The Reptile, 1966. Directed by John Gilling. Starring Noel Willman, Jacqueline Pearce, Ray Barrett, Jennifer Daniel and Michael Ripper. SYNOPSIS: Following the mysterious death of his brother, Harry Spalding (Ray Barrett) and his wife Valerie (Jennifer Daniel) move to an inherited cottage in small Cornish village with a dark secret. It is always refreshing to […]
Blu-ray Review – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies, 1966. Directed by John Gilling. Starring André Morell, John Carson, Jacqueline Pearce, Brook Williams and Michael Ripper. SYNOPSIS: As a mysterious plague ravagers a remote 19-century Cornish village, two scientists desperately search for an antidote, only to discover a world of black magic and a legion of flesh eating zombies. […]
DVD Review – Dexter: The Sixth Season
Dexter: The Sixth Season. Starring Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, David Zayas, Lauren Vélez, James Remar, Colin Hanks, Aimee Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Billy Brown and Mos Def. SYNOPSIS: Dexter Morgan and Miami Metro Homicide find themselves on the hunt for the Doomsday Killer after an outbreak of gruesome killings based […]
Blu-ray Review – A Bronx Tale (1993)
A Bronx Tale, 1993. Directed by Robert De Niro. Starring Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Francis Capra, Taral Hicks and Kathrine Narducci. SYNOPSIS: After witnessing a murder and refusing to identify the killer, a young boy is taken under the wing of a local mob boss who gradually introduces him to a […]
The Value of Game of Thrones
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Russ Fischer, for /Film, writes a post titled “First Pressing of Game of Thrones Just Became A Collectors Item”: “Unless you’ve been offline for the past few days you’ve likely read about the fact that, in the final episode of the first season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, […]
The Week in Spandex – The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, Avengers Assemble, Wolverine and the X-Men and more
Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With just over two weeks to go until the release of The Amazing Spider-Man, Sony’s marketing campaign has gone into full swing [sorry] on the Marc Webb-directed reboot, with a host of promotional material flooding the internet these past seven days. […]
Second Opinion – Rock of Ages (2012)
Rock of Ages, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. SYNOPSIS: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The cinematic musical is a […]
Pre-production shut down on Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles reboot, release pushed back to 2014
Following on from the recent delays to G.I. Joe: Retaliation and World War Z (both of which have been pushed back to 2013), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures has now shut down pre-production on the much-maligned Ninja Turtles reboot from producer Michael Bay (Transformers) and director Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans). […]
Thoughts on… Phantasm (1979)
Phantasm, 1979. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring Bill Thornbury, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister. SYNOPSIS: A young boy suspects a local mortician as the cause of recent mysterious disappearances. As American horror cinema was on the cusp of becoming flooded with recycled slasher films, thanks largely to the success of Halloween (1978), […]
The Lone Ranger riding behind schedule and over budget?
Despite the fact that Disney has already halted production on their big screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger once last year amid budgetary concerns, it seems that director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are yet to learn their lesson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the budget for the Johnny Depp / Armie Hammer team-up […]
