One Mile Away, 2012 Directed by Penny Woolcock. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring gang tensions in inner city Birmingham and the attempts by two notorious gangs to bring peace to their neighbourhoods. This intriguing and effective documentary charts two years in the life of Birmingham’s urban sprawl; a tense and at time frightening place, particularly if […]

Good Vibrations, 2012 Directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glen Leyburn.Starring Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Ryder, Dylan Moran, Adrian Dunbar and Niall Wright. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the life of Terri Hooley, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast’s punk-rock scene. The late 70s punk scene of the United Kingdom (or, as we shall […]

The Inside, 2010. Written and Directed by Eoin Macken.Starring Tereza Srbova, Emmett Scanlan, Sean Stewart, Natalia Kostrzewa, Brian Fortune, Kellie Blaise, Vanessa Fahy and Eoin Macken. SYNOPSIS: A man discovers a tape which depicts a group of girls being by tormented by violent vagrants before succumbing to a horrific supernatural evil.  When The Blair Witch […]

Deadly Blessing, 1981. Directed by Wes Craven.Starring Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Douglas Barr, Jess East, Ernest Borgnine and Lois Nettleton. SYNOPSIS: When Martha marries into a close knit sect she finds herself shunned as an outsider by its fanatical members, but when her husband dies mysteriously while riding a tractor expressly forbidden as […]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1996. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise.Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, Tony Jay and Mary Wickes. SYNOPSIS: At the urging of his gargoyle pals, Quasimodo leave the solitary safety of his tower, venturing out […]

Baise-moi, 2000. Directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie. Starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. SYNOPSIS: Two young women embark on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Often a film will be made with a certain intent. Often a director and/or writer can struggle to adequately convey and ideals or message they set out to. […]

Sightseers, 2012. Directed by Ben Wheatley.Written By and Starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. SYNOPSIS: A couple set out on a dream journey across the British isles in a caravan, but it doesn’t take long for the dream to fade. When I watched Ben Wheatley’s second feature film Kill List, I couldn’t help but recall […]

Jack the Giant Slayer, 2013. Directed by Bryan Singer.Starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner and Ian McShane. SYNOPSIS: The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between […]

Compliance, 2012. Written and Directed by Craig Zobel.Starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pay Healy, Philip Ettinger, Bill Camp, James McCaffrey and Ashlie Atkinson. SYNOPSIS: When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Compliance stars Ann Dowd (Side Effects) as Sandra, a fast food manager […]

It’s Such a Beautiful Day, 2012. Directed and Narrated by Don Hertzfeldt. SYNOPSIS: Everyman Bill struggles to piece together his shattered psyche. If you were to draw the most rudimentary representation of yourself possible then chances are you would draw a simple stick figure. If you were then tasked with drawing another figure, one which […]