Why I Love: Duel Guest Writer August 14, 2020 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love A driver locks horns with a trucker in the Spielberg classic
Birth Pains – Pregnancy & Birth in Horror Cinema Guest Writer May 21, 2020 Editor's Choice, Features By Anton Bitel The second Golden Age of Horror was born premature. For though associated with the 1970s, it began in 1968, with the arrival of two films that would forever change the genre landscape: George...
Interview: Nicholas Vince talks I Am Monsters! Guest Writer October 4, 2019 Editor's Choice, Interviews Behind the masks…ahead of his one-man show, I AM MONSTERS! at The Pleasance Theatre, actor and writer Nicholas Vince describes his monstrous journey… You’re best known for your portrayal of the...
4.0 Movie Review: The Super Guest Writer October 11, 2018 Movie Reviews By Jake Sapsford ‘The Super’ is a horror/thriller which not only kept me gripped throughout, but also gave me one hell of a surprise at the end. The movie begins with an eerie and creepy atmosphere...
Why I Love: The World’s End Guest Writer October 4, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love By Jake Sapsford Following the releases of both Shaun of the Dead in 2004 and Hot Fuzz in 2007, my interest peaked as a teenager and I started to be heavily invested in the work of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost...
Joaquin Phoenix: A Joker Worth Waiting For? Guest Writer September 27, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features By Casey Evans Why subtlety is key for the Clown Prince of crime... In the entirety of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, the Joker has always stood out as the prime example of the perfect villain; an antithesis...
2.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: The Witch In The Window Guest Writer August 27, 2018 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Dr Christopher Reynolds The scene that opens The Witch in the Window sets up both the premise and the themes of the film, with absent father Simon (Alex Draper) dropping in on his ex-wife Beverly (Arija...
3.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: Dementia Part II Guest Writer August 25, 2018 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Dr Christopher Reynolds Dementia Part II is one of those odd curiosities that comes from the modern equivalent of the underground horror scene. It has almost no mainstream appeal, and indeed, at only an...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Review: The Cleaning Lady Guest Writer August 24, 2018 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Dr Chris Reynolds The Cleaning Lady takes its cue from a number of films built around the prospect of an interloper gradually worming their way into the protagonist’s life and then disrupting it. Usually...
5.0 Movie Review: Elvis – ’68 Comeback Special Guest Writer August 17, 2018 Movie Reviews By Tony Baker The legend of, and public fascination with, Elvis Presley shows no signs of abating anytime soon. And Presley really is the gift that keeps on giving for music fans, with every year...
Interview: Netfli!x And Kill director Kate Shenton Guest Writer August 7, 2018 Editor's Choice, Interviews, Women Of Horror By Simon Fitzjohn & David Watson Writer/director Kate Shenton has been a favourite at Movie Ramblings towers for some time now - from her eye-catching short films such as Gimp and Bon Appetit, to...
2.5 DVD Review: Mansfield 66/67 Guest Writer June 18, 2018 DVDs & Rentals By Laura Dee Milnes Was Jayne Mansfield's grisly end the result of a curse, courtesy of Anton LaVey? Let's cut straight to the chase here, unlike this entertaining but meandering documentary from the...
4.0 Horror Channel Frightfest Review: Meatball Machine Kodoku Guest Writer August 29, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Laura Dee Milnes In the opening scenes of this follow up to the ultraviolent Meatball Machine (2005), we languidly follow the muted despair of Yoji Tanaka's middle-aged, useless, grey and gloomy...
3.0 Horror Channel Frightfest Review: Veronica Guest Writer August 25, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Mike Fragnito A middle aged recluse psychologist who has stopped practicing years ago decides to take the case of Veronica, a young woman who's treatment was mysteriously interrupted by the Psychologists...
1.0 Horror Channel Frightfest Review: Nightworld Guest Writer August 25, 2017 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews By Mike Fragnito Jason London, who previously appeared in Dazed & Confused and Out Cold (these titles coincidentaly describe his on screen charisma as a performer), stars as a retired LAPD officer and...
3.5 Movie Review: All Eyez On Me Guest Writer June 28, 2017 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews By Lillie Almond All Eyez on Me, a biopic about Tupac Shakur, follows his rise to fame, his highs and lows, his time with Death Row Records, and some intimate facets of his love life. By taking you on so...
DVD Review: John Wick 2 Guest Writer June 12, 2017 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice ***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS CANINE SPOILERS*** As soon as it was announced there was going to be a sequel to Keanu’s killer surprise 2014 hitman hit John Wick, there was only one question that...
3.0 Movie Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children Guest Writer September 30, 2016 Movie Reviews Based on the novel released in 2011 by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children tells the story of Jake, a teenager that just doesn’t fit in. Early on in the film Jake’s grandfather,...
From Doctor to Damsel In Distress: Spectre’s Madeleine Swann Guest Writer November 2, 2015 Editor's Choice, Features WARNING: MULTIPLE SPOILERS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE By Heidi Wilkins The latest Bond film, Spectre is filled with trademark humorous quips that provide momentary comic relief from the fighting, car...
4.0 Movie Review: Spectre Guest Writer October 27, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews By Chris Kenworthy Spectre - even saying the name brings a chill to the spine, makes a few hairs stand on end on the back of your neck. The film is cleverly built, from start to finish, around the story and...
Festival Review: The Boy Guest Writer October 19, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews By Ben Winkley Kids. Awful things. Who needs 'em? If they're not filling up the bus with their noise their parents are flooding your facebook with their oh-so-endearing antics. Kids in films? Even worse....