty by Daryl Gregory… If you wanted to be glib about this book you could say it’s a basic gumshoe novel of woman who thought she was out of the world of Numinous (brain altering drug) and was dragged back in due to the suicide of young teenage girl on said drug.  However, […]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, 2014. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field, B.J. Novak, Felicity Jones, Chris Cooper, and Denis Leary. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against […]