*** My four-star review is now live *** The much-anticipated horror Relic will be out in the UK and Ireland – on digital and in cinemas – on 30 October. Premiering earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim, psychological horror Relic is the unforgettable debut feature from writer and director Natalie Erika James… Terrifying horror Relic gets a Halloween release date… Read More
Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space
No that doesn’t mean you should take up shoplifting in the hope of a free ticket. *** my four star review and (very spoilery) article are now live *** I meant to post this trailer a few weeks ago though in my defence I still think it’s April. Solitary started life as a short, filmed… Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space Read More
An American Pickle – worth preserving?
Sorry for that title. It was that or something alliterative about Herschel being briny and Ben being whiny. Warning: if you don’t want your pickles spoiled look away now as I’m going to tell you what happens. I mentioned in my review that An American Pickle is – in part – saying that we haven’t… An American Pickle – worth preserving? Read More
An American Pickle 4 stars
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. An absurdist and enormously entertaining takedown of both cancel culture and cancel “cancel culture” culture, An American Pickle is about reconnecting with one’s history in a world that hasn’t really changed as much as we… An American Pickle Read More
Seth Rogen is a 2 for 1 offer in trailer for An American Pickle
It’s 1919 and Herschel Greenbaum’s wife Sarah has a flight of fancy that one day she might be rich, as in “like ‘afford my own gravestone’ rich!”. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same. Poor Herschel then falls into a vat of brine, and there he stays for 100 years… Seth Rogen is a 2 for 1 offer in trailer for An American Pickle Read More
Some thoughts on Summerland
Warning: this is very spoilery so if you came here via a search engine looking for my review, and haven’t seen the film yet, you can read it here. I said at the end of my review that everything is tied up very neatly. It’s not coincidence – that’s made clear – but it is… Some thoughts on Summerland Read More
Summerland 3.5 stars
In Kent during World War II, Alice, who has never got over a broken relationship, reluctantly takes in Frank, a young evacuee. Initially resolving to be rid of him within a week, she eventually opens her heart to him. Some of the insults and accusations aimed at women down the ages may be dependent on… Summerland Read More
Fear and forboding in the “She Dies Tomorrow” trailer
*** Read my 3-star review and article about the film here *** From writer-director Amy Seimetz comes She Dies Tomorrow, a thriller-horror-comedy about a young woman whose conviction that she’s doomed to keel over the next day appears to be catching. Here’s the synopsis: After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow,… Fear and forboding in the “She Dies Tomorrow” trailer Read More
Actor Robert Pham on performing in live lockdown horror In The Shadow It Waits
Never mind living the dream, Robert Pham really is living the horror – acting in the supernatural lockdown tale In The Shadow It Waits, which is performed live each time, has meant his home is also a horror film set. Michael Beets’ study of isolation and loneliness is performed live by its Australian cast for… Actor Robert Pham on performing in live lockdown horror In The Shadow It Waits Read More
Writer-director Michael Beets on his LIVE lockdown horror movie “In The Shadow It Waits”
“It looks like a film, but it hinges on the excitement of live performance. I’d love to give this format a name, so any ideas are welcome!” Michael Beets A study of isolation combined with modern living, In The Shadow It Waits sees a group of twenty-something colleagues, struggling with lockdown, become entangled in a… Writer-director Michael Beets on his LIVE lockdown horror movie “In The Shadow It Waits” Read More
In The Shadow It Waits 4 stars
Four twenty-something co-workers, bored with their day jobs and sick of being locked up in isolation, play a silly online game and unwittingly prove the truth of an urban legend. However, whilst they may not be able to get out, that doesn’t mean that something can’t get in… In The Shadow It Waits is performed… In The Shadow It Waits Read More
TENET release dates… released
*** My 4-star review *** If lockdown has taught me anything it’s that TENET release dates should not be considered final. That said, we have a new one so maybe put it in your diary with a hopeful emoji next to it? Variety has reported that Christopher Nolan’s time-travelling thriller is opening internationally from 26… TENET release dates… released Read More
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