Starring: Michael Shannon, Jaeden Leiberher, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst Director: Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols has made a name for himself as a very emotive and intelligent director, with films like Mud and Take Shelter. Here he earns more stripes as a man to watch, teaming up again with Michael Shannon to bring you a subtle sci… Continue reading Midnight Special (2016)
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Bengazi (2016)
Starring: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale Director: Michael Bay If you've seen a Michael Bay movie you'll know that they're a lot like watching a cartoon and this is no exception. Purporting to tell the true story of one night in Libya where 6 members of a security team must save everyone in… Continue reading 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Bengazi (2016)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr Director: Dan Trachtenberg Set in the same narrative world as the events of Cloverfield, but not exactly a sequel. Or a prequel. (A sidequel?) This film is more of a thriller than the sci-fi movie that it's predecessor is. In this film, a young woman is… Continue reading 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Interview: Jackson Stewart, Writer and Director of new horror Beyond The Gates (2016)
Jackson is one of those people who you immediately like. Which is why I thought you might like to meet him. At least online anyway. A US director and writer who got his entry into the Writers Guild of America at just 25, his latest film is a horror involving a VHS game and two… Continue reading Interview: Jackson Stewart, Writer and Director of new horror Beyond The Gates (2016)
Preview: The Purge Election Year
Starring: Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo Director: James DeMonaco You'd be forgiven for rejecting this entry into the franchise as being a further cash in, but there's something about this film that kind of struck me. In this chapter, a US senator wants to make political moves to abolish the Purge, having lost her family to… Continue reading Preview: The Purge Election Year
Cell (2016)
Starring: John Cusak, Samuel L Jackson Director: Tod Williams Perhaps Stephen King horror movies should be their own genre? Whilst you do get fine films like The Shining, you also get amazingly random creations like Dreamcatcher (which you can read more about HERE). They often seem to attract big names, like in this film Samuel… Continue reading Cell (2016)
Tale Of Tales (2015)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C Reilly Director: Matteo Garrone When you think of fairy tales, stories for children spring to mind: princesses, fairies, heroes. But it's easy to forget how dark those stories were in their original incarnations. In this retelling of stories from Giambattista Basile, who wrote them sometime in… Continue reading Tale Of Tales (2015)
Horror Movie Round Up: Strange Children, Haunted Houses and Psychic Experiments.
In this horror round up, we have haunted houses, government psychic investigation, empty buildings with something creeping in the basement, and plenty of people who should not go in there! (But do anyway) We Still Live Here (2015) Probably my favourite on the list, this involves a recently bereaved, middle aged couple moving into a… Continue reading Horror Movie Round Up: Strange Children, Haunted Houses and Psychic Experiments.
Zootopia (2016)
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore Perhaps the weirdest Disney film I've seen in a while, this film is a anthropomorphic buddy cop movie about the dangers of racism, sexism and profiling. Whilst it's often hilariously funny, the message on the whole is highly political, and it's incredibly easy to… Continue reading Zootopia (2016)
Horror Movie Round-Up
After a week of watching horror movies, I thought I'd give you a round up in one post. Let me know if you've seen these, or if you end up watching them. I'd love to know what you thought of them too. The Uninvited (2009) - the oldest horror on this list, and starring Elizabeth… Continue reading Horror Movie Round-Up
