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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A driver locks horns with a trucker in the Spielberg classic

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...

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...

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...

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...

  ***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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

By Liam Freeman And here we go again – yet another British film that revolves around heists and gangs. Just that simple sentence is often enough to stir up very mixed opinions, meaning that many films...