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
The last resort they’ll ever visit? Trailer for vacation horror The Resort
*** My review is now live *** As the prospect of a summer holiday recedes into the distance, what better movie to watch than a cautionary tale about what can happen if you actually go on holiday? At least you can consoler yourself that people actually allowed to go on vacation are having a way… The last resort they’ll ever visit? Trailer for vacation horror The Resort Read More
NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Cancel culture! Rip-off sequels! God! And what actually happens when you’re swallowed by a whale! Just some of the insights my guest – 9 year old Cassian – offered up when together we explored Nim’s Island. I am pretty good at knowing the limits of my own knowledge, so it was only right that I… NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
“Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice)
Voyagers looks to be about the messy power of young people as they move from child to adult, and their parents – and society – struggle to control them. Obviously it’s set on a spaceship on an interminable flight to a new planet, and turned up to the nth degree, because otherwise this would risk… “Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice) Read More
PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
While PS I Love You is often trite, it’s also sometimes touched by genius*, both deliberate and accidental. *Not Gerard Butler’s Irish accent. Talking me through the glories and disasters of our favourite post-millennial, post-mortem romcom, is PS I Love You expert and all-round Gerard Butler fan Kate Hudson – a woman who, if Oxford University actually knew anything… PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
NEW TEASER: Add “Infinitum: Subject Unknown” to your watch list!
*** Read my review now, plus my article about the movie and my interview with Matt and Tori Butler-Hart *** A parallel universe sci-fi filmed in Lockdown in the UK, with Ian McKellen? Bring it on! Between the two of them, Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart (the team behind ghostly siren song The Isle) kept busy… NEW TEASER: Add “Infinitum: Subject Unknown” to your watch list! Read More
Women Film Critics Circle Awards announced
The Women Film Critics Circle announced its 2020 Awards on 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day. The awards are given for the best movies over the past year by and about women – and outstanding achievements by women. And yes I am a member, part of the association of 80 women film critics and scholars… Women Film Critics Circle Awards announced Read More
GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
I literally had to fly in from outer space, edit out 8,274 “umms”, and battle some light drizzle and unseasonably mild temperatures to bring you episode 2 of GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Weatherman, I mean Scotsman – Gerard Butler. This time I took on the ultimate challenge, aided… GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
People stepping up in a crisis. A system you have no idea how to navigate, yet must. The constant threat of everything disappearing in an instant. A particularly hot lead. No not Greenland, actually yes Greenland, but also me trying to edit the first episode of Gerrystorm. Listen to all episodes here or check out… GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond
Welcome to GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Scotsman, Gerard Butler. Scroll down for links to all GERRYSTORM episodes, and how to listen, or check out the latest episode below. Warning: all GERRYSTORM podcast episodes are very spoilery (there’s also a synopsis at the start of each episode if you… The Gerrystorm podcast: from Banning to Beowulf and beyond Read More
News of the News Of The World: a trailer for Tom Hanks Netflix film
*** Check out my four-star review and article *** No, not an account of the phone-tapping scandal that brought down Murdoch’s newspaper – this is Paul Greengrass’s latest film, with Tom Hanks as Captain Kyle Kidd. It’s set five years after the end of the American Civil War, and Kidd, a “non-fiction storyteller”, travels from… News of the News Of The World: a trailer for Tom Hanks Netflix film Read More
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