Review: Stan and Ollie – “It celebrates the pure joy that Laurel and Hardy brought to millions”
This is one of 2019’s films which I have been eagerly awaiting. I should explain that my father ensured as a youngster that I was...
Read MoreReview: The Favourite – “A delicious delight to watch”
My first film of the New Year and, oh boy, it was a damned good one too! You wait ages for a good historical, period film with strong...
Read MoreBook Review – Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time
Aardman Animation has, rightly in my opinion, become a national, and indeed international, treasure, a bastion of quality animation – most...
Read MoreReview: The Secret of Marrowbone – “A deliciously atmospheric, chilling drama”
This is the directorial debut of Sergio G. Sánchez, but I am sure many film-lovers, especially horror fans, will already be familiar with...
Read MoreReview: Bohemian Rhapsody
Directed by Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher. Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Tom Hollander,...
Read MoreReview: The Snarling – “An absolute hoot of a Brit comedy-horror”
Directed by Pablo Raybould. Starring Julia Deakin, Joel Beckett, Chris Simmons, Laurence Saunders, Ste Johnson, Albert Moses. Ferocious...
Read MoreDVD Review: House of Salem – “An interesting, inventive and frequently creepy Brit-horror”
First debuting at FrightFest’s New Blood strand in 2016, James Crow’s Brit-horror House of Salem finally gets a DVD release....
Read MoreReview: The Captain – “Unforgiving, raw and brutally powerful”
Written and directed by Robert Schwentke (The Time Travelers Wife, Flight Plan, Red, Insurgent), The Captain – Der Hauptmann, to give it...
Read MoreReview: Bedeviled – “Fun popcorn horror”
Using internet and social media as a new gateway for evil to stalk pretty, young teens in the American suburbs is hardly new – film...
Read MoreReview – Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story – “A powerful documentary”
Kangaroo has been doing the rounds on the international film festival circuit, receiving quite a bit of acclaim, and now with it being...
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