In the shadows with Sicario


In The Shadows Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario is an immensely tense and gripping picture about the war on drugs. Lead by an impressive cast including Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, this thrilling narrative combines proficient action, intense suspense, and beautiful imagery that will hook you from start to finish. In celebration of Sicario…

Sicario is out February 1st 2016,


GENDER SWAP In the critically acclaimed action thriller Sicario (on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment), Emily Blunt proves yet again that there’s nothing she can’t do- taking on a role that once upon a time in Hollywood would never have been given to a woman. To…

The hand of Asif Kapadia ( @asifkapadia ) reaches out for Maradona


One of the best documentaries I saw last year was ‘Amy’ (Oscar and BAFTA nominated) by Asif Kapadia (Senna,The Warrior) Now The Hollywood Reporter is running a story that Asif’s next project will focus on legendary footballer Diego Maradona Maradona will focus on the footballers career using hundreds of hours of footage that has never been…

FrightFest chat with filmmaker Can Evrenol


Ahead of the UK premiere screening of BASKIN at the Glasgow Film Festival, FrightFest ask the director Can Evrenol a few pertinent questions… What were the challenges of elongating the BASKIN short film ideas into a full feature? A brief history of Turkish genre cinema and the must-see movies virgins should see? Please refer to the…

Manson By Brandon Sagle


Beginning with the October 1969 raid of the Charles Manson ranch in California, and the capture of the infamous cult leader. Manson, written and directed by Brandon Sagle is actually the first film I have seen that gives me backstory into who Charles Manson was and why he did what he did. (I know there…

Casuals A trip back to the 80s


Born in 1971, I was around 12 when I remember the phrase ‘Casuals’ being used around the school playground in my first year of High School, in the small coastal town of Kirkcaldy in Scotland. The only thing I knew about ‘Casuals’ at the time was that the clothes were generally bright and pastel coloured,…

An overview of Pierce Brosnan #NoEscape


Pierce Brosnan through the years NO ESCAPE is the intense, action-packed thriller, where an American business man (Owen Wilson) and his family suddenly find themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, frantically looking for a safe escape. Pierce Brosnan plays Hammond, a British expatriate who comes to the rescue when the Dwyer family…

From Zero To Hero (surprising) #NoEscape is out today


FROM Zero to (Surprising) Hero NO ESCAPE is the intense, action-packed thriller where an American business man and his family suddenly find themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, frantically looking for a safe escape. Many of our greatest action movies are about ordinary characters doing extraordinary things, but off-beat casting choices can…

BAFTA winners announced #BAFTA


. Here are the nominees for the 2016 BAFTA awards . The BAFTA ceremony will once again be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be held on Valentines Day 2016. Whilst I am still catching up on some of the films and performances. Its a shame that Danny Boyle hasn’t received a nomination for his…

FRANKENSTEIN – @BernardJMRose @tonytodd54 Blu-ray/DVD is out now


FROM BERNARD ROSE, DIRECTOR OF CANDYMAN starring     CARRIE-ANNE MOSS           DANNY HUSTON             TONY TODD           XAVIER SAMUEL in FRANKENSTEIN On digital platforms and Blu-ray & DVD from February 22nd, 2016 One of horror cinema’s oldest monsters becomes man’s newest miracle as FRANKENSTEIN is brought bang up to date and released on digital platforms from…

Checking out Spectre #007 Home release dates announced


The 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE, from Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment, will be available to own on Digital HD™ on 19thFebruary and on Blu-ray™ & DVD on 22nd February, it was announced today by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Taking in more than $850 million…

The Jacques Rivette Collection by @arrowfilmsvideo


The Jacques Rivette Collection brings together some of the director’s hardest to see works, each restored, newly translated and debuting on home video for the first time in UK. Out 1 is one of the crowning achievements of Rivette’s remarkable career. Conceived as a television mini-series, this near-thirteen-hour monolith consists of eight feature-length episodes revolving…

Among Ravens flies onto DVD and Digital Download January 25 2016


Bitter-sweet drama comedy AMONG RAVENS, narrated through the eyes of 10-year old girl, Joey (Johnny Sequoyah), follows the intertwined lives of a group of dysfunctional friends and family as they celebrate the 4th of July holiday weekend in Idaho. When a mysterious bird-watching houseguest Chad (Will McCormack) intrudes and forces dark secrets to be revealed,…

