Tony Black reports from Destination Star Trek: Europe 2016… Star Trek @ 50. Why hasn’t more of a fuss been made? That’s been on many Trekkie thoughts over the course of this year. Sure, Star Trek Beyond hit cinemas and Star Trek: Discovery is about to start filming, but celebrations of the landmark birthday for, […]
Movie Review – Shin Godzilla (2016)
Shin Godzilla, 2016 Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kôra, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Kunimura, Pierre Taki, Kyûsaku Shimada, Ken Mitsuishi SYNOPSIS: Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. Having been dormant in his native Japan since 2004’s Godzilla: Final […]
The Revival of the Cinema Experience
It wasn’t long ago that the future of cinema seemed to be not so much in doubt but verging on the downright bleak. After all, renting movies on DVD was cheaper and easier – and that was before the emergence of streaming and downloading films via the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime; even faster, […]
Sony confirms Spider-Man spin-offs
Prior to Marvel and Sony reaching a deal that would see the wall-crawler join the MCU, Sony had big plans for a Shared Spider-Man Universe with movies being developed for The Sinister Six, Venom and an ‘female Spider-Man film’. It has been rumoured that those plans were still on the cards, and Sony chairman Tom […]
Movie Review – Arcadia (2016)
Arcadia, 2016. Written and Directed by Tom Large. Starring Marc Baylis, Akie Kotabe, Sid Phoenix and Rufus Wright. SYNOPSIS: One man fights to give his family a future in a world crippled by disease where medical care is controlled by a totalitarian regime. Science Fiction over the years has often played on the notion of the […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight, 2016. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing […]
DVD Review – Tales of Poe (2014)
Tales of Poe, 2014. Directed by Bart Mastronardi, Alan Rowe Kelly Starring Caroline Williams, Debbie Rochon, Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Alan Rowe Kelly, Brewster McCall, Randy Jones. SYNOPSIS: An anthology film based on three of Edgar Allen Poe’s popular stories The Tell Tale Heart, Cask of Amontillado and Dreams. Anthology films are well loved among […]
October Horrors Day 10 – Maniac (1980)
Maniac, 1980 Directed by William Lustig Starring Joe Spinnell and Caroline Munro SYNOPSIS: Frank Zito, a mentally disturbed serial killer, is prowling the streets New York City looking for innocent victims to murder in order to quiet the voices in his head commanding him to kill. I should begin this particular review by being upfront […]
Movie Review – Vampyres (2015)
Vampyres, 2015. Directed by Victor Matello Starring Caroline Munro, Verónica Polo, Marta Flich, Almudena León, Anthony Rotsa, Lone Fleming SYNOPSIS: In this remake of the 1974 cult classic, two female vampires are living a life of murder and blood-drinking in an old English manor located in the woods. However, when their peace is disturbed by […]
Kevin Smith is pitching Mallrats TV series to Universal Television today
It started out as a movie, but the sequel to Kevin Smith’s 1995 comedy flop (at least in box office terms) Mallrats is now being pitched as a TV show with all of the original cast in place – minus Ben Affleck. Smith has been very public about his plans for the series and has […]
