Film Reviews

chris Banks 25 October 2012

With 2012, Diamond Jubilee, Para-Olympics, Olympic Games and all, placing London under the gaze of the world’s media; London: The...

Emily Pontin 22 October 2012

From director Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee) comes `What to Expect when you’re Expecting`, a film based on the book of...

Andrew McArthur 21 October 2012

Who doesn't love a good old fashioned shark movie? That is exactly what director, John Stockwell delivers with Dark Tide...

Andrew McArthur 21 October 2012

It was only five years ago that Oren Peli began to terrify us with the first Paranormal Activity film and...

Matthew Walsh 19 October 2012

Having spent the majority of 2012 hovering up accolades at numerous worldwide festivals, Beasts of the Southern Wild arrives in...

chris Banks 11 October 2012

Opening the 2012 London Film Festival, Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie has a previous incarnation as a 1984 short film. The original,...

Scott Clark 9 October 2012

In a cinematic landscape where the vampire sub-genre is populated with constant reworking and, more specifically, buggered half to death...

Andrew McArthur 9 October 2012

Luis Prieto's British made update of Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 film, Pusher, received its world premiere at this year's Edinburgh...

Ben Browne 8 October 2012

Rock of Ages is a song and dance extravaganza based around '80s rock and hair metal, featuring songs by bands...

cleaver Patterson 8 October 2012

I had such high hopes for Attack of the Werewolves (2011), the new Spanish monster horror which has been impressing...

Andrew McArthur 7 October 2012

From famed British action producer, Euan Lloyd comes Who Dares Wins, patchy, all star action thriller. Starring The Professionals' Lewis...

Andrew McArthur 7 October 2012

Monday sees the Blu-Ray release of perhaps the last great British action film, The Wild Geese. Starring Richard Burton, Roger...

David Rowley 7 October 2012

Long ago in ancient times there was a trickster amongst the gods named Prometheus. Credited with creating man from clay,...

Scott Clark 7 October 2012

For a film with the tagline: “The first real ghost story”, Apartment 143 (also known as Emergo) doesn't really seem to be...