On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station-but when the hitman turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs. It’s all very well working on the assumption that your enemy’s enemy is your friend,… Copshop Read More
The When The Screaming Starts serial killer table — how did your favourite do?
WARNING: VERY SPOILERY. Proceed at your own risk, as if you’ve just been shown round a motel bathroom by Norman Bates (If you’re after my review, it’s here. Or check out my interview with writer-director Conor Boru.) Cults are something of a Family business, albeit in Aidan’s case not a very financially successful one. You… The When The Screaming Starts serial killer table — how did your favourite do? Read More
When The Screaming Starts 4 stars
A would-be serial killer decides to start a Manson-like murder cult with his girlfriend. Claire, Lady Macbeth to Aidan Mendle’s David Brent, is up front about what she can offer. “If you kill someone we can have sex,” she tells her boyfriend and murderer-in-training. The film-within-a-film being made in horror mockumentary When The Screaming Starts… When The Screaming Starts Read More
The Last Bus: the terminus approaches
Sorry for the bad taste pun but it was that or “end of the road”. Yes, Tom makes it to the end of his journey, literally. This is very spoilery about his past and how the ending plays out, so if you’re just after my review it’s here. Though initially we are led to believe… The Last Bus: the terminus approaches Read More
The Last Bus 2.5 stars
An elderly man takes his wife’s ashes from Scotland to Cornwall, by bus. Tom Harper, the old man at the centre of The Last Bus, is one of those people who says little while conveying a lot. Part-way through his long journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End he’s staying overnight in a scruffy hotel,… The Last Bus Read More
The Nest ending: did you twig?
If you can remember the ’80s, were you really there? Do you want to remember? What, even the shoulder pads? Very spoilery. (My five star review is here.) “Rory. Stop.” So ends The Nest, with wife Allison finally asserting her authority, literally and figuratively now at the head of the table, when he skulks in… The Nest ending: did you twig? Read More
The Nest 5 stars
An insecure British trader in New York relocates his family back to the UK at the start of the ’80s financial boom. Back in 1987 a Volkswagen Golf advertisement showed a beautiful blonde woman in London striding away in anger from her presumably feckless husband towards her reliable old VW, while literally throwing away the… The Nest Read More
“You feel like the sentinels that are guarding the Earth”: trailer for The Wonderful — Stories From The Space Station
Do check out this trailer, which is packed full of insight and wonder from the multinational group of people orbiting above our heads. It bodes well for the full documentary. (I assume they’ve also included something about how the ISS astronauts go to the loo, it’s the Law of Space Documentaries.) While the rest of… “You feel like the sentinels that are guarding the Earth”: trailer for The Wonderful — Stories From The Space Station Read More
Diana endures a royal family Christmas in Spencer teaser
Classic ’80s fashions. Massive hair flicks. Brittle British Royals who all look like horses. And, in the centre, Kristen Stewart as People’s Princess, Lady Diana Spencer. (She was always Diana Spencer.) Yes after the Spencer teaser poster release comes the teaser trailer, and it’s mesmerising. Here’s the synopsis: The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince… Diana endures a royal family Christmas in Spencer teaser Read More
Spencer teaser art shows the sadness behind the seductive fairytale
Kristen Stewart is Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer, out in US and UK cinemas on 5 November. Here’s the synopsis: The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There’s… Spencer teaser art shows the sadness behind the seductive fairytale Read More
Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts
“Imagine Louis Theroux meets the Manson Family…” Conor Boru With so much blood it’s even gushier than a BAFTA ceremony full of luvvies, serial killer mockumentary When The Screaming Starts has a particularly British sensibility to it, what with its David Brent-like main character, Aidan, who wants to become a mass murderer, the campervan-driving documentary… Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts Read More
Teaser trailer: Comedy horror mockumentary When The Screaming Starts
A wannabe serial killer, a warped filmmaker, and a murderous cult on a blood-soaked rampage. When The Screaming Starts is a darkly comic tale of how far we will go in order to achieve our ambitions. *** My review is now live — plus read my interview with director and co-writer, Conor Boru *** I’ve seen the… Teaser trailer: Comedy horror mockumentary When The Screaming Starts Read More
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