A chat with writer/director Odin Ozdil An ambitious young real estate agent who encouraged risky loans during the housing boom must now fight to save her integrity and father’s home from foreclosure – a consequence of the risky loan she advised him to take in writer-director Odin Ozdil’s film California Winter California Winter, now available…
SEIZE THE NIGHT has been one of the most talked about short films on the independent horror scene over the past year. In its time on the festival circuit the film has won creator Emma Dark an MMBF Rising Star award at Ireland’s The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival, garnered favourable reviews from a multitude…
MINUSCULE In cinemas from May 27th, 2016 If you go down to the woods this spring, you’re sure of a tiny surprise as the mini-beasts go antennae-to-antennae for the spoils of a picnic in MINUSCULE, in cinemas from May 27th, 2016 courtesy of Lionsgate Films. In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic…
This morning I decided to check out Deadly Intent, a film that I have seen mentioned many times on social media of late, and which I found on Amazon Prime. Having just finished watching the film. I thought I would try and put my thoughts down on the site so that others can check out…
Bad Lieutenant meets Lethal Weapon in this blackly-comic buddy cop thriller. Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Kick-Ass) delivers his best performance in years as a nihilistic cop who teams with a reluctant young officer played by Elijah Wood (Maniac, Sin City) to stage a big money heist. After premiering at SXSW, The Trust has already…
SPLICE FESTIVAL, the UK’s only dedicated audiovisual performing arts festival will open in London this summer, 3rd – 5th June. The brand new festival brings together a host of incredible and diverse artists from around the globe for a three-day feast of live cinema, audio/video remixing and visual music from both established and emerging artists…
First there was Then they entered and now we will find out all about Written and Directed by Noel Clarke. Featuring Noel Clarke (I Am Soldier, The Anomaly),Jason Maza (The Hooligan Factory, Fish Tank), Nick Nevern (White Collar Hooligan Trilogy, Terry) , Steven Cree (The Knot, Tower Block) , Olivia Chenery ( Legacy, Penny…
After a weekend of watching horror films. Its now back to UK films for me. I decided to revisit the UK/Irish film In The Name Of The Father, which I havent seen since it was released on VHS in the 90s. Directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot)) and with a cast featuring Daniel Day Lewis…
JOY Available on Digital HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on 25th April Miracle Mop Joy Mangano, an American inventor, business woman and entrepreneur is known for many of her famous household inventions but most notably the Miracle Mop in 1990, a plastic mop that could be wrung out without the user’s hands getting wet.…
THE FOREST RELEASES ON DVD, BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 20TH JUNE 2016 Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games) stars in a chilling and suspense-filled horror set in the haunting, real-life Aokigahara Forest. Travelling to Japan to find her missing-and-presumed-dead twin sister, Sara (Dormer) soon find herself lost in the forest – and…
Cathy Come Home is a 1966 BBC television play which was part of the series The Wednesday Play that ran from 1964 to 1970 (the year before I was born). Directed by Ken Loach, (credited onscreen as Kenneth Loach) Cathy Come Home is often talked about as one of the “best single television drama” of all…
BLU-RAY: Deleted/Extended Scenes With Optional Commentary by Director Tim Miller Gag Reel From Comics to Screen…to Screen Producer Ryan Reynolds and Screenwriters Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick audio commentary Director Tim Miller and Deadpool Co-Creator/Comics Artist Rob Liefeld audio commentary Gallery Deadpool’s Fun Sack DVD: Gag Reel Deadpool’s Fun Sack Sneak Peak: X-Men Apocalypse…
2nd MAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE DATE FOR THE FORGOTTEN When a father and son are forced to squat in an empty London council estate scheduled for demolition, 14 year old Tommy starts to hear strange noises coming from the boarded-up flat next door… THE FORGOTTEN is a tensely plotted gritty, urban drama that gradually evolves…
