Hopefully choc-full of profanity (prof-nan-ity?), our favourite / least favourite little old lady is back, and this time she’s heading for the big screen. Lock up your grandads! And your drugs! This is an origin story that mixes Nan’s present with her past where we finally find out what’s made her the cantankerous old b*****d… Nan gets an origins story and it’s probably darker than Batman’s: check out the trailer 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
Queenpins Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are in the money (off) in new trailer
Who doesn’t love a bargain? Queenpins is giving us Kristen Bell AND Kirby Howell-Baptiste — it looks great fun, and if we’re saying BOGOF afterwards it’ll be for all the best reasons. I’m fully expecting the movie to give me the same dopamine hit I get when my Tesco Clubcard vouchers plop through my letterbox…. Queenpins Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are in the money (off) in new trailer Read More
Werewolves Within: order of deaths!
Who is the Beaverfield werewolf? Is miserable Emerson Flint a misanthrope lycanthrope? What about postperson Cecily, the mythical seventh child? Or Trisha the crazy maple syrup lady (though that would mean she ate her own dog)? Could it actually be ranger Finn, the affable incomer? Only two people and one dog are actually killed by… Werewolves Within: order of deaths! Read More
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: it’s all about family
Warning: spoilers ahoy (when I could work out what was going on, anyway) My 2/5 review is here First of all, it turns out Darius had not asked Sonia to get Michael Bryce to help spring him from his Mafia captors. What he’d actually said was “Anyone but Michael Bryce”. Morgan Freeman plays Michael’s stepdad,… The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: it’s all about family Read More
The trailer for teen comedy Dinner in America is, bizarrely, the kind of thing you can watch with your parents
“Do you think I’m weird?” “Oh yeah, no, you’re fucking weird.” “Is weird cool?” “In your case, no.” As the kids say, I feel so seen, if as a teenager back in 1986. This film is Heathers meets Napoleon Dynamite AND a cult film in the making apparently, and while that set my expectations high… The trailer for teen comedy Dinner in America is, bizarrely, the kind of thing you can watch with your parents Read More
WHOOOOOOOOOdunnit comedy horror Werewolves Within gets a trailer
*** Read my 4/5 Werewolves Within review now *** “All I’m asking is that you be a good neighbour. Like Mr Rogers.”“With guns, though.” “With guns, yes.” This trailer had me howling and I can’t wait until 19 July, when it’s out on DVD and digital in the UK. Here’s the synopsis: The film takes… WHOOOOOOOOOdunnit comedy horror Werewolves Within gets a trailer Read More
Mosquito bites and water sprites in Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Entirely spoilery about the whole plot, though nothing was as surprising to me as discovering that culottes are apparently pronounced COO-lots. Who knew? (My four-star review is here.) How could I dislike a comedy about middle-aged women that begins with Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand singing Guilty? Little Yoyo is singing along to the song… Mosquito bites and water sprites in Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar Read More
The wonder of Willy’s Wonderland
Very spoilery, if you don’t already know that children’s parties tend to end in mayhem. (My review of the film is here.) “He’s not trapped in here with them – they’re trapped in here with him!” If you after the kind of lockdown palate cleanser that burns off the whole inside of your mouth then… The wonder of Willy’s Wonderland Read More
The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past
Extremely spoilery about both Blithe Spirits and you’ll also have to simply accept that ghosts are real. (My review of the new Blithe Spirit film is here.) To misquote Princess Di, “there were three people in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”. None of the three in Blithe Spirit (1945) or Blithe Spirit… The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past Read More
Locked Down but not out: new trailer
*** My review and article are now live – also the UK release is now 11 March, for home rental *** “Oi, how many arses have you got?” asks Paxton of a loo roll stockpiler coming out of shop in London during Lockdown 1.0. Despite its UK lockdown hook, Locked Down is actually a heist… Locked Down but not out: new trailer Read More