Unfriended Review
The Plot A group of friends gather online on the anniversary of their friend, Laura’s, death. But things turn dark when Laura starts contacting them online in search of the person who killed her. The Good One of the most interesting aspects of this latest sub-genre of the found footage film, which uses a computer [...]
Empire Awards 2015 Nominations
The Empire Awards nominations have been announced for the annual celebration hosted by the UK’s leading film magazine. This year World War Two thriller The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cuberbatch leads the field with six nominations. Kingsman: Secret Service, Dawn of The Planet of The Apes and The Hobbit Battle of The Five Armies were [...]
As Above So Below Review
The Plot A team of explorers delve into the depths of the catacombs buried under the streets of Paris to find the philosopher’s stone. But the deeper they go, the bigger mysteries they oncover… The Good This latest found footage flick from the makers of Quarantine and Devil starts strong enough with a well done [...]
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Review
The Plot Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller team up again to bring a second dose of stories from Miller’s ever popular graphic novel. Bruce Willis, Powers Boothe and Mickey Rourke are among the returning faces, whilst newcomers Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin and Eva Green are added this time around. The Good It’s been 9 years [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day Five Blog
After 4 days of scares, Frightfest comes to a close with day 5. Here’s a look at what was on offer to round the festivities off: Nymph: Also known as Killer Mermaid in America, Nymph fails to deliver on it’s main selling point, namely the killer mermaid. Instead we get a rather poor attempt at [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day Four Blog
As the penultimate day ends, here’s a look at what horrific highlights were screened at day four of Frightfest: Faults: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs The World) and Leland Orser (The Guest) star in this intriguing drama which takes a look at cults. rose plays Ansel, an expert in cult organisations who is hired [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day Three Blog
The halfway mark has officially been reached for this years Frightfest. Here’s a brief look at some of the offerings on yesterday’s horrific menu of movies: Starry Eyes Cheap Thrills producer brings this commentary on Hollywood in which Sarah Walker, a young waitress desperate to make it big in movies gets the role of a [...]
Film4 FrightFest 2014 Day Two Blog
With opening night out of the way, day two of Frightfest brings even more horror to entertain fans with not only 6 films playing in the three separate main screens, but 12 more in the two discovery screens. This of course means that choices have to be made and films must be sacrificed. Here’s a [...]
Film4 Frightfest 2014 Day One Blog
With the August bank holiday just beginning, so too comes the Film 4 Frightfest. Now in its 15th year, the annual and infamous horror festival is bigger than ever at its new home at the Vue Leicester square. Exploring the weird, wonderful and at times gore drenched delights of the horror genre, Frightfest remains the [...]
The Guest Review
The Plot When David (Dan Stevens – Downton Abbey) visits the Peterson family to pass on a message from their recently deceased son and his old comrade, he’s almost instantly welcomed as part of the family and invited to stay a few days. But as people start dying, daughter Anna (Maika Monroe) starts to suspect [...]