Author Simon Fitzjohn

A yeti on the rampage in this creature feature

Arrow Video and FrightFest have agreed a one-year partnership deal, which sees the leading UK independent film distributor become headline sponsor for the UK’s biggest and most popular genre film...

Martin Scorsese’s 1995 movie Casino had “classic” written all over it from the moment it was announced. A director at the top of his game, Hollywood darlings Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone in lead roles...

The world of casinos has always been a popular setting for films that want to explore the darker and more dangerous side of the human psyche. Numerous Bond films over the years have featured casinos, and of...

Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues

Jason’s mother was the killer, Bruce Willis was dead all along and aliens suffer from aquagenic pruritus, apparently. Most of us know the biggest twists of the horror movie world - but a few genius narrative...

I'm sure we all love ticking off home entertainment releases we want to get our grubby mitts on, especially if we let the films pass us by at the cinema. Well, the British Association for Screen...

The Strangers was one of the most unsettling, effective horrors of recent years but, if we are all totally honest, did anyone see a sequel coming down the line? I know I certainly didn't, but here we are,...

Lynne Ramsay's hard-hitting You Were Never Really Here hits UK cinemas tomorrow, and to mark the occasion we have a new clip for you. Written and directed by Ramsay and based on the book by Jonathan Ames,...

The Tomb Raider reboot lands in cinemas this month, and Alicia Vikander and company were in London this week for the film's European premiere. We've got some footage from the event below, and here's the...

Hammer dabbles with Greek mythology

I think we can all agree that streaming services are becoming increasingly important for the film industry. We're talking about Netflix, of course, the rental service that has, over the years, grown into a...

If there’s one movie genre that’s pretty much guaranteed to keep cinema-goers on the edge of their seats as they follow their hero’s escapades, it’s the sporting genre – just think of all those...

Simon swings for the fences as he pours praise on Tony Scott's baseball thriller

Horror movies are a popular movie genre for many different reasons. Audiences find them rather thrilling and able to elicit a range of emotions. In order to do this, writers of horror movie screenplays...

As well as being a high-tempo, glamorous sporting showcase, the Superbowl is also must-watch stuff for movie fans, thanks to the glut of teasers, trailers and clips that the studios wheel out to promote their...

Clint Eastwood became the name that he is largely through two roles: Harry Callaghan (the no-nonsense cop who made his debut in 1971’s Dirty Harry) and The Man with No Name (the lone gunfighter who first...

A Vietnam veteran returns home to wreak havoc

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths

Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic

I must be honest, I'm still not convinced by this one, but a new trailer for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot landed today and at least looks interesting. Alicia Vikander is obviously on the case this time...