By Jim Mackney Nearly forty years have passed since The Shining was first released in 1980. It was Stanley Kubrick’s only proper foray into horror but it can be said that many of his films, A Clockwork Orange for example, have heavily flirted with the genre. This Halloween the film...
By Michael McNulty Joachim Trier’s latest cinematic instalment, Thelma, is a veritable melting pot of genres. Part coming of age romance, supernatural mystery-thriller and straight family drama. This is a dizzyingly tense, low-key film and a subtlety poignant observation on sexuality and repressed desire that wraps itself around you and...
By Michael McNulty It’s Halloween week. So, it goes without saying that we’re all looking for films to get the scares in. For those of you looking for a break from the Slasher films of yesteryear and their countless reboots, prequels, sequels and mash ups here’s a chilling alternative, John...
By Anna Power Opening this year’s London Film Festival, Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, a biopic of Robin Cavendish, a polio survivor and lifelong disability rights campaigner and with Jonathan Cavendish – Robin’s son, as Producer. Despite a syrupy start, wherein the couple meet and idyllically fall in love at first...
Check out our exclusive clip showing Director Patty Jenkins' vision for Wonder Woman to celebrate the upcoming digital and dvd release of this year's superhero blockbuster! Experience the wonder when Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s “WONDER WOMAN” arrives onto 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download. Before she...
By Anna Power Like a lot of women I’m not very kind to my hair. I wash it most days and blow dry it with a heated dryer and I also colour my hair and have done so for years. To top it off, I have naturally fine hair –...
Featuring new footage Writer/Director Taylor Sheridan (Hell Or High Water, Sicario) Wind River is in cinemas on Friday 8th September. Wind River follows U.S. Fish & Wildlife agent Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) as he is forced to confront his past when he joins a rookie FBI agent, Jane Banner (Elizabeth...
By Jim Mackney Hotel Salvation (Mukti Bhawan) is an allegorical film that deals with life, death, shame, and friendship. It is the first film by director, Shubhashish Bhutiani and despite the film’s small budget the piece uses this to its advantage by creating a film with a slow ambient rhythm,...
By Michael McNulty Roddy “Rowdy” Piper substitutes his spandex for a flannel shirt and some special shades in John Carpenter’s, cheesier than a croque monsieur, cult classic, sci-fi action thrill ride, They Live. Hitting the big screen in 1988 and scripted under a Carpenter pseudonym, They Live is based on...