MICHAEL GOSDEN – ACTOR/WRITER/DIRECTOR “WATCH THE SUNSET” Watch the Sunset is a terrific new Australian movie – release date TBC – about a young man struggling to escape his past life of crime and drugs. On the cusp of announcing their new crowdfunding campaign (to help fuel post-production costs), I caught up with co-director…
Ahead of the European premiere screening of PATCHWORK at the Glasgow Film Festival, FrightFest dissects the mind of director Tyler MacIntyre Not many people can say they were mentored by Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich and Stuart Gordon for their feature debut. What did you learn from each of these filmmaking icons? I have been incredible…
DAD’S ARMY FEATURETTE IN UK CINEMAS FEBRUARY NOW ‘The Women of Walmington’ includes interviews with the cast, scenes from the film as well as behind the scenes footage. DAD’S ARMY the feature film based on the much-loved iconic British comedy, will be released in cinemas on February 5th 2016. Directed by BAFTA award-winning Oliver Parker,…
On Blu-ray and DVD from March 14th, 2016 The living martial arts legend that is Jackie Chan makes his long awaited return to action when DRAGON BLADE arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from March 14th, 2016, courtesy of Signature Entertainment. Two thousand years ago, a mysterious legion of extremely fearsome warriors galloped along the…
DIRECTED BY JESSE O’BRIEN STARRING CHRISTOPHER KIRBY (STAR WARS EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH), DAN MOR (KILLING JESUS), SHAUN MICALLEF, ALEISHA ROSE An interstellar Jekyll and Hyde, Arrowhead tells a tale of survival set amongst the distant stars. Kye is a prisoner of war caught between two armies, neither of whose ideology he believes…
Uncork’d Entertainment have acquired North American rights to The Hollow, written and directed by Miles Doleac and starring James Callis, Christiane Seidel, Jeff Fahey, William Sadler, William Forsythe and David Warshofsky. Deal will be officially announced in Berlin. Film, produced by Historia Films, chronicles the murder of a senator’s daughter in Mississippi. Uncork’d Entertainment have…
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, MGM Studios, EON Productions and Christie’s present a unique way to get close to the costumes, props and stunning Aston Martin DB10 from Spectre next week. Ahead of a live auction on Thursday 18th February at Christie’s in London, fifteen items straight from the set of Spectre will tour the…
As a young man isolated in his efforts to hide his Tourette’s—Vincent is suddenly forced into the world when his mother passes away. Vincent finds himself at a center for those dealing with similar psychological disorders after his absent father sends him away to avoid responsibility and any disruption in the midst of his political…
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S UNIQUE FILM STYLE Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska star in visionary director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, the chilling and beautiful supernatural horror Crimson Peak. Young Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) is an aspiring author living with her father in New York at the dawn of the 20th century. When her father…
THE UK’S MOST HAUNTED HOUSES AND BUILDINGS Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska star in visionary director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, the chilling and beautiful, supernatural horror Crimson Peak. Young Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) is an aspiring author living with her father in New York at the dawn on the 20th century. When her…
Biggest Sporting Scandals Doping, murder, fixing and everything in between… the sporting world has been rocked by its fair share of outrageous scandals. In recent times, Lance Armstrong was exposed by The Times journalist David Walsh for “the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen”. On 15th February Armstrong’s downfall…
ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS FROM 14TH MARCH, AND BLU-RAY AND DVD FROM 28TH MARCH The brutal brothers from Bethnal Green are back and bloodier than ever as FALL OF THE KRAYS explodes onto digital platforms on 14th March, and then onto Blu-ray and DVD from 28th March, 2016, courtesy of Signature Entertainment. Following on from the…
DEUTSCHLAND 83 RELEASED ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON 8 FEBRUARY AND DVD ON 15 FEBRUARY Universal Pictures (UK) is delighted to announce the home entertainment release of Deutschland 83, the new groundbreaking and original series from the producers of the international Emmy award-winning Generation War. Released exclusively before the final episode airs on Channel 4, viewers…
THE ULTIMATE TOP FOURTEEN ANTI-VALENTINE’S DAY FILM LIST With Valentine’s Day around the corner, for some of us it’s not all about roses and romance. If you’re fed up of all the schmaltz, pour yourself a glass of red wine, order your favourite takeaway and pop one of the below films in your DVD player…
