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The cinema of Abel Ferrara is caustic, caught in between the pervasive grime of the street and a religious fever that is all at once pure and faux, a nightmare that washes over you. While Bad Lieutenant is...

When it comes to developing ideas for movies there are many options for filmmakers to explore – from fictional universes to stories that are set in an imaginary future here on earth or that wallow...

The moment Marvel films became cool?

Whether he’s fighting agents in a machine-created dream world or flying across time with his best buddy, Keanu Reeves (The John Wick franchise) has starred in some of modern cinema’s most beloved science...

I don’t know about you, but one of the things that frustrates, nay upsets me the most about being a long-term, somewhat hardcore horror fan is that, over the years, you lose that ability to be...

Simon defends the forgotten Johnny Depp slice of sci-fi

Colin digs out this 90's classic starring Warwick Davies and Jennifer Aniston.

Those of us who are in our 30s and 40s undoubtedly recall the halcyon days when we would head off to the local Blockbuster Video store in order to rent a movie or game for the evening. We would eagerly...

If you're thinking of watching April Fools Day this week, don't.

A sure sign of success in the movie business is when game developers look to create their own interpretation of the story. It is something that has been happening since the dawn of gaming, but today’s...

Simon gives a double thumbs up to the murderous satire

I'm sure for many film fans of a certain age (I'm 45) Ridley Scott's epic Alien was a seminal part of their cinematic upbringing. It's a film I vividly remember being allowed to stay up and watch as a kid...

As we are at the start of the New Year, we have decided to come up with a list of must-see movies by genre. Our aim when creating this article was that every one of you will look for the following movies so...

When I was a kid, my sister and I would have weekend sleepovers at my aunt and uncle’s every year on our Birthdays. Luckily, they were young, insanely cool and would spoil us rotten: get in all kinds of...

Raquel Welch stars in this revenge western

Wasn’t the 80s awesome? OK, not all of it, but there was the boom in gym-culture, power, excess, evolving technology, the end of the Cold War, MTV and everyone striving to be the best they can be…...

Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic

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...

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...