Imagined Conversation: THE PURGE: ANARCHY: for 12 hours, your insurance premium is not valid
I was lucky enough to catch a sneaky peek at THE PURGE: ANARCHY at a screening in a swish (read: complimentary pencils) hotel in C…
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Trailer Review: THE JUDGE: could be Grisham, more likely schmaltz
Trailer debuts get almost as much attention as film premieres. There was a time when you had to buy a ticket for a film, in my cas…
Cannes 2014: WHEN ANIMALS DREAM – get a second opinion
I didnt go to Cannes this year to see genre movies, but they popped up all over the shop. First, American horror flick, IT FOLLOWS…
Film Review: 22 JUMP STREET – knowingness can only get you so far
It is a well-known assertion that lightning does not strike the same place twice, which is of course no use to you if you were fra…
Film Review: A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST – not a million laughs, but more than enough!
It seems almost a self-fulfilling prophecy that a comedy set in the gold-rush fuelled Old West should attract panning, but A MILLI…
Seth and the Censors – is NEIGHBORS really PG-13 material?
From across the pond, it seems that Seth Rogen is rarely out of the entertainment news. First there was a spat with Justin Bieber.…
Film Review: OCULUS: Mirror, mirror on the wall, haven’t we seen this all before?
Writer-director Mike Flanagan lucked out when he got the chance to expand his $1,500 short OCULUS into a feature, with Karen Gilla…
Film Review: FADING GIGOLO: not so much stud muffin as stuff missing
In FADING GIGOLO, John Turturro displays a curious characteristic for an actor-turned-movie director a lack of enthusiasm. He del…
We turn out for reality TV stars but not for the lead in a Luc Besson film! Why the low show for Louise Bourgoin?
As twice winner of the Cineworld Haymarket Movie Quiz in 2013 (shame it wasnt red wine rather than white) and on the runner up tea…
Film Review: OMAR: Caught in the crossfire
In the Occupied Territories-set drama, OMAR, the titular character (Adam Bakri) is a young baker who by day scales a massive wall …
