I am late to the post-apocalyptic party watching this trailer, as it was released a week and a half ago, though in my defence, when I promised the PR I’d put it on the site I never said when. And it all looks a little familiar: international treasure Tom Hanks playing a man left all… Tom Hanks makes a friend, literally, in Finch trailer Read More
The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars
I never expected to be comparing George Clooney’s cerebral offering The Midnight Sky to Gerard Butler’s fellow cataclysmic doom-movie Greenland, but we are where we are: in the middle of a pandemic, seeking solace in End Times drama. I talk about the implications of The Midnight Sky spoiler at the start, so you can stop… The Midnight Sky: it’s written in the stars Read More
The Midnight Sky 3.5 stars
A scientist in the Arctic trying to contact a spaceship to warn them of a disaster back on Earth must travel to another base with the small girl he’s looking after. This is another apocalyptic film that doesn’t really explain what is happening to the world, something I find very frustrating. I always want to… The Midnight Sky Read More
TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1)
A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic conspiracy. Check out my very spoilery article Truth Seekers: the truth is out there (I mean in here), which covers the characters, episode recaps… TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1) 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
Snowpiercer 4 stars
In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges. You can’t get more uber-Lockdown than Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s electrifying, horrifying and witty 2013 thriller about an uprising on board a luxury… Snowpiercer Read More
Casting news: George Clooney’s untitled Mark L Smith project, but it’s okay as I’ve got just the name for it
I won’t lie, when I received the email from Netflix I misread it as Mark E. Smith and thought Gorgeous George had got himself involved in a biopic about the late frontman of The Fall. It isn’t, though I’m still interested as it’s a post-apocalyptic drama, and they’re one of my favourite genres – especially… Casting news: George Clooney’s untitled Mark L Smith project, but it’s okay as I’ve got just the name for it Read More
Day Zero (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars
Stephen Nagel’s short film, Day Zero, was made with zero budget – achieved by shooting on mobile phones, pulling in actor friends to perform, and borrowing props wherever he could. That kind of filmmaking situation is something I bear in mind when reviewing a micro or zero budget film, though ultimately, whatever its cost, it… Day Zero (Short Film) Read More
Bird Box 3 stars
A stern and cold-voiced woman tells two 5 year olds named Boy and Girl that they’re going on a dangerous journey and if they don’t do what she says she will hurt them. It’s a frightening opening to this film about motherhood, not just because of the calamity it hints at but also because this… Bird Box Read More
A Quiet Place 4.5 stars
With A Quiet Place, director and co-writer John Krasinski proves himself to be a master of relentless (and I mean relentless) tension, which doesn’t stop until the final frame. This film is only 90 minutes’ long but it’s a 90 minute crescendo of suspense, peppered with shocks and heartbreak. This is a battle for survival,… A Quiet Place Read More
Breathe Easy 3.5 stars
You know the apocalypse is only going to get worse when you’re British and your mate says “oh and we’ve run out of beer”. Turns out the world ends not with a bang but with a young man’s whimper, that the stash of Fosters is all gone. In Britain, anyway. Elsewhere it’s more urgent and more violent, as… Breathe Easy Read More
War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) 4 stars
As if we didn’t need reminding, mankind’s hubris will be our downfall, nature will find a way, and oh karma’s a bitch. War For The Planet Of The Apes starts with an attack as a battalion of human soldiers sent by the vicious and desperate General (Woody Harrelson) come for Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his family in their… War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) Read More