Dark Encounter, 2019. Directed by Carl Strathie. Starring Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Vincent Regan, and Alice Lowe. SYNOPSIS: A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby […]
Alien abduction thriller Dark Encounter gets a trailer
Ahead of its UK premiere next month at FrightFest, a trailer has been released for writer-director Carl Strathie’s alien abduction thriller Dark Encounter which stars Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Vincent Regan, and Alice Lowe; watch it here… A year after the mysterious disappearance of their 8 year-old daughter, grieving Olivia and Ray return home with […]
Movie Review – Adult Life Skills (2016)
Adult Life Skills, 2016. Written and directed by Rachel Tunnard. Starring Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein, Lorraine Ashbourne, Eileen Davies, Rachael Deering, Alice Lowe and Edward Hogg. SYNOPSIS: A woman on the cusp of turning 30 is told she cannot continue to live in the shed in her mother’s back garden, which has been […]
Movie Review – Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, 2018. Directed by David Slade. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Tallulah Haddon, Laura Evelyn, Catriona Knox, Jonathan Aris, Paul Bradley, Alan Asaad, Suzanne Burden and Jeff Minter. SYNOPSIS: A young programmer makes a fantasy novel into a game for a big company. Trying to keep his […]
Trailer for Sometimes Always Never starring Bill Nighy and Sam Riley
Ahead of its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for the upcoming comedy drama Sometimes Always Never which is directed by Carl Hunter and stars Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny, and Alice Lowe. Sharp of suit and vocabulary, Bill Nighy plays deadpan Scrabble-obsessed Merseyside […]
First trailer for sci-fi thriller Solis starring Steven Ogg and Alice Lowe
Ahead of its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival next month, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Carl Strathie’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Solis which stars Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead) and Alice Lowe (Prevenge); watch it here… “Astronaut Troy Holloway (Steven Ogg, from The Walking Dead) wakes after a space accident to find […]
Blu-ray Review – The Ghoul (2016)
The Ghoul, 2016. Directed by Gareth Tunley. Starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Geoffrey McGivern, Rufus Jones, Paul Kaye, Niamh Cusack, and Dan Renton Skinner. SYNOPSIS: A cop goes undercover as a patient in order to investigate a psychotherapist involved in a strange murder case. With Ben Wheatley (A Field in England/Kill List) credited as executive […]
Movie Review – The Ghoul (2016)
The Ghoul, 2016 Directed by Gareth Tunley Starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Rufus Jones, Niamh Cusack, Geoffrey McGivern SYNOPSIS: A detective investigating an unusual double murder, goes undercover as a mental patient in order to get closer to a psychotherapist, but soon finds his very perceptions of reality crumbling away. Another bracing new talent, rising […]
Movie Review – Prevenge (2017)
Prevenge, 2017. Written and Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, Tom Davis, Kayvan Novak, Mika Wozniak, and Della Moon Synott. SYNOPSIS: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in […]
Second Opinion – Prevenge (2016)
Prevenge, 2016. Written and Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Kayvan Novak, Gemma Whalen, and Tom Davis. SYNOPSIS: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way. There is an […]