“What a way to start a day”; states Tess (played by Victoria Hopkins) in the opening moments of the film ‘A Landscape of Lies’ just after Brannigan (played by Danny Midwinter) has beaten someone near to death for failing to laugh at his joke (that we didn’t hear the beginning of). The start of my…
In the tradition of Blade Runner, and starring the always wonderful Jane Badler (V, V : The Final Battle, ) and Mike Dupod (X-Men : Days of Future, Mission :Impossible – Ghost Protocol), comes ‘’a classic neo-noir that will make you gasp in wonder’’* 2047 : Virtual Revolution. The year is 2047. Most of the world’s population…
Based on David Harrower’s celebrated, Olivier Award- winning play Blackbird, Benedict Andrews’ UNA stars the Oscar-nominated Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Emmy-nominated Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Starred Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), following a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past. Fifteen years earlier, teenage Una (Mara) ran…
The romantic lovers’ triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), his beautiful wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), is still the same old story, but it’s never looked better! Casablanca’s new 4K resolution scan achieves the richest, most dynamic image possible, rendering the…
China’s deadliest Special Forces operative, known as the Wolf Warrior (Wu Jing – Wolf Warrior, Call of Heroes, Kill Zone) is lying low. But when he crosses paths with a ruthless band of mercenaries led by a volatile and sadistic leader (Frank Grillo – Warrior, Captain America: Civil War), he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and…
Attraction is the latest movie by Fedor Bondarchuk, the director of the Russian box-office smash Stalingrad. It’s a bold, epic sci-fi story following the devastating crash-landing of a mysterious flying object in Moscow, after it is shot down by the Russian Air Force. The drama unfolds in the ruins of a working-class suburb overwhelmed by…
This January experience the joy and spectacle as writer-director Stephen Kogon dances towards his dream. Beverley Mitchell (“Seventh Heaven”), Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”), Carlos Alazraqui (Despicable Me 3) and Stephen Kogon star in the first feel-good film of 2018, DANCE BABY DANCE, in theaters and available on Amazon from 1/19 via Indie Rights. Have…
GHOST STORIES writer and director team Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson will join Hex Studio’s Lawrie Brewster, FrightFest’s Paul McEvoy and Glasgow Film Festival head honcho Allison Gardner on the judge’s panel for the FrightFest Glasgow 90 Second Challenge. Aspiring filmmakers living in Scotland are invited to create an entertaining Horror, Sci-Fi or Fantasy film within just 90 seconds. Films must be shot in…
A young Thurgood Marshall, who was to become the 1st African American Supreme Court Justice, battles prejudice in one of his early career-defining cases. Directed by Reginald Hudlin, the key cast includes Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up, Captain America: Civil War), Josh Gad (The Wedding Ringer, Murder On The Orient Express), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, Bride Wars)…
On Halloween night, two malevolent children terrorize a young innocent couple in their home, subjecting them to a Halloween they will never forget in Bad Apples, premiering on VOD this February from Uncork’d Entertainment. It’s Halloween night, and two “bad apples” decide to play some wicked tricks on the one house in a suburban cul-de-sac that…
Heartbreaking and violent in equal measure, Bad Day for the Cut is a powerhouse of a revenge story that wowed audiences and critics at the Belfast Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival – the first feature length film from Northern Ireland to be presented there – and on its recent tour of Northern Ireland. Brutal…
Ive seen a lot of films over the years, thousands of them and on average watch around 200-350 films a year so when sometimes I forget if I have seen a film, then thats not a case of memory loss or anything, its just a case of a fact of life and spending more hours…
One of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time is back, taking Jigsaw’s signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level. After a series of murders bearing all the markings of the Jigsaw killer, law enforcement find themselves chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade and embroiled in a new…
Johnny Rico returns to the world of the ‘bugs’ in the latest installment of the Starship Troopers franchise. is back! Casper Van Dien and Dina Meyer return as the voices of Johnny Rico and Dizzy Flores alongside comedian and Starship Troopers superfan DeRay Davis in an all-new military adventure from the writer of Starship Troopers…
After a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. His nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow-up shootout, must face an FBI interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and…
When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò , who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute’s scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find…
The Harrowing, from director Jon Keeyes (American Nightmare) and starring genre icons Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers) and Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, G.I Joe : The Rise of Cobra), premieres on VOD Christmas day from Film Mode Entertainment. Haunted by the ritualistic killing of his best friend, a vice detective (Matthew Tompkins, Sicario) determined to…
After David Kim’s (John Cho) 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern…
An isolated cult prepare for the prophesied apocalypse in Patrick O’Bell’s frightening The Blessed Ones, now available on Amazon Prime from Wild Eye Releasing. An isolated cult hiding in a desert enclave prepare for an prophesied apocalypse, led by a charismatic Jim Jones-like leader. As the end of the world allegedly approaches, he binds them…
Sound the siren! the critically acclaimed, internationally award-winning Driving While Black, from filmmaker Paul Sapiano, opens in theaters February 1. Based on the real life experiences of writer and lead actor Dominique Purdy, this arresting new comedy explores Purdy’s real life experiences growing up as a person of color in LA and his run ins with…
