“You have thrown away your life, working in some silly Christmas shop!” THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SILLY CHRISTMAS SHOP, MISTER! I should know, I managed a Christmas department for two years, wearing musical reindeer antlers which only played Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer on repeat from September to the end of the January… Cheesier than Waitrose’s festive deli counter, the “Last Christmas” trailer is here! Read More
COMPETITIONS! Your chance to win films…
Enter my competition for a chance to win Simon Amstell’s hilariously awkward and touching comedy Benjamin on DVD. Up and coming filmmaker Benjamin (an excellent Colin Morgan) is awaiting the premiere of that always-tricky second movie – seven years after his hugely successful debut. Drowning in the often false (but always funny) London media bubble,… COMPETITIONS! Your chance to win films… Read More
The final “Angel Has Fallen” trailer: however thirsty you are you can never be as thirsty as MIKE BANNING
UPDATE 08/08/19 NEW CLIP: “THEY’RE DRONES!” check it out below… The hero becomes the fugitive in the final Angel Has Fallen trailer (scroll down to watch it). And if that isn’t enough to ensure the next film in this franchise is the Mike Banning / John Wick crossover we’ve been waiting for, I don’t know what… The final “Angel Has Fallen” trailer: however thirsty you are you can never be as thirsty as MIKE BANNING Read More
Hal yeah! “The King” offers a new Henry V
The King, a Netflix Original Film starring Timothée Chalamet, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2019. It’s a new-look Henry V, and so far we’ve got an image and a synopsis: “Hal (Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living… Hal yeah! “The King” offers a new Henry V Read More
Indie sci fi film Nightlens has a trailer – just don’t open the… oh
Creepy indie science fiction horror Nightlens has a trailer, and yes that is a brain in a box. The film is about relationships, and how you can’t go back to how things were with someone if you haven’t explored what went wrong and why. In the film, the shady Cerebrics agency reconstructs people’s memories to… Indie sci fi film Nightlens has a trailer – just don’t open the… oh Read More
William McGregor & Eleanor Worthington-Cox from folk horror “Gwen” on weather, Wales and witches
“Responding to the weather – it’s part of the film, so you have to embrace that.” William McGregor It’s a hot, sunny day in London when I meet William McGregor, writer-director of the 1850s-set gothic folk horror Gwen, and its star Eleanor Worthington-Cox, who plays the title character. Although Gwen has parallels with UK society… William McGregor & Eleanor Worthington-Cox from folk horror “Gwen” on weather, Wales and witches Read More
Chills and thrills in the official Freaks trailer
This feels very much like an allegory for America in its current state, which is horrifying but at least makes a change from Brexit movie metaphors. Freaks, the sci fi thriller out in August, now has an official trailer to go with the teaser we got back in May. The teaser was a (deliberate) head-scratcher;… Chills and thrills in the official Freaks trailer Read More
The Isle: Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart on their spooky, siren drama…
“On the island… when something like a force nine gale hit, or a beach disappeared due to a storm, we couldn’t just stop filming, we didn’t have the luxury of time.” Three sailors, the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the rocks, find their way to shore through the mist. This is an island that shouldn’t… The Isle: Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart on their spooky, siren drama… Read More
INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum
“The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!” Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter parallel universe that carries on around us, occasionally bumping our lives. John Wick 3, as well… INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience
“Kubrick says it in the film, it’s an abstraction and people don’t process it. How do you deal with the idea that the world could end?” Matt Wells has just made his second short film about Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb. You can see it in cinemas with the new 4k restoration of Dr Strangelove or:… Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience Read More
INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor
“During the preparation of it I thought I’ll never work again. This is never ever going to happen, this is never going to be ready…” Costume director Michael O’Connor on his Oscar-winning work for The Duchess. Hearing first-hand from award-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor about the level of detail that typifies his work – from opulent Regency… INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor Read More
Surfacing Now – Seven Submarine Movies To Dive Into
The red posters. The blue boilersuits. A tagline with a water-related pun. The phrase “cat and mouse”. The seawater squirting into the missile room when the boat suffers a mild tap. You can’t beat a good submarine movie. I’ll admit I’m conflicted now. On the one hand you’re isolated and no one can get to… Surfacing Now – Seven Submarine Movies To Dive Into Read More