Reviews

Review: ADVERSE Is Gritty Neo-Noir With A Great Turn From Mickey Rourke

Brian A. Metcalf has crafted a solid neo-noir with Adverse. The writer-director-producer offers a glimpse into the underbelly of Los Angeles as this dark thriller prowls the after hours streets of the City of Angels. Metcalf has managed to snag a [...]

May 14, 2021

Review: Chino Moya’s Dark Dystopian Sci-Fi Drama UNDERGODS

Chino Moya’s Undergods is a darkly comic dystopian drama which has a strong feeling of uneasiness running throughout. Set in an unnamed futuristic world, Moya’s film tells three stories which make The Tales Of The Unexpected seem like Looney [...]

May 9, 2021

Review: Jason Statham & Guy Ritchie Deliver Entertaining Action Thrills In WRATH OF MAN

Guy Ritchie’s latest teaming with Jason Statham, Wrath Of Man is an energetic and well produced action film with which delivers enough bone-crunching thrills to keep fans of the genre happy. If you’re looking for plot and nuance, you might want [...]

May 6, 2021

Review: THE MORTUARY COLLECTION Is A Delightfully Devilish Take On Tales From The Crypt

The Mortuary Collection is an entertaining and darkly comic horror film from writer/director Ryan Spindell. A variation on the Tales From The Crypt type anthology, the film stars Clancy Brown as Montgomery Dark, the ghoulish Mortician in the New [...]

May 6, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Tim Burton’s Brilliant BIG FISH Is Worth Catching

The films of Tim Burton have often been criticised for being more about style than substance. Critics would say that they feature a lack of humanity, leaning heavily on visuals rather than heart. This cannot be said for 2003’s Big Fish, a [...]

May 3, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Julia Ducournau’s Carnivorous Coming Of Age Horror RAW

Julia Ducournau’s Raw is a powerful coming of age movie about a young woman discovering who she is after she goes to university for the first time. Raw just also happens to be a coming of age story which features cannibalism as a central concept. [...]

April 27, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Gritty ’70s Italian Thriller SILENT ACTION

Sergio Martino’s Silent Action is a brilliantly layered Italian thriller from 1975. Taken on a superficial level, you might be fooled into thinking that Martino’s film is a Roman Dirty Harry, but this has much more depth than simply being just [...]

April 24, 2021

Review: Horror/Comedy BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL Is A Vampire Movie With An Irish Twist

Writer/director Chris Baugh delivers a hugely entertaining comedy/horror with Boys From County Hell. The Irish vampire film is perfectly balanced – it’s loaded with laughs, scares, gore and a lot of heart – and this makes it a [...]

April 20, 2021

Review: LADDIE: THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVIES Is A Heartfelt Portrait Of A Hollywood Mogul

Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies is a richly textured and heartfelt documentary which looks at the life and career of studio chief and film producer Alan Ladd Jr. Ladd, the son of Hollywood star Alan Ladd might not be a household name, but his [...]

April 20, 2021

Blu-ray Review: 101 Films Gives Cult Horror SPOOKIES A Phenomenal Release Package

Film: Blu-ray: Spookies is a horror film which has attained cult status over the years for all the wrong reasons. After arguments with producer and funder Michael Lee, writer/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and co-writer and [...]

April 18, 2021

Review: Andrea Bræin Hovig & Stellan Skarsgård Star In Maria Sødahl’s Stunning HOPE

Hope is a semi-autobiographical piece of cinema from writer-director Maria Sødahl. The Norwegian filmmaker’s last film was 2011’s Limbo and Sødahl took a long hiatus following its release after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Hope is [...]

April 13, 2021

Review: Charlotte Kirk Vs Sean Pertwee In Neil Marshall’s THE RECKONING

Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning isn’t the movie you’re expecting. You might think that this latest film from the Dog Soldiers and The Descent director is a supernatural revenge movie – and while it does feature those elements, [...]

April 13, 2021

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