Lipstick Under My Burkha wins Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2017
The winner of the third annual Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival has been announced as Alankrita Shrivastava's Lipstick...
Month: February 2017
Walt Disney Movies Revisted – Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Based on the beloved children’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this delightful animated film was one of Disney’s most rewarding...
Unhinged Remake Promo
The 1982 Splatter fest Unhinged gets a modern come back in the debut feature from director Dan Allen. Released from...
Bluray Review – The Last Detail (1973)
It seems to me as though the attitudes and characters presented in this film would probably be a very close...
Glasgow Film Festival Review – ‘The Demons’ (2015)
Philippe Lesage directs his first narrative feature, after the experience of making documentary films in the years which preceded this....
Glasgow Film Festival Review – ‘Free Fire’ (2016)
Ben Wheatley has once again pulled it out of the bag. 'Free Fire' also has an Exec Producer list as...
Bluray Review – Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
This film stars Americans Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea and is superbly directed by golden era Hollywood maverick Otto Preminger,...
Shane A Bassett’s 89th ACADEMY AWARD predictions
Growing up as a movie obsessed child into a cinematic devouring adult, Hollywood award season has always been my most...
Bluray Review – The Anderson Tapes (1971)
There's no messing about with this film or its characters. The Anderson of the title (Sean Connery) finishes up his...
DVD Review – Abandoned Dead (2017)
Left Films return in 2017 with this chillingly haunting film, Abandoned Dead. Following a security guard having to spend memorial...
Review – A Cure For Wellness (2017)
It is admirable that Gore Verbinski has a passion for the horror genre. Considering he dabbles mostly in the mainstream...
Film Review – T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Controversy surrounded the original Scottish drug induced 1996 release Trainspotting due to frank subject matter with graphically detailed often dark...
How To Upgrade Your Movie Viewer’s Level
Movies are often treated as an entertainment only, though cinematography is an art or even a science. Any film is...
Glasgow Film Festival Review – ‘Lost in France’ + live gig at O2 ABC, Glasgow
Film Irish director Niall McCann documents the rise of Glasgow indie label Chemikal Underground and the 1997 road trip that...