Features

With superhero flicks now very much the behemoth when it comes to box office, rarely can a visit to the old multiplex pass without some reference to spandex, tights and superpowers. You may actually be...

Hitting select cinemas on August 25 before a TVOD release three days later (and a DVD outing in October), Bushwick certainly looks as though it will pack a punch. Perhaps that is not entirely surprising...

Available this week on download, with the DVD/Blu-Ray set to follow suit shortly, Ghost In The Shell sees Scarlett Johansson take on the iconic manga role, bringing it to the big (and now small) screen in a...

I can safely say I never know what I’m going to do next or for what reason.  Whether it be to suddenly choose to write three shorts and film them in one weekend (which reminds me – I must finish the other...

Regular readers of our site will know that we have been lucky enough to have followed the ever-expanding career of director Katie Bonham pretty much from day one. We may even have been the first outlet to...

Exploration has become something of an obsession for the human race. Unhappy with our own lot, we have often been known to scout the far reaches of the earth in search of something else, something different...

Anyone who has spent any time perusing our site knows that here at Movie Ramblings towers we are big fans of the new wave of talent forging their way through the British horror scene - the likes of Liam Regan,...

The British film scene has become synonymous with the rough-talkin’, underground gangster world that seems to thrive under our murky, grey skys. The gritty realism that is often absent in bigger budget...

Simon casts his eye over a vintage haunted house chiller

When first speaking to the editor about these Why I Love features, I was told the general idea was to not only to go into why you’re passionate about a particular film, and what makes it good, but to bring...

Shirley MacLaine stars in this subtle shocker

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...