For his latest video review, Kevin sits down to give his thoughts on another of his picks of the big-budget / low-budget / no-budget movie landscape… Treading Water. Giving you his personal opinion on why you should or shouldn’t give this movie your time. Set amidst the backdrop of the iconic Manchester skyline, Treading Water […]
Stars: Snars, Olly Bassi, Shaun Davidson, Mark Burdett, Valerie Birss, Adam Harper, Andy Moore, Irvine Welsh, Graham Scott, Colin Mcafferty | Written and Directed by Robbie Davidson Let’s get this out of the way… Robbie Davidson’s Dick Dynamite: 1944 is a raucous, full-throttle plunge into wartime absurdity that feels like a Molotov cocktail hurled […]
Stars: Anna Shields, Jessy Holtermann, Kaitlyn Lunardi, Ameerah Briggs, Brianna Cala | Written by Anna Shields | Directed by Bruce Wemple Since 1972 over forty people have gone missing in a remote stretch of Canada known as The Barren Lands. Their disappearance, according to locals, is linked to The Barren Cabin which disappeared in 1963, […]
Stars: Ken Trujillo, Katerina Eichenberger, Emma Anne Wedemeyer, Chris Genovese | Written and Directed by D.W. Medoff I Will Never Leave You Alone, directed by D.W. Medoff, is a haunting and emotionally intense horror film that made its premiere at this year’s FrightFest. Though it fits comfortably within the horror genre, the film distinguishes itself […]
Stars: Emily Rose Mogilner, Connor Powles, Bruno Cryan, Karolina Ugrenyuk, Fyn Phoenixx, Danielle Ronald, Steven Murphy, Kelly Rian Sanson | Written by Harry Boxley | Directed by William Stead The stream of public domain horror continues, this time it’s E.C. Segar’s iconic sailor Popeye who gets turned into a killer. The script by Harry Boxley, […]
For his latest video review, Kevin sits down to give his thoughts on another of his picks of the big-budget / low-budget / no-budget movie landscape… Swing Bout. Giving you his personal opinion on why you should or shouldn’t give this movie your time. A series of quick knockouts at a boxing event can cause […]
Stars: Sharon Duce, Sarah-Jane Potts, David Ganly, Helen Grady, Jessica Millson, Ben Redman, Oliver Jackson | Written and Directed by Joseph Millson Signs of Life is the feature directorial debut of prolific British actor-turned-filmmaker Joseph Millson. A movie that is an ambitious blend of heart-stopping drama and uplifting optimism. A story that seeks to explore […]
Stars: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Darya Ekamasova, Yura Borisov, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington, Emily Weider, Luna Sofía Miranda, Vincent Radwinsky, Brittney Rodriguez, Sophia Carnabuci | Written and Directed by Sean Baker Since releasing his first feature in 2000, writer/director Sean Baker has built himself a name as an exciting voice in independent cinema. As his works […]
Stars: Eric Kole, Renee Bailey, Osy Ikhile, Neferah-Jo Onilude, Kamaiyah Oppong, Victoria Shepherd, Christina Tam | Written and Directed by Eric Kole In The First Time I Never Met You, writer/director Eric Kole crafts a short film that lingers long after the final frame… a gentle, aching meditation on the strange intimacy of strangers, and […]
Stars: David Pareja, Estefanía de los Santos, Josep Riera, Claudia Riera, Eduardo Antuña | Written by Caye Casas, Cristina Borobia | Directed by Caye Casas I had read quite a lot of comments about The Coffee Table before I had seen it, but pretty much all of them said something along the lines of “watch […]
Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Directed by Brady Corbet Dark screens are broken by the reading of a letter, and a scramble of people across the screen, all of them fighting to see their […]
Stars: Thomas Jane, John Malkovich, Nick Moran, Dominique Tipper, Dean Jagger, Patrick Bergin | Written and Directed by Jesse V. Johnson Opening with the well-worn quote “One riot. One ranger.” from which it takes its title, One Ranger the new film from action specialist Jesse V. Johnson (Chief of Station, Accident Man) quickly segues into […]
Stars: Tran Ngoc Vang, Thuan Nguyen, Chi Pu, Trinh Thao | Written by Timothy Linh Bui, Doan Si Nguyen | Directed by Timothy Linh Bui Vampire cinema has been reinvented countless times, but Daydreamers carves out its own niche, not with gothic castles or European moors, but through the neon-lit backstreets of modern-day Saigon. It’s […]
Stars: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Written by Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo | Directed by Jake Schreier Directed by Jake Schreier (who made Netflix’s Beef), Thunderbolts* (that asterisk is significant) is the 36th film in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and the final […]
Stars: Lea Myren, Ane Dahl Torp, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger, Ralph Carlsson | Written and Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt Making her feature debut, Norwegian writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt serves up this body horror version of the Cinderella story, presented from the perspective of the titular ugly stepsibling. As such, it’s […]
Stars: Megan Tremethick, Andrew Gourlay, Dorian Todd, Michael Daviot | Written by Lawrie Brewster, Sarah Daly | Directed by Richard Campbell Crown of Shadows, also know as The Reign of Queen Ginnarra (the title under which it played film festivals), is a dark, Gothic medieval horror film from director Lawrie Brewster – credited on the […]
