Film Reviews

chris Banks 27 October 2012

The fifth volume of the BBC’s Christmas ghost stories, released by the BFI next week, sees the combined issue of...

Andrew McArthur 25 October 2012

90210's AnnaLynne McCord leads the cast of Excision, a dark, visually rich tale, filled with stirring horror and tinges of...

cleaver Patterson 25 October 2012

I hate using clichés so I'll get this out of the way fast. James Bond is back, and he's bigger...

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...