Housebound, 2014 Written and directed by Gerard Johnstone Starring Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird, Ross Harper SYNOPSIS: Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she […]

Now that Quentin Tarantino has decided to move full steam ahead with The Hateful Eight – even going so far as to release a teaser trailer, which you can watch here – it’s being reported by Collider that the director is looking to add some Oscar-winning talent to the cast, with Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings […]

Back in January, a “report” emerged claiming that Mad Men star Jon Hamm had signed on the dotted line to portray the Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel’s then-without-so-much-as-a-director-attached Doctor Strange movie. While it came from a dubious source, the story still managed to pick up some traction; however, Hamm has now put the rumour to rest, […]

As Cersei Lannister once said, when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. And as fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga and the subsequent Game of Thrones television series will know, there’s a much greater chance of you dying. We’ve already seen numerous characters from […]

Thomas Roach on whether the rumours of Marvel Studios stopping origin stories is a good thing or a bad thing…. I’s been rumoured that the upcoming Doctor Strange movie that is expected to be released in 2016 will not be an origin story of the character. Apparently we will meet the  character already established, he […]

The Canal, 2014 Writen and directed by Ivan Kavanagh Starring Rupert Evans, Hannah Hoeskstra, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Steve Oram, Kelly Byrne, Callum Heath SYNOPSIS: Film archivist David has been having a rough time lately, as he suspects that his wife Alice has been cheating on him with one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when […]

The Last Showing, 2014 Written and Directed by Phil Hawkins Starring Robert Englund, Finn Jones, Emily Berrington, Keith Allen, Malachi Kirby and Chris Geere SYNOPSIS: A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras. There are movies that are saved by their premise and there […]

Channel 4 has announced that Charlie Brooker’s Emmy Award-winning anthology series Black Mirror is to return for a one-off special this Christmas, which will feature three interwoven stories in a feature-length episode. “I always enjoy a good ghost story at Christmas, and I’m a sucker for the Amicus’ compendium horror movies of the 70s,” said […]

Ahead of the series eight premiere of Doctor Who tomorrow evening, the BBC has announced that it is launching a companion series entitled Doctor Who Extra, which will air exclusively on BBC iPlayer. The episodes will run for 10 minutes each, and delve behind the scenes of each episode from the eighth series, with “unparalleled […]

Trevor Hogg chats with writer-director Luke Hyams as well as actors Melia Kreiling and Mark Bonnar about literally get some chills shooting a horror film in Northern Ireland… “My dad was a talented song writer and a great lover of films,” explains British independent filmmaker Luke Hyams.  “He exposed me to stuff like Alien [1979], Blade […]