Film Reviews

Lady Macbeth (2016)

Starring: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Naomi Ackie, Paul Hilton, Christopher Fairbank Director: William Oldroyd Based on a Russian novel, this film is set in rural Britain during the Victorian Era, where Katherine (Pugh) is sent to be married to a much older man (Hilton). Her life is repressive even for this time, and her husband… Continue reading Lady Macbeth (2016)

Film Reviews

A Ghost Story (2017)

Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara Director: David Lowery C (Affleck) and M (Mara) are a young couple. When C dies unexpectedly he returns to the house as a ghost in a white sheet and watches his wife grieve and move on, while he remains and tries to figure out the afterlife. It’s an odd premise… Continue reading A Ghost Story (2017)

Film Reviews

The Vault (2017)

Starring: Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, James Franco, Director: Dan Bush When their brother owes money to the wrong people, sisters Vee (Manning) and Leah (Eastwood) decide to help him rob a bank. But things start to get strange and unusual when they have to open the vault in the basement… This film has an interesting… Continue reading The Vault (2017)

Film Reviews

20th Century Women (2016)

Starring: Annette Benning, Lucas Jade Zumann, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup Director: Mike Mills Southern California in 1979, Jamie (Zumann) is a teenager whose mother (Benning) becomes worried about him not having a father influence, and enlists his best friend (Fanning), their cancer recovering artist lodger (Gerwig) to help him understand life. Along for… Continue reading 20th Century Women (2016)

Film Reviews

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Lulu Wilson, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Samara Lee Director: David F Sandberg Following on from the popular Annabelle film, which fits into the Conjuring and Warren family films, this is the story of how the doll was created. The Mullins family live on a large property where they happily… Continue reading Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Persons Of Interest

Biography Of The Month: Louis B Mayer

The story of Louise B Mayer is the story of Old Hollywood and it’s Golden Age. He and the other players of his era shaped the industry from it’s inception and used the studio system to control and create stars. It was a very different time both socially and culturally. Under Mayer’s days as head… Continue reading Biography Of The Month: Louis B Mayer

Film Reviews

Con Air (1997)

Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusak, John Malkovich, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Dave Chappelle, Monica Potter Director: Simon West Cameron Poe (Cage) is a Us Ranger, but when he accidentally kills someone in a bar fight, he’s sent to prison, where he keeps his head down and thinks only of serving his time and… Continue reading Con Air (1997)

Film Reviews

What Happened To Monday? (2017)

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe Director: Tommy Wirkola In a dystopian future, families are restricted to having only one child, all others are put into cryosleep by the government. But the Settman siblings are born, seven sisters, their father chooses to teach them to live secretly sharing one life. Each gets one day… Continue reading What Happened To Monday? (2017)

Film Reviews

Ghost House (2017)

Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, James Landry Hebert, Michael S New, Mark Boone Junior Director: Rich Ragsdale On holiday in Thailand, a young couple fall in with some new friends, who offer, after a drinking and strip club session, to take them to an amazing photo opportunity. Taken to a strange and eerie forest, to see ghost… Continue reading Ghost House (2017)

Film Reviews, podcast

Podcast: Bill Murray and Quick Change on ScreenMayhem.com

We ask Hermione Flavia of Wildfiremotionpictures.com, what Bill Murray means to her, and discuss perhaps the best Murray movie you’ve never seen, Quick Change, co-starring Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Phil Hartman, Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci. What a movie! What a cast! Let's Get Stuck Into... is a podcast from ScreenMayhem.com which focuses on sets of… Continue reading Podcast: Bill Murray and Quick Change on ScreenMayhem.com