The Feast of Varanasi centres around a spate of gruesome killings, where four young girls have been burned to death. Beyond the capabilities of the local police force, a CBI officer from New Delhi is sent to investigate. For officer Arjun Das (Adil Hussain, LIFE OF PI, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST), it’s a return to his…
Who’s Driving Doug revolves around a reclusive wheelchair-bound young man (Mitte) who goes against his over-bearing mother’s wishes and takes a road trip with his new driver Scott (Ray Wiliam Johnson) and high school crush Stephanie (Paloma Kwiatkowski) that transforms their lives. This movie pulled me left and right to the point where I…
I really enjoy categorizing films into different genres or folders on my beloved laptop as I am a rather organized man. One of these categories is “Bad But Good Films”, something simple that can give me giggles for the wrong reasons. The first Samurai Cop has gained a cult following, and I wasn’t warm and…
Straight Outta Compton is robust, vital entertainment, painting a vivid tapestry of one of the most turbulent periods of modern societal unrest, and telling an oversized, extremely engrossing tale that’s distinctly American and part of the greater cultural shift over the last 20 years. In a field of 10 potential nominees, even if I felt…
Brooklyn is a delightful film that had me crying pretty much all throughout. It’s heartfelt, it’s poignant, it’s sentimental (in the best possible way), and it features a performance of exquisite care and radiance by Saoirse Ronan, who in film after film has impressed, but here, genuinely dazzles. And completely steals your heart. And did…
Black Mass is grim, ugly stuff. There’s nothing glamourized here about the familiar crime and mafia ingredients that the well-worn narrative traffics in. Director Scott Cooper does a solid job with a lot of material, but something about this story screamed for epic length; this is the second consecutive picture for Cooper where I felt…
During the cocaine explosion of the 80’s and 90’s New York City police officer Michael Dowd led a crew of crooked cops to build his own crime empire. These officers protected high profile kingpins and robbed drug dealers for their own benefit before going into the drug distribution game. This documentary really hits you like…
Anthony DiBlasi’s supernatural horror LAST SHIFT is coming to UK DVD & VOD on Monday 18th January 2016 courtesy of Solo Media and Matchbox Films. Starring Juliana Harkavy (The Walking Dead), Joshua Mikel (Nashville) and J LaRose (Saw III & IV). Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a transitioning…
The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s aggressively masterful new wilderness epic, is the true definition of a consummate big-screen experience. Comparisons to Apocalypse Now, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Jeremiah Johnson, Deliverance, and so many others before it are apt and fair; even after only one viewing, I feel confident in saying that this film belongs…
So what would you do if these two lovely ladies came knocking at your door, late at night and soaking from the rain outside? You’d let them in right? C’mon guys you know you would, stop kidding yourself. The rules of Knock Knock are simple, knock on a door, seduce the married man in the…
The Walk is an interesting movie from director Robert Zemeckis, who is unquestionably one of the modern pioneers of pure movie magic. After countless entertainments, he’s been one of my favorite filmmakers, someone always interested in pushing the limits of technology while still imbuing his movies with a sense of heart and character. Who Framed…
Joy is a good, inspiring movie, filled with lots of heart and genuine emotion, about something honest and real and tangible, featuring the radiant Jennifer Lawrence in a sensational movie-star performance that easily cements her as THE hottest (both in terms of looks and acting ability) actress of the moment. Seriously…name me one other actress…
Essex Boys: The Truth looks to dispel the speculation behind the grisly land rover murders carried out in 1995 on a cold winters night in Rettondon, Essex. The true events have inspired a series of spinoffs, films and exploitations of the events and still brings in a wide attention of people looking for answers of…
Gregory Jacobs’ Magic Mike XXL is a hoot and a holler, and a total 180 from the original, far more ambitious film, which I legitimately feel is great, subversive cinema. With Steven Soderbergh handling the cinematography and editing (under his usual pseudonyms of Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard, of course), the entire tech package…
The tickets are flying off the shelves, the popcorn is stacking up higher than the tallest tower, the cosplayers are strapping into their plastic armour and parading down to their local cinema. The force has awakened and its the start of erasing the memory of the prequels from existence. The magic of the original trilogy…
There are very few horror locations able to live up to the unsettling air that surrounds the “little house on the prairie”. The claustrophobic density of trees engulfing a cabin in the woods is one thing but there’s nothing quite like the vast plains reaching out to horizon, impenetrable walls of crops for miles around…
