08th Jan2026

‘Ballerina Assassin’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Preet Kaur, Dominic Keating, Winston Salk, Nicolas Sellar, Rocio Scotto, G. Anthony Joseph, Ignacio Alcala Jr., Joe Kurak | Written by Jacob David Smith | Directed by Michael Su Ballerina Assassin is The Asylum’s latest low-budget answer to a big-budget blockbuster — this time taking aim at Ballerina, the recent John Wick spin-off. In […]

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30th Jul2025

‘The Jolly Monkey’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dominic Keating, Jane Hajduk, Courtney Fulk, Neirin Winter, Anthony Jensen, Patrick Labyorteaux, Kathleen Turner, Lisa Cole, Landon Jacob Lee, Aria Surrec, Zack Gold, Saskia Norman | Written and Directed by Ryan Ebert Every now and then, a film studio surprises you, and with The Jolly Monkey, Asylum Pictures delivers one of its most unexpected […]

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09th Apr2020

‘The Host’ VOD Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, Derek Jacobi, Nigel Barber, Togo Igawa, Margo Stilley, Daniël Boissevain, Tom Wu, Jeroen Krabbé, Fabian Jansen, Reinout Bussemaker, Dominic Keating | Written by Finola Geraghty, Brendan Bishop | Directed by Andy Newbery Robert Atkinson (Beckingham) is a young London banker and today the opportunity to show the lady […]

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04th Apr2017

Simon Rumley to helm gangster thriller ‘Once Upon a Time in London’

by Phil Wheat

Simon Rumley (director of Red, White & Blue, Fashionista & Crowhurst) has begun a six week shoot on the brutal gangster thriller Once Upon a Time in London – for Gateway Films – which dramatises the violent reign of two of London’s most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack ‘Spot’ Comer (Terry Stone), […]

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