Mark Of The Witch comes to you soon from @metrodomegroup


METRODOME ANNOUNCES 15th FEBRUARY HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE DATE FOR MARK OF THE WITCH DIRECTED BY JASON BOGNAKI STARRING DAVID LANDRY (INSURGENT), MARIA OLSEN (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3) AND LILLIAN PENNYPACKER ‘The film’s love of the saturated colours, dreamlike atmospheres and lush soundtracks of 1960s and ‘70s Italian giallo thrillers oozes from every frame’ TIME OUT ‘Wears…

GUNS FOR HIRE shoots onto DVD Jan 11


Black comedy, kinky plots and twisted minds combine in GUNS FOR HIRE, a gun-toting action thriller starring Michele Hicks (The Shield, Mullholland Drive) as a part-time assassin, who falls for a suicidal and secretive femme fatale, (Ever Carradine), triggering a violent sequence of events. Directed by Katherine Brooks (Confidential) and Donna Robinson (Dora: A Head Case)…

MMBF ( @TheMMBF ) Trust announce new horror filmmakers competition


  MMBF Trust announce new horror filmmakers competition International charity MMBF Trust has announced their new horror filmmakers competition in partnership with celebrated horror filmmaker Emma Dark. The competition will also mark the introduction of the MMBF Emma Dark Award. The competition launching on the 1st of January will offer horror filmmakers or creatives with an idea a…

Anger Of The Dead unleashes new stills


Ahead of the January 8 release of ANGER OF THE DEAD, in Cinemas and On Demand, Uncork’d Entertainment have released a mass of frightening new stills from the film. Writer-director Francesco Picone and producer Uwe Boll (House of the Dead) present Anger of the Dead, released this January from Uncork’d Entertainment. The highly-anticipated post-apocalyptic horror film…

Crazy For You bags an award for @jamesmoran


Sunday might be the day of rest for some people  but the creative world never rests. One of my favourite creative souls is a guy called James Moran. Now you might not be familiar with his name and shame on you if you arent…actually you dont get shamed..but James Moran is a name you should…

Epic dark fantasy film Serurta gets a brand new teaser trailer


From Writer/Producer/Director team Steven Lyons and Merlyn Roberts comes the first official trailer for their feature film Serurta (Sunbirth). From director producer team Steven Lyons and Merlyn Roberts (Wyldewood Productions) comes Serurta (Sunbirth), an epic journey into the depths of ancient Britain, 700 years before the Roman conquest.  The Friac, one of the ancient tribes…

Amy by Asif Kapadia


Ill start by mentioning that I was never really a fan of the songs Amy Winehouse released. That’s not to say I don’t realize just how much of an amazing voice she was blessed with, just that I never listened to her CD’s, never watched a concert and would be lucky to name at least…

ALIEN EXTINCTION – On DVD 4th January


DIRECTED BY JAMES KONDELIK (Airplans vs Volcano)  Alien Extinction STARRING KELLY HU (ARROW), ANTHONY MARKS (WHAT NOW), ROBERT PICARDO (STAR TREK VOYAGER)   Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal…

Star Trek Beyond goes IMAX


“STAR TREK BEYOND” FROM PARAMOUNT PICTURES, SKYDANCE AND BAD ROBOT RELEASED IN IMAX® THEATRES GLOBALLY BEGINNING JULY 22, 2016 Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot and IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that “STAR TREK BEYOND,” the third film in the blockbuster franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released in IMAX®…

Tom Hardy begins Taboo


Its been another great year for Tom Hardy. Mad Max:Fury Road, Legend, in which he played not one main role but both of them. Now as the year winds down. Tom doesn’t, and has already started shooting ‘Taboo’ an eight part TV drama series created by Steven Knight, Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy (Toms Father), Steven…

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS CHRISTMAS TEASE LAUNCHED


For their fifth fully-animated feature-film collaboration, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts inThe Secret Life of Pets, which co-stars…

Essex Boys:Law Of Survival


Danny (Chris Bell) is an ex street thug who opts to take on the Essex underworld after they turn his life upside down following the murder of his girlfriend.. Here we have Essex Boys:Law Of Survival, another film taking us into the world of the infamous Range Rover Killings which have been the focus of…

A newly released episode by @copsandmonsters


The crew from the digital series (or web series as some call it) Cops and Monsters have been busy putting the finishing touches to the third official episode in their series. Director Fraser Coull has now released ‘The New Recruit’, a 6 minute episode which expands the show with…well a new recruit played by Ellen…