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Shirley MacLaine stars in this subtle shocker

Simon defends the forgotten Johnny Depp slice of sci-fi

There are few action stars as iconic or that have enjoyed as much longevity as Keanu Reeves. Although he established himself as a star in the stoner comedy, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, he quickly...

Famous faces in peril in this 80s campsite slasher

With Guy Ritchie’s hyper-stylised bombastic take on the legend of King Arthur just days away from hitting cinemas, it seems almost preordained to return to a film of the past which almost appears as a...

‘Hang on tightly, let go lightly’, a fortune cookie motto never quite followed by Clive Owen’s Jack Manfred, the titular anti-hero of the film. Croupier is a modern classic, a fine piece of post...

Okay, so anybody who has spent any time with me over recent times (or taken a look over our website) knows that I have a passion/borderline obsession for the 1978 Mia Farrow ghost flick Full Circle (also known...

We give thanks for the David Fincher sequel

Jordan Peele’s racism fuelled thriller come dark comedy, Get Out, is arguably one of the most anticipated films of the year. It gained – if only briefly – the coveted 100% rotten tomatoes ratings and...

As La La Land, sorry, Moonlight eventually walked away with a fully deserved Best Picture Oscar, amongst the chaos, there was a congratulatory sense of job-well-done in regards to the whole equality and...

  Amongst filmgoers, there seems to be one general consensus towards to the Academy Awards; they get a lot wrong. By the same token, they also get their fair share right. Well, when it’s a...

A serial killer stalks Miami

Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic

Ian takes aim at Michael Winner's devilish hatchet job

Raquel Welch may have grabbed a lot of the headlines (and column inches) that followed the release of Hammer's One Million Years BC, but she was far from the only eye-catching female actress on show. For...

Anyone remember Dennis Pennis? The anarchic BBC interviewer played to perfection by Paul Kaye who would catch celebrities off guard by asking them stupid questions in an attempt to put them down and get a...

Alternative Christmas It’s Christmas Eve and if you’re anything like us, you’ve exhausted your Christmas movie library. You’ve seen New York declare Kris Kringle the real Santa Claus, Howard...

Can a film be evil? I'm not talking about cursed films. We've all heard tales of cursed films, usually films of a supernatural bent, The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, films where cast and crew members...

My Favourite Christmas Film Die Hard (1988)   Oh, how I constantly hear this isn’t a Christmas film. John McTiernan’s masterpiece stands up there with the genuine action greats such as...

The ‘Future Classic’ Christmas Film Arthur Christmas (2011)   Sure, anything made by Aardman is going to stand a fair chance of greatness. As soon as you see their logo appear in the opening,...

Top 5 Versions of A Christmas Carol   The story of Scrooge, a cantankerous old man who sees the light and embraces Christmas after three spirits (the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To...