12 Days Of Christmas: Day 3 Chris Faers December 8, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, From The Vault The ‘Divisive’ Christmas Film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Back in 1966, an animated television short of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released, becoming...
12 Days Of Christmas: Day 2 Chris Faers December 6, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, From The Vault The ‘So Bad It’s Good’ Christmas Film Jingle All The Way (1996) Putting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christmas comedy together seems like a match made hell. Lets face it; the Austrian Oak’s...
12 Days Of Christmas: Day 1 Chris Faers December 5, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, From The Vault 12 Days of Christmas As we count down to the big day, no doubt you’ll be looking to get into the yuletide spirit, and what better way to get you in the mood than to curling up with your loved ones and...
Feature: A Visit To Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N Casey Evans December 2, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features Following a successful run in New York, Seoul, Paris, Singapore, Beijing and Taipei (as well as a permanent spot in Las Vegas), the Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N has hit London and is based around the characters and...
The Carpenter Files: Escape From New York (1981) Simon Fitzjohn November 26, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, The Carpenter Files Among his many other filmic talents, John Carpenter sure knew how to come up with iconic characters. Take Michael Myers for example, whose shadow still looms over the horror genre to this very day, or...
Why I Love: Don’t Look Now Ian White November 25, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love Ian looks back at Nic Roeg's classic
Why I Love: Terry O’Quinn as ‘The Stepfather’ Simon Fitzjohn October 28, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love Simon pays tribute to a truly classic creation
The Carpenter Files: They Live (1988) David Watson October 28, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features OBEY “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum!” declares the heavily armed protagonist of John Carpenter’s They Live (re-released this week) just before he...
The Zombie World Of George A. Romero Simon Fitzjohn October 10, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features In 1968, George A. Romero established the modern zombie film with his raw and terrifying debut The Night of the Living Dead, one of the most well-regarded and influential horror movies of all time. He...
The Carpenter Files: Big Trouble In Little China (1986) Damon Rickard October 8, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, The Carpenter Files John Carpenter is considered to be a horror director, which is a fair comment in the main. But with films like Starman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Big Trouble in Little China also under his belt, he is...
The Carpenter Files: Christine (1983) Matthew Hammond October 7, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, The Carpenter Files John Carpenter's take on the Stephen King novel gets the thumbs up
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...
Croupier – Clive Owen’s Finest Hour? Simon Fitzjohn September 21, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features I've always viewed Clive Owen as something of a 'nearly man' - he has headlined numerous enjoyable films (the likes of King Arthur and Shoot 'Em Up spring to mind), often bringing a world-weariness to other...
Why I Love: Matinee Simon Fitzjohn September 19, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love A look back at Joe Dante's monster movie classic
Why American Mary remains one of the essential films of the 2000s Ian White July 27, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Opinion With the Soskas now knee-deep in their work on the Rabid reboot, and the film in question readily available, I wanted to remind everyone about my favourite film of recent years without question and, I firmly...
Midnight Run – 30 Years Of An Unappreciated Masterpiece Chris Faers July 20, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features Sometimes in life it just clicks: the stars align, quirks of fate occur, everything comes together and out of it all you’re left with a film that simply works. Towards the beginning of the summer ‘88...
Why I Love: The Invasion Ian White April 21, 2018 Features, Why I Love ‘The Invasion’ is the fourth and most recent screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ (retitled ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ for its 1956 cinema release, ostensibly...
Did You Know ‘Casino’ Is Based On Real Events? Simon Fitzjohn March 30, 2018 Features 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...
Why I Love…….Baseball Movies Simon Fitzjohn March 28, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues
Horror movie twists that hit the spot Simon Fitzjohn March 25, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features 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...