EPIC ADVENTURE MOVIE “Time Traveller” STARRING JOSH HARTNETT AND TAMSIN EGERTON RELEASED IN THE UK ON DVD AND VOD MONDAY 25THAPRIL 2016 Epic adventure movie “Time Traveller” starring Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Sin City) and Tamsin Egerton (St. Trinian’s, Camelot) with Bollywood superstar Bipasha Basu, will release in the UK on Monday 25th April…
Who’s Jenna…? is a riotously funny but super sweet rom-com about a man whose new girlfriend (AOFF award winner Tracey Birdsall) looks suspiciously like a famous porn star. Jonathan Burke (Bill Sorvino), a successful financial advisor, starts dating Jenna Casey (Birdsall), an accomplished lawyer. Jonathan’s best friend, Andy Roma (Joseph D’Onofrio) is convinced she looks…
In the 1898 gold rush of the Wild West, two desperate brothers take a job as bounty hunters to save their home and find their father. But in The Timber, brutality and bloodshed is the law of the land and what they find along the way is much more than they bargained for. The Timber…
METRODOME RELEASES ONLINE ASSETS FOR THE 29th APRIL THEATRICAL RELEASE FOR: HARD TIDE ‘A killer British crime thriller with a heart’ FILMJUICE ‘☆☆☆☆’ TOTAL FILM DIRECTED BY NATHANAEL WISEMAN AND ROBERT OSMAN On the eve of a drugs war, a small time criminal is forced to go on the run with a…
Another month, another great release from Arrow. This time its Nico Mastorakis’s The Zero Boys coming to dual format DVD and Blu-ray on 25th April 2016. From the man behind such eclectic offerings as the controversial Island of Death and the Oliver Reed-starring actioner Hired to Kill, this genre-bending ’80s classic features gruesome sequences that anticipate…
Eli Roth (Hostel) presents a new horror based on his own stomach-churning 2002 classic. Taken from the same script as the original, it follows a group of friends plagued by a deadly flesh-eating virus. With exciting young director Travis Zariwny (Intruder), a cast of up-and-coming talent, and stunning visuals, the flesh-crawling terror of Cabin Fever…
METRODOME RELEASES NEW POSTER FOR THE 6th MAY THEATRICAL RELEASE OF EVOLUTION 10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother on a remote island, in a village inhabited solely by women and young boys. In a hospital overlooking the ocean, all the boys are subjected to a mysterious medical treatment. Only Nicolas questions what is happening around…
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets House of 1000 Corpses in a new sweat-inducing new horror jaunt from Jim Lane, director of Deadly Famousstarring Mikayla Gibson, Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds, Circus of the Dead), Trae Ireland (13/13/13), Omar Gooding (Barbershop), Reatha Grey (Chocolate City), Joey Bell, David Brown, Elizabeth Castillo, Jamie B.Cline, Adam Dunnells,…
ELECT TO SAVE CURZON SOHO THIS MAY As Boris Johnson’s reign comes to an end Curzon Cinemas present a duo of events to support the #SaveCurzonSoho campaign during election week. The threat of Soho’s treasured cinema becoming a Crossrail ticket office is real and now is the time to get down and show your…
Filmmaker Emma Dark announces release date for SEIZE THE NIGHT British independent filmmaker EMMA DARK has announced the highly anticipated online release date for her sensational horror/action short film SEIZE THE NIGHT Emma Dark’s self-produced and directed short film SEIZE THE NIGHT has been one of the most talked about films on the independent horror…
Screenwriter and producer Theodore’ Ted’ Logan III speaks about TRI, which screens at this week’s Boston International Film Festival. Is this your first screenplay? I have written a number of stories and treatments, but this is my first full screenplay. As such, I felt it was important to work with more experienced writers to get…
At some point in 2014, I attended a cast and crew screening of a small British indie film entitled ‘He Who Dares’ , a fun sort of film that to this day I still enjoy (and its sequel) directed by Paul Tanter, and starring a whole host of names i’m familiar with. That was actually…
A companion piece to the very topical, award-winning triumph The Big Short ( though, as opposed to it, this is seen through the eyes of ‘the people’) California Winter– available now from Indie Rights – and tells of an ambitious young real estate agent who must fight to save her integrity and her father’s home from…
