Film Review – Cape Fear (1991)
Scorsese’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s The Executioner’s walks in the footsteps of the Peck/Mitchum classic about a lawyer and...
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Film Review – Possessor (2020)
The Cronenberg family fingerprints are all over this one. Brandon Cronenberg’s second feature film Possessor boasts the sort of transgressive...
Film Review – Antrum: The Deadliest Movie Ever Made (2018)
It’s curious that David Amito and Michael Laicini’s Antrum should come around not too long after Shudder’s Cursed Films documentary...
BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review – Possessor (2020)
The Cronenberg family fingerprints are all over this one. Brandon Cronenberg’s second feature film Possessor boasts the sort of transgressive...
BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review – The Painter And The Thief (2020)
Benjamin Ree’s moving, intriguing and, at times, fairly baffling documentary turned heads at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Much of...
Film Review – Gamera: The Complete Collection
Kaiju fans rejoice, for the gods of schlocky entertainment (Arrow Video) have surpassed even their own very high standards with...
Film Review – The Woman In Black (1989)
Christmas, it seems, has come early (or possibly very late) for fans of Nigel Kneale. Barring an unlikely resurrection of...
Film Review – Mr.Vampire (1985)
Ricky Lau’s comedy horror about hopping vampires and lovelorn ghosts just about holds it own, if you can turn a...
Blu-Ray Review – Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983)
In The Bridge on the River Kwai, William Holden says, in a very abridged quote: “All I need is love.”...
Film Review – Run (2020)
At this strange time, it seems de rigueur to describe the United Kingdom as a nation divided. It might be...
Film Review – Revenge (2017)
The rape-revenge genre is not one which has always covered itself in glory over the years. With roots in the...
Film Review – Sonic The Hedgehog (Second Opinion)
Poor old Sonic, despite his famed speed, he always seems to be one step behind his Italian counterpart, Mario. The...
Film Review – Judy (2019)
The critical adulation and awards bestowed upon Judy, or it’s leading lady I should say, should come as no surprise....
Film Review – Richard Jewell (2020)
Clint Eastwood has made a career – the latter half anyway – directing real-life dramas which radiate urgency and tautness...