Open Windows, 2014 Directed by Nacho Vigalondo Starring Sasha Grey, Elijah Wood, Neil Maskell SYNOPSIS: An actress named Jill refuses to have dinner with Nick, a fan who won a date with her in an Internet contest. In return, a guy named Chord, posing as Jill’s campaign manager, helps Nick to follow in the footsteps of the […]
Doctor Who Series 8 – Episode 1 Review – ‘Deep Breath’
Villordsutch reviews series 8 episode 1 of Doctor Who – ‘Deep Breath’… “I hate being wrong in public. Everyone forget that happened.” Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Ben Wheatley Doctor Who returned to our screens last night with ‘Deep Breath’, with Peter Capaldi finally taking the keys to the TARDIS and the BBC gaving […]
Second Opinion – Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Hector and the Search for Happiness, 2014. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgard, Toni Collette, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: A psychiatrist goes on a round the world journey to discover the secret to happiness. Every year a film like Hector and the Search for Happiness is released with […]
Book Review – Authority (Book 2 of The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer
Villordsutch reviews Authority (Book 2 of The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer… In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened … Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in ‘Annihilation’, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Show Pieces (2014)
Show Pieces, 2014 Written and directed by Mitch Jenkins Starring Siobhan Hewlett, Darrell D’Silva, Robert Goodman, Andrew Buckley, Ella Smith, Deak Teaser, Khandie Khisses, Alan Moore SYNOPSIS: Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins bring a “trilogy of terror” featuring “Act of Faith”, “Jimmy’s End” and “His Heavy Heart”. Comic book legend and famed adaptation hater Alan Moore […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Starry Eyes (2014)
Starry Eyes, 2014 Written and directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer Starring Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, Fabianne Therese, Shane Coffey, Natalie Castillo, Pat Healy, Nick Simons, Maria Olsen, Marc Senter, Louis Dezseran SYNOPSIS: A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange […]
What Do The Pub Names in The World’s End Mean?
Luke Owen looks at the pubs in The World’s End and what their names might mean…. If there is one thing that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg do very well when writing scripts, it’s foreshadowing. They always drop in little nuggets that will either give you a clue of how the film will progress or […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook, 2014 Directed by Jennifer Kent Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West and Tim Purcell SYNOPSIS: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. It’s a nightmare on […]
Film4 FrightFest Review – I Survived a Zombie Holocaust (2014)
I Survived a Zombie Holocaust, 2014 Written and directed by Guy Pigden Starring Harley Neville, Jocelyn Christian, Ben Barker, Reanin Johannink, Mike Edward, Andrew Lang, Simon Ward, Mark Neilson, Patric Davies, Harry Love SYNOPSIS: A young runner, on a Zombie film set, has the first day from hell when real Zombies overrun the set. Any movie […]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – The Mirror (2014)
The Mirror, 2014 Directed by Edward Boase Starring Jemma Dallender, Joshua Dickinson and Nate Fallows SYNOPSIS: Three intrepid flatmates who purchase the supposedly haunted antique on eBay and set up round the clock cameras in the hopes of capturing evidence of something going bump in the night. Good things tend to come in pairs. Dante’s Peak, […]
