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 […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi Put two horror fans in the same room as each other and they’ll undoubtedly find countless films to collectively gush over, sharing their love for a broad and persevering genre until the cows come home. Give a whole bunch of horror fans internet access and conventions and film festivals and you’ll end […]
Review by Ben Bussey What would you do if you knew it was your last day on Earth – indeed, the last day on Earth full stop? We tend to love our post-apocalyptic fantasies – in which, invariably, it is not life itself but the social order that has been eradicated – but movies which actually face the end […]
Review by Ben Bussey My mama always said that life is like a microbudget indie movie from a first time writer-director: you never know what you’re gonna get. Oftentimes the results are a little messy, with inexperience and uncertainty very much in evidence. However, there’s often a spark of real excitement and a charge of […]
By Keri O’Shea Much as I love supernatural horror, it has to be said that I’m one fussy bitch when it comes to the genre. Don’t get me wrong – it doesn’t stop me watching purportedly scary films – only frequently finding faults with what I do see. I guess, deep down, I’m always holding […]
Review by Ben Bussey It all could have gone so well. A dystopian futuristic fantasy for the Occupy generation, Bounty Killer shows a devastated world in which – hooray! – the white collar criminals have actually been held accountable for their crimes, every tax-dodging corporate fat cat having been forced into hiding with a price […]