It truly is a strange and worrying time at the moment isn't it. COVID-19 appears to be bringing out the best and worst in people, from fighting in the aisles of supermarkets for toilet roll, to masses of volunteers helping our elderly and vulnerable people. The media have caused a frenzy which is of an... Continue Reading →
Film – Possum
What do you fear the most? Is it something physical? Spiders, balloons, fire, drowning? Or something more psychological? Abandonment, solitude, misunderstanding? Matthew Holness, creator of "Garth Merenghi's Darkplace" smashes in to his cinema debut in a way unlike any other. If you have watched "The Babadook" or "Ghost Stories" you can probably get onboard films... Continue Reading →
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Film Review
There are films that are so strikingly odd that you end up remembering them and returning back to them again and again. I found that with "The Lobster". This was the first film in English by Yorgos Lanthimos, and on first watching I honestly thought to myself "what the hell was that?" This obviously made... Continue Reading →
The Wicker Man
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post about the actor I love to hate. Yes it’s old potato face, Nicholas Cage. As if the original of this film, with its all star cast of Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee wasn’t weird enough, it was felt that this needed a revamp in... Continue Reading →
Oculus
There is nothing better than curling up with someone and watching a horror film, whether the film be good or bad as usually the genre of horror can lend itself to the comedic when it's bad; and if it's good it's always nice to have a chest to hide your face in. This film surpassed... Continue Reading →
The Box
You take delivery of a box at 5:45am. In side is a button and a note saying "Mr. Steward will be calling at 5pm". At 5pm a guy with half a face knocks on your door and tells you..."push the button and two things will happen, someone you don't know will die, and you will... Continue Reading →
The Beguiled
This isn't my usual style of film, but I have invested in a cinema pass so I am making sure that I make good use of it. I'd seen the trailer a few times and this looked like it could be an interesting watch. Sadly I think they showed all the best bits in the... Continue Reading →
Left Behind
I despise Nicholas Cage, with a passion, I only watched the remake of "The Wicker Man" to watch him get ceremonially torched. I will say he was ok in "Con Air" and "8mm" as his emotionless acting suited the roles, but now he appears to have made a career in being like a plank of... Continue Reading →
Nerve
So....are you a watcher or a player? Are you easily swayed by the thought of earning money for doing bets that anyone on the World Wide Web can watch? Are you open to having your every move manipulates by a group of anonymous voyeurs? Vee is. Shown as a weak willed student, worrying about... Continue Reading →