Author: Barnaby Walter


  • Review: Here Comes the Devil ★★★☆☆

    This new Mexican horror movie from Argentinian Adrián García Bogliano is an interesting, if not entirely successful, little shocker.

  • BluChristmas #2: Insomnia (2002)

    The world of Hollywood film distribution is a funny thing, and although the larger part of Christopher Nolan’s work is released by Warner Bros on both sides of the Atlantic, Insomnia is different. In the US it’s handled by Warners, but in the UK by Walt Disney Studios. Sadly, Disney have never released the film […]

  • Archive: Satire and horror collide to chilling effect in Saxon Logan’s movie Sleepwalker

    Grace and David travel to the country to visit their friends, brother and sister Marianne and Alex. They have known each other for a while and are staying over at one of the siblings’ house. Over the dinner, the conversation turns political. The social attitudes and issues of the day are raised, occasionally resulting in […]

  • BluChristmas #1: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

    Paedophobic cinema has become a fairly classic staple of the horror genre. The Omen, The Exorcist and The Shining have all helped cultivate, or perhaps manipulate, our very potent fear of witnessing something so innocent display traces of evil. To some extent We Needto Talk About Kevin, directed by Lynne Ramsay and based on the novel by Lionel Shriver, is a horror story. First and foremost however, it […]

  • J.K. Rowling announces film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Warner Bros. Entertainment and J.K Rowling set out their plans, including a new film and television series and theme park attractions.

  • The Edge presents… BluChristmas! 100 Blu-rays over 100 days!

    The Edge unveil’s this year’s festive countdown: a celebration of the high definition Blu-ray format, featuring the 100 discs you must put on your Christmas list.

  • CinemaClub Competition: Win a copy of Plein Soleil on Blu-ray!

    This year the classic French thriller Plein Soleil has been remastered in 4K and re-released in cinemas. Now, this new restoration is heading for Blu-ray disc and The Edge has teamed up with StudioCanal to offer three lucky readers the chance to win a copy. Alain Delon plays Tom Ripley, a young man with very […]

  • DVD review: Thérèse Desqueyroux is a suffocating and dreadfully dull adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel

    I’ve never been particularly impressed with Audrey Tautou and this suffocating and miserable French drama hasn’t exactly changed my opinion of her. The film is an adaptation of François Mauriac’s popular 1927 novel (which I must confess I have not read) and tells the story of a woman who marries for convenience and money, joining […]

  • CinemaClub Competition! Win a copy of Dragon on DVD!

    The Edge’s CinemaClub strand offers the chance to win a martial arts spectacular on DVD

  