*** Read my four-star Copshop review *** Wait, what? I feel like my two favourite actors have been shoved into the dodgy teleporter from The Fly and come out with their DNA all mixed up. The one-minute teaser trailer for upcoming thriller Copshop has arrived, and luckily — as I like my Hollywood lust-buckets to… Gerard Butler is back and he’s playing… a hitman? 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
About Songbird: the more things change the more we stay the same
This is spoilery as I’m delving into some of Songbird’s characters (and John Wick: Chapter 2, for reasons which will become clear). My three-star review, which is here, is no more spoilery than the trailer. Rich people heading out of town, taking the virus with them; sweetly personal stories about the lengths people will go… About Songbird: the more things change the more we stay the same Read More
A wild ride for Megan Fox as a battled-hardened mercenary in Rogue
She’s up against terrorists and a furious lioness in this new thriller, out on digital on 9 November and DVD on 16 November. Here’s the synopsis: Battle–hardened mercenary Samantha O’Hara (Megan Fox) leads an elite squad of soldiers on a daring mission to rescue a hostage from a group of violent terrorists in the plains… A wild ride for Megan Fox as a battled-hardened mercenary in Rogue 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
Terrifying Brian Cox thriller The Bay of Silence gets a trailer
Reading that title back, I meant the film looks terrifying but Brian Cox, as the ex-stepfather of a woman who has disappeared with her children, is very chilling too. Claes Bang is Will, a happy husband and father with what looks like a dream life in a big London house with his wife (Olga Kurylenko)… Terrifying Brian Cox thriller The Bay of Silence gets a trailer Read More
Boom! New TENET images released
*** My 4-star review *** We’ve now got six weeks to wait until Christopher Nolan’s intriguing time travel thriller hits cinemas on 12 August, and then a whole lifetime afterwards to try to work out what it all means. In the meantime they’ve released some new images from the film – check them out below…. Boom! New TENET images released Read More
Disappearance At Clifton Hill: trailer and poster
If any mention of strange goings on at Niagara Falls mostly brings to mind weirdos in barrels and a Marilyn Monroe thriller, prepare yourself for some eerie shocks with Disappearance At Clifton Hill. Abby (Tuppence Middleton) is just a child when she sees a boy with one eye gouged out, hiding in a wood near… Disappearance At Clifton Hill: trailer and poster Read More
The Big Ugly trailer: Vinnie Jones’s gangland enforcer strikes oil, but has he met his match?
I did giggle at Vinnie Jones’s menacingly growly voiceover in this new trailer for The Big Ugly (a title with room for myriad tweaks and variations) – an action revenge thriller that sees a London mobster transplanted to the US for a money-laundering oil deal. Neelyn (Jones), an enforcer for UK gang boss Harris (Malcolm… The Big Ugly trailer: Vinnie Jones’s gangland enforcer strikes oil, but has he met his match? Read More
INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for
Tyler Cornack’s thriller-comedy-horror Butt Boy – the film that launched a thousand puns – is deadpan funny with a crazy premise, as detective Russel Fox (Tyler Rice) tries to bring to justice a man he suspects is kidnapping children by absorbing them up his bottom. But it’s also quite moving, in a non-laxative kind of… INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for Read More
…segami TENET
Check out these pictures from Christopher Nolan’s timely upcoming movie, probably our first post-Lockdown cinema trip. It’s definitely coming to US and UK cinemas, as far as we know on 17 July. It’s all about time inversion and you can watch the second trailer here. Here’s the synopsis: Armed with only one word — Tenet… …segami TENET Read More
Trauma Centre: new clip released
Nicky Whelan is Madison, a young woman shot by two corrupt cops who then has to escape them when they track her down to am empty floor of a local hospital; Bruce Willis is Wakes, the policeman trying to catch them. You can read my review and watch the trailer here. Film clip: “Open up!”