Maison Close – Season 2 Created by Jacques Ouaniche.Starring Jemima West, Anne Charrier, Valérie Karsenti, Michaël Cohen and Catherine Hosmalin. SYNOPSIS: The brothel, ‘Le Paradis’, now collectively managed by its prostitutes, enjoys a period of commercial success once again. However the Paris vice squad wants to put an end to that revived utopia and pushes […]
Blu-ray Review – The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
The Fall of the House of Usher, 1960. Directed by Roger Corman.Starring Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey and Harry Ellerbe. SYNOPSIS: When Philip Winthrop visits his fiancée Madeline Usher in her decaying mansion, he finds his path blocked by her over-protective brother Roderick. Citing an apparent curse which hangs over the Usher family and […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – No One Lives (2012)
No One Lives, 2012. Directed by Ryûhei Kitamura.Starring Luke Evans, Gary Grubbs, Adelaide Clemens, Lee Tergesen, Derek Magyar, America Olivo and Beau Knapp. SYNOPSIS: A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem. Despite its kid-friendly TV shows, WWE Films […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – Cheap Thrills (2013)
Cheap Thrills, 2013. Directed by E.L. Katz. Starring Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner and Amanda Fuller. SYNOPSIS: Determined to drown his sorrows Craig heads to a bar where he runs into old friend Vince. Things then go from nostalgic to crazy when the duo hooks up with a wealthy couple out for […]
DVD Review – Extraction (2012)
Extraction aka Extracted, 2012. Directed by Nir Paniry.Starring Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Richard Riehle and Nick Jameson. SYNOPSIS:A scientist who has invented a technique to watch people’s memories finds himself in a dangerous situation after he’s tasked with entering a heroin addict’s mind to see whether the man committed murder. Watching this film […]
Second Opinion – The Frozen Ground (2013)
The Frozen Ground, 2013. Written and Directed by Scott Walker.Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell, and 50 Cent. SYNOPSIS: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. Some films try […]
Joss Whedon on the possibility of killing off characters in The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Last year, Joss Whedon left many a fanboy fighting back tears with the “death” of everyone’s favourite S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers (although of course the fan favourite is set to return next month for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Whedon is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches to the script for […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – Frankenstein’s Army (2013)
Frankenstein’s Army, 2013. Directed by Richard Raaphorst.Starring Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry, Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, and Mark Stevenson. SYNOPSIS: Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal […]
Luther creator rules out fourth series, planning a movie version
Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Luther creator Neill Cross has confirmed that the hit BBC One crime drama will not return for a fourth series, although he has once again expressed his interest in taking Idris Elba’s Detective Chief Inspector to the big screen to wrap things up with a Luther movie. “There […]
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Review – R.I.P.D. (2013)
R.I.P.D., 2013. Directed by Robert Schwentke.Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak, James Hong, and Marisa Miller. SYNOPSIS: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Will Smith plays a young, idealistic […]