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR NEW TRAILER & FILM STILLS LAUNCHED The fantastical world of Snow White and the Huntsman expands to reveal how the fates of The Huntsman Eric and Queen Ravenna are deeply and dangerously intertwined. Chris Hemsworth and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron return to their roles in The Huntsman Winter’s War, an…
From the makers of Despicable Me and starring the voices of Louis C.K. as Max the Terrier, Eric Stonestreet as Duke the mongrel, and Kevin Hart as Snowball the rabbit, The Secret Life of Pets is a brand new animated comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each…
ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY & DVD – 22nd FEBRUARY 2016 Arrow Video is pleased to announce the American Horror Project, a new series of box-sets which sees a variety of rarely seen and long-forgotten cult horror films being restored and returned from obscurity and risk of being lost forever due to fragility of original film…
DEADLY FAMOUS Horror abounds when Entourage meets American Psycho in DEADLY FAMOUS! The pitfalls of Hollywood creates an American Psycho in the unnerving Deadly Famous, out this month from Indican Pictures. Jackie Moore (Pernicious) joins Oscar Nominee Eric Roberts (The Human Centipede III) in Jim Lane & Eric Troop’s sexy and frightening hand grenade of…
Have you got your love of 80s movies out of your system now? I’m not sure! A lot of it comes through as organic as that’s what my brain sponged in at the most impressionable movie-going age possible. I definitely would love to make some more contemporary movies in the future but I feel like…
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…
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…
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…
Many thanks to The Fan Carpet for asking me to review a film for them, a great bunch of people over there who love movies as much as I do. Check out their site and keep up to date with films from all over and all sizes. Earlier this week I watched a great film,…
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…
One of the dilemmas I have with being a film fan is just which film to watch. With so many films being released its near impossible to catch up with everything. Add to that the insane amount of back catalogue films that are out there, I am never going to run out of films to…
When a family mans world is torn apart , he feels no choice but to handle the justice the only way he believes how. Outside the law and rapidly. This is the very basic premise of Kill Kane, starring Vinnie Jones as Ray Brookes Kill Kane is the latest film by Adam Stephen Kelly, whos…
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…
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,…
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 (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…
The writing and directing debut by Paul Bettany (Gangster No1,) opens with us being introduced by Tahir (played by Anthony Mackie), an illegal immigrant in the USA who sleeps alone on the streets of New York City. When Tahirs belongings are ransacked, his quest to gain them back leads him to Hannah (played by Jennifer…
After a botched art heist in France, a group of friends are left with a body on their hands and the gendarme hot on their trail. They hide the body and make plans to sell the painting and return home. But as they wait for the chance to escape from their secluded holiday home, they…
. 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…
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS FROM 8th FEBRUARY 2015 AVAILABLE ON DVD FROM 29th FEBRUARY 2015 A stunning Tuscan backdrop provides the perfect setting for second chances, as mismatched lovers Sarah Jessica Parker and Raoul Bova discover ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME – arriving on digital platforms from the 8th February,…
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…
Flowers, champagne, guns, murder and Woody Harrelson: Everything you need for a perfectly RAD Valentines day this February. At RAD they are dedicating the day to some of their favourite romantic and dangerous couples in the history of bad-ass American cinema with a double bill that is a match made in heaven. First up are the…
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…
One of the tasks I set myself this year is to watch far more films made by the British industry than I have in any other year. I clocked in a reasonable amount of UK films in 2015 but when I looked over the list, I realised I could do more, therefor more I shall…
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…
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,…
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