Hex Media, the outfit behind Lord of Tears, The Unkindness of Ravens and The Black Gloves, today announced they are to establish Hex Studios, the UK’s only dedicated genre studio, committed to developing, producing and distributing horror and fantasy content, with a focus on bold, original storytelling, and nurturing diverse voices in the genre. Having acquired a historic Gothic…
FrightFest, in association with Glasgow Film Festival, are delighted to announce an exciting new initiative to discover the next wave of emerging Scottish talent. FrightFest has always championed new film-makers since its inception in 2000. Now, for the very first time they are encouraging talent to rise to the challenge of creating an entertaining film…
WILL YOU COME OUT TO PLAY? House of Salem on VOD this January from Wild Eye Releasing The Devil Has A New Playground. Don’t Breathe meets You’re Next in writer-director James Crow’s ‘’brooding and compelling horror with a crime thriller twist”* HOUSE OF SALEM, streeting on VOD 1/23/18 from Wild Eye Releasing. A group of kidnappers become a child’s unlikely…
Baron Jay stars in The Condo, a new James Cullen Bressack-directed comedy currently doing the rounds on VOD. I managed to catch up with the amiable actor to discuss how the project came about, hurdles experienced along the way, and why reviews don’t matter as much as passion and integrity. Off the bat, tell us,…
One of Robert Altman’s greatest masterpieces, Images is a tour de force of psychological horror. Dealing with hallucinations and apparitions, the film deftly blends reality with nightmare as Susannah York’s children’s author is terrorised by visions of mayhem and murder. On its release, Images reaped accolades although it has now become one of Altman’s lesser…
As the year prepares to depart and new projects lie ahead, I thought I would find some time (which wasnt easy) to release the final article of the first season of Spending Time With… A companion piece to the video interviews that I have managed to host and edit and release in 2017 (including Tracey…
Check out this first look teaser trailer for the eagerly anticipated sequel to the 2015 Academy Award Nominated Sicario, Sicario 2: Soldado. In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the US – Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh…
‘Jordan Clark: Machine in Girls Jeans’ is out now (December 15th) for free on Amazon Prime! A 16-year-old amateur rider’s unprecedented rise to become the world scooter champion. 2x World Champion 2015/2016 Current 2x European Champion 2016/2017 In 2015 Jordan Clark announced himself on the world stage of scootering and sent shock-waves through the sport as he transitioned from amateur rider to…
The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross…
Even Leatherface runs at the sight of Hunt Hansen and his Chainsaw! Scare season starts early in 2018 with High Octane Pictures’ Cannibal Farm, open for slicing and dicing from January 2! From filmmaker Charlie Steeds and starring Kate Marie Davies, Barrington De La Roche, David Lenik, Rowena Bentley, Toby Wynn-Davies, and Peter Cosgrove, a terrifying,…
Out on Digital download on 22 January, 2018 and Blu-ray and DVD on February 5, 2018,HOME AGAIN stars Reese Witherspoon (Wild, This Means War, Legally Blonde) as Alice Kinney in a modern romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband (Michael Sheen, Passengers, Nocturnal Animals), Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her…
Ascendant Releasing presents Niall Johnson’s thrilling Western adventure THE STOLEN – a heart-wrenching story set in New Zealand following a woman on a life-defining journey to rescue her kidnapped son. Set in 1860, Charlotte Lockton (Alice Eve: Star Trek In Darkness, Entourage) has settled in the South Island of New Zealand with her wealthy husband, David (Lukas Hinch: Nothing Personal) during the…
KICK-ASS FEMALE AGENTS IN FILM Oscar® winner Charlize Theron stars as MI6’s most lethal assassin and the crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Lorraine Broughton, in ATOMIC BLONDE. When Lorraine is sent on a covert mission into Cold War Berlin, she must use all of the spy craft, sensuality and savagery she has…
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents the epic must-see survival drama; THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US. Described as “A Great Date Movie” (Ed Potton, The Times), the film arrives in the UK on Digital Download on 29th January and Blu-ray™ & DVD on 12th February 2018. Based on the book by Charles Martin and starring homegrown British talent including Academy Award™/Golden GlobesÒ winner Kate Winslet (Titanic) & Golden…
Set in 1981, Northern Ireland. Irish Republican Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender) leads inmates of the Maze Prison on what would be come a history hunger strike. Whilst the film came out in 2008, I do remember this actual event. There I was a ten year old boy, living in Scotland but recalling the…
A provincial town in Poland. The final day of school. A seemingly normal day in life of three ordinary elementary school students. This day however eventually culminates in shocking and terrifying events. Uncork’d Entertainment releases terrifying true story The Playground on VOD 12/8. From writer-director Bartosz M. Kowalski comes a disturbing and captivating portrait of teen violence…
The rise of ruthless gangster Pat Tate, who blazes a path from Marbella to the Medway in the late 80s, peddling pills and snorting coke and crushing anyone who gets in his way, in his quest for cash and power. Double- crossed by an ex-pat drug baron, Tate ends up in prison. Undeterred, he establishes…
Robert Harmon’s 1986 film The Hitcher is a complex beast: reviled at the time of its release, it has been adored in the long term as one of the most intoxicating, unrelenting highway cult films ever made. Starring Rutger Hauer in the title role whose alluring villainy would give his turn as Blade Runner’s Ray…
From Taylor Sheridan the writer of Hell or High Water and Sicario comes gripping crime thriller WIND RIVER, set in the unforgiving snow plains of Wyoming. Elizabeth Olsen (Avengers franchise, Ingrid Goes West) stars as a rookie FBI agent tasked with solving the brutal murder of a young woman in a Native American reserve. Enlisting the help of a local hunter (Jeremy…
Rejoin the world’s most elite secret service when Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE on Digital Download 13th January and 4K Ultra HDTM, Blu-rayTM and DVD 29th January. Director Matthew Vaughn returns to helm the sequel in his signature kick-ass style, with stars Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Mark Strong reprising the roles that helped make…
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