For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween is a documentary that brings together some of the brightest independent filmmakers and horror fans from around the world to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of John Carpenter’s seminal horror classic – Halloween. The documentary truly is a celebration of all things Halloween. From John Carpenter inventing the…
Well, shiver me timbers matey! Welcome to another Escape Stoke review where this weekend I had the pleasure of reviewing the brand new (and most difficult) attraction at the venue. The Escape the Seven Seas room. This pirate themed room opened May 19th and we were one of the lucky few to try it out…
HBO’s latest feature, a very modern interpretation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal novel Fahrenheit 451, almost cleared the hurdle of looking and feeling like a film that wasn’t made for television. The picture is headlined by Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon and has a production value that is comparable to HBO’s current programming; very much…
The latest Jim Carrey film is dark. Pitch black. It takes place in a world without cell phones and where videotape, tube television, and cassettes are prominent. It’s a fusion of Hostel and The Snowman but does an admirable job emulating the taut narrative and pristine aesthetic of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. As the transgressive…
I’ve always been a fan of geek boxes. The thrill of unboxing something that could contain just about anything in the world is a great experience. Every time I walk on by the stalls at comic con it’s so difficult to restrain myself from picking up every mystery box on every stall. A good…
My jaw hit the floor when I realised that it’s been two whole years since we’ve seen Deadpool on the big screen. The Merc with the mouth is finally back, 2018, the year of Marvel it seems with Black Panther and Infinity War blowing box-office records to pieces and leaving DC in their almighty dust….
Engrossed in a heist movie, I found myself watching Den Of Thieves but with every five or ten minutes that passed, I had flashbacks that explained why I was enjoying it so much. It’s basically Heat, and no, I’m not suffering from sunstroke! Den Of Thieves is heavily inspired by the 1995 movie starring Robert de…
Former London gangster Freddie Foreman is nearing the end of his life. A heavyweight villain with an unbelievably bloody past, Freddie is the last living legend of the Krays’ London underworld. A ruthless criminal still feared and revered to this day. Freddie now lives in a retirement home: alone with only the memories of his former…
After flying out of the Witchcraft and Wizardry room on my Nimbus 2000 I was asked if I would like to step into Area 51 and try out another room. This time was a little different thou. This time I would be braving the room alone. Area 51 at Escape Stoke is the room with…
Tucked away in a small corner of Hanley high street in Stoke on Trent is Escape. A building containing 6 escape room puzzles varying in difficulty. Explore Roswell in Area 51. Crack the Da Vinci code in one of two Da Vinci rooms. Cast spells in the Witchcraft and Wizardry room. Rob a casino in…
It’s rare that we get a day of sunshine here in the UK. A rare opportunity to go to the beach, to chase down the ice cream man like you were the next Usain Bolt and to ride through giant flaming wicker man effigies at 44mph. Wicker Man Ride Review Alton Towers kindly invited us…
After filming a VLOG at Cineworld Stoke, I was given two tickets to see Infinity War. So much hype has surrounded this movie and because of that, I’ve built this film up in my head to be the one film to rule them all! As the embargo on the press reviews were lifted my hype meter…
After losing their daughter to a tragic accident, shattered couple Ray (Nicolas Cage) and Maggie (Robin Tunney) purchase a motel in the middle of nowhere in the hopes of starting a new life. But Ray begins to notice strange goings-on and starts to piece together the history of a bizarre murder associated with the motel….
Murphy Martin plays Barnaby. A man who’s sh*t out of luck. Despite small success as a chef he still lives with his parents and after losing his job, he loses his home and his girlfriend to boot. Forced to live inside his car Barnaby just sulks through life until he meets an old high school…
Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon…
HBO’s latest original film ‘Paterno’ is the latest in the ripped from the headlines/topical film from filmmaker Barry Levinson. He first began this series of film with Al Pacino with “You Don’t Know Jack”, then he teamed with Robert De Niro for last year’s “The Wizard of Lies” and now he reteamed with Al Pacino…