The Hunt is On with The Horde this May The Horde, hits on Demand in the US and Canada from May 6th 2016 from Gravitas Ventures. . A 313 Films and Razors Edge Productions feature, this action-horror film stars Paul Logan (Mega Piranha), Costas Mandylor (Saw IV), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Vernon Wells (The…
Set in the year 1971, Gary Hook is a British soldier who is part of a unit deployed to the troubled area of Northern Ireland. When his unit is involved as part of what should be a routine operation, things dont go according to military planning and Gary finds himself alone, trapped and in grave…
1959: A helpless British astronaut(played by Edmund Kingsley) is suffering from Hypoxia and is locked in a dysfunctional Cold War space Capsule orbiting planet earth. With limited contact with his own team, the deeply suspicious Russians and Americans attempt to intervene…Can he get home? Who will help him? Will he make the right choice?…
Frankenstein meets Twin Peaks in in writer-director Kyle Broom’s “jarring, unpredictable, immensely fun”* horror-thriller Tabloid Vivant. Jesse Woodrow (TV’s Charmed) and Tamzin Brown (The Adderall Diaries) are spellbinding in the award-winning** festival fave that’s due for release later this year. Max is an artist seduced by the allure of fame. Sara is an art critic…
“DECAY is an amazing piece of filmmaking” – Aint it Cool News Written and Directed by Joseph Wartnerchaney The “meticulous and engrossing” (Aint it Cool News) Decay hits theatres and On Demand April 8 from Uncork’d Entertainment. Featuring a “mesmerizing” performance by Rob Zabrecky, writer-director Joseph Wartnerchaney’s vividly nightmarish pic focuses on a middle-aged grounds keeper…
10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother on a remote island, in a village inhabited solely by women and young boys. In a hospital overlooking the ocean, all the boys are subjected to a mysterious medical treatment. Only Nicolas questions what is happening around him. He senses that his mother is lying to him, and is…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be released December 16th 2016 and today debuted its first trailer on Good Morning America. Have you seen it? What do you think?
Over the past couple of years, I have made time to watch more short films than I ever used to. Short films arent as easy to find as feature films. They dont get the same amount of ‘press’ or coverage as the Hollywood blockbuster films, they are shot on a far lower budget than most…
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the release of Toshio Masuda’s Outlaw: Gangster VIP, a gritty yakuza yarn based on the writings of real life ex-gangster Goro Fujita. Packed with a wealth of bonus content, this exclusive box-set, limited to only 3,000 copies, will be released on 18th April 2016. In 1968, acclaimed director Toshio…
Spooky suspense and high death count as a demon curse hits small town… THE CURSED, a supernatural thriller Starring Costas Mandylor (Saw IV, V, VI), Louis Mandylor (Daylight’s End), and Brad Thornton (Kickboxer 4), Available to download in the UK on Google Play, iTunes and Blinkbox from April 11, 2016 £4.49 HD £3.49 SD VOD…
Critically-acclaimed festival favorite THE DIVINE TRAGEDIES, from writer-director Jose Prendes, will be distributed in the US by Uncork’d Entertainment. The first feature from Dual Visions, the company headed up by Jon and James Kondelik, has been called “a dangerous and perfect little nightmare that needs to be seen” (Aint it Cool News) and “simply divine”…
Coming Spring 2016, Who’s Jenna…? is a riotously funny but super sweet rom-com about a man whose new girlfriend (AOFF award winner Tracey Birdsall) looks suspiciously like a famous porn star. Jonathan Burke (Bill Sorvino), a successful financial advisor, starts dating Jenna Casey (Tracey Birdsall), an accomplished lawyer. Jonathan’s best friend, Andy Roma (Joseph D’Onofrio)…
A companion piece to topical, award-winning triumph The Big Short ( though, as opposed to it, this is seen through the eyes of ‘the people’) California Winter– available this month On Demand from Indie Rights – tells of an ambitious young real estate agent who must fight to save her integrity and her father’s home…
Arrow Video are thrilled to announce the release of Luciano Ercoli’s Italian horror classics Death Walks on High Heels and Death Walks at Midnight which premiere on Blu-ray in this beautifully restored, limited edition collection. Emerging at the peak of the giallo boom of the early ’70s, Luciano Ercoli’s Death Walks films are two superlative…
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