Review by Nia Edwards-Behi Sometimes different things you love come together with a promise of something great. When I read the words ‘Tom Hiddleston’ and ‘vampires’ I very much knew that Only Lovers Left Alive was going to be *my* film. Throw in the names Jim Jarmusch, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, and heck even Mia […]
Review by Ben Bussey Alright! Back to the 90s! Roboteers, stand by – here comes enthusiastic commentary from Craig Charles, post-battle interviews with Philippa Forrester fraught with sexual tension, and… oh, wait, it’s not Robot Wars the TV show, beloved of all British tech-nerds for playing host to death matches between homemade, remote-controlled miniature killing […]
By Keri O’Shea Now here’s a new one… Here at the site, we’re in the habit, if we’ve reviewed a film, of embedding the film’s trailer at the end of the piece. We do this so that if we’ve piqued reader interest, then they can straight away take a look at what the film may […]
Review by Quin For the longest time, I was convinced that the posters I was seeing for Nurse 3D were just some art project for some fake horror movie. There seemed to be many variations of these photos featuring a combination of model/actress Paz de la Huerta in a bondage style nurses uniform, no uniform, […]
By Keri O’Shea Well, it’s fair to say we’ve been offered found footage movies which cover a multitude of themes and genres over the past few years at Brutal as Hell, but a porno found footage movie? Yep, this is indeed the frame for Lucky Bastard, and when we got an offer to review it, […]
Review by Nia Edwards-Behi It just keeps happening. Jurassic Park turned twenty last year, as did The Nightmare Before Christmas. The year before that, Aladdin. Next year – whisper it – Toy Story. One of my most beloved films of childhood and, frankly, adulthood, The Lion King turns twenty this year. Those of us born […]
Review by Annie Riordan Hands up, all who agree that the “cabin in the woods” genre has worn out its welcome. Hands up now, who is sick to death of the “found footage” deluge? Okay, good. Now I have one more to add to the list: the “sweet faced little girl who is actually evil […]
Review by Ben Bussey Oh, the temptation to write a spiteful one sentence review. It would be so easy to do with a little perfunctory wordplay on the title. Bloody Hell. Bloody Waste of Time. What Was The Bloody Point of That, Then? When a film is promoted to you as “an unusually effective homage […]
Review by Comix The time between WW1 to the late 1950’s really was the Golden Age of comics, hence its rare alchemical name. A time before the silliness of the Silver Age and the downer of the Bronze Age, it was those beautiful few decades that helped shape the world of comic books. Art was […]
Review by Ben Bussey About twenty minutes into this film, I found myself wishing I’d taken a leaf out of Annie’s book and attempted this one as an as-it-happens review, much as she did with Adam Chaplin recently. As this slightly oddball, clearly cut-price attempt to capture the Dracula prequel market on DVD prior to […]
By Keri O’Shea As a fan and as a reviewer, I can usually find plenty to say about the pre-release movies I get sent. It’s what we do here, after all. Whether I love a film or I hate it, I can – I hope – explain my response to it in a fairly detailed […]