It turns out I’ve been pronouncing radicchio wrong my whole life! Since the 90s anyway, when I realised there was a plant called radicchio. (In my defence, I didn’t eat an avocado til 1987.) This live action/CGI Peter Rabbit is only loosely based on the original – as my 8 year old said authoritatively, “it’s a sequel… Peter Rabbit Read More
Interviews with director Gary Sinyor & cast of “The Unseen”
In new British thriller The Unseen, Gemma (Jasmine Hyde) and Will (Richard Flood) have lost their only child Joel in an accident. As they struggle to cope, Gemma starts suffering intermittent sight loss, a terrifying condition which just adds to her disorientation, and which we experience through her eyes. Paul (Simon Cotton), a stranger, finds… Interviews with director Gary Sinyor & cast of “The Unseen” Read More
Interview With Simon Cotton – Paul In “The Unseen”
***Warning spoilers ahead! *** Paul, Simon Cotton’s character in The Unseen, can best be described as “handsome but creepy”. As soon as I saw him I suffered a bout of JustCan’tPutMyFingerOnIt-itis, and my creep radar went wild. But thanks to Simon’s performance I did struggle for much of the film as to whether I was… Interview With Simon Cotton – Paul In “The Unseen” Read More
Interview With Richard Flood – Will In “The Unseen”
Richard Flood plays Will in new British thriller The Unseen. He’s lost his son, and now has to deal with his wife Gemma intermittently losing her sight, and their new friend Paul, who is muscling in on their grief. Will’s own coping mechanisms aren’t working – he starts hearing their dead son Joel in their home, but is it psychological or something more… Interview With Richard Flood – Will In “The Unseen” Read More
The Unseen trailer – keep your eyes open and your wits about you
Upcoming British thriller The Unseen, about a well-to-do couple who lose their only son in an accident, has all the typical ingredients – a shocking family event, a strange new friend who may or may not be all he seems, and an isolated Lake District location. But what sets it above your average thriller is… The Unseen trailer – keep your eyes open and your wits about you Read More
Unseen, The 3.5 stars
I’m always surprised there aren’t more films set in the Lake District, particularly horror – that landscape of meres, tarns and rolling hills leading to grey jutting crags and high, lonely waterfalls can turn from benign to threatening in an instant. Factor in the area’s notoriously ropy mobile phone signal and the many isolated grey… Unseen, The Read More
Swallows and Amazons 4 stars
In the UK in the 1970s you really had to make your own fun, so a source of particular joy for children was sniggering at bedtime while one’s mother read aloud the exploits of the brilliantly named children Titty and Roger in Arthur Ransome’s classic tale of Lake District derring do. Sadly, though Roger remains… Swallows and Amazons Read More