A chance encounter with the vampiric Master leads to browbeaten minister’s wife Anne discovering a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. “Are blonde ladies normally considered vampires?” asked my 9 year old, eyeing Barbara Crampton and then me after wandering in while I watched Jakob’s Wife. After… Jakob’s Wife Read More
The world is healing, by blowing everything up: the new F9 trailer is here
Flying cars! Flipping mega-trucks! Sibling rivalry! The haircut of nightmares! I think this is the second trailer for Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga, though who even knows any more? It was inevitable we’d start seeing COVID allegories and metaphors in all the movies we see, regardless of when they were made, but I… The world is healing, by blowing everything up: the new F9 trailer is here Read More
Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer
“A simple in-and-out,” he said. But really, who pays $50 million for that? Las Vegas has been sealed off with its zombies, when zombie-war hero Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is offered that huge sum to break in and “rescue” $200 million from a vault beneath the Strip. Unfortunately once he and his team get inside… Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer Read More
INTERVIEW: Matt & Tori Butler-Hart on their parallel universe lockdown movie
I was offered a regular role in a well-known TV soap back in 2004/5 and turned it down… I do wonder what *that Matt* is up to. Tori and Matt Butler-Hart, the wife-and-husband team behind Fizz & Ginger Films, seem to excel in exploring other, and indeed other-worldly, realms. First it was the spooky siren… INTERVIEW: Matt & Tori Butler-Hart on their parallel universe lockdown movie Read More
Hey, “Frankie”! New trailer and UK release date
“I wish Isabelle Huppert was my mum” hive assemble! Huppert leads an outstanding cast that includes Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei and Greg Kinnear in what promises to be a funny and utterly engaging cinematic treat. Here’s the new UK poster and scroll down for the synopsis and trailer. Unfolding over the course of a late summer’s… Hey, “Frankie”! New trailer and UK release date Read More
Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date
*** My review is now live *** I think so, anyway — you may prefer to drown your sorrels, judging by its US reception. Yes, the film that had the US abuzz with astonishment is finally coming here: Wild Mountain Thyme will be available for digital rental on 30 April (there’s a Republic of Ireland… Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date Read More
CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS. This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
Whats up, droog! Space Jam: A New Legacy has a trailer
I haven’t seen the original Space Jam so I am presenting this new trailer without comment. Well almost, as the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange appear too, courtside, plus it looks fun (LeBron and the cartoon bunny, not the Droogs). That’s it! That’s the article! Oh wait here’s the synopsis and the actual trailer, which… Whats up, droog! Space Jam: A New Legacy has a trailer Read More
Shhh! Chaos Walking explained
Very spoilery about the film (I haven’t read the book!) If you just want the ending, scroll down past the “orange trousers” photo… My review is here. The title is from an unnamed New World settler: “The Noise is a man’s thoughts, unfiltered, and without a filter, man is just chaos walking”. There are four… Shhh! Chaos Walking explained Read More
Chaos Walking 2.5 stars
100 years in the future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet. Despite its big budget, Doug Liman’s film mainly reminded me of those 1970s/80s sci fi serials on British TV that involve endless running through Oxfordshire woodland – there is lots of dashing through trees, some visual effects,… Chaos Walking Read More
It’s all kicking off! Jason Statham is a man with a grudge in the Wrath Of Man trailer
With my severely truncated attention span after a year of various lockdowns, I have developed a new fondness for trailers which tell you a lot about the film – and Wrath Of Man is just such a beast. When I started watching it I knew nothing about it but title, star and director – now… It’s all kicking off! Jason Statham is a man with a grudge in the Wrath Of Man trailer Read More
2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release…
“Everybody and his mother wants to kill me!” The new Digital HD release is out this May, as the sci-fi classic starring Keanu Reeves reaches its quarter-century. This synopsis doesn’t actually sound too far out, only they missed COVID: In the 21st century the information superhighway has developed so far that cyberspace is the norm… 2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release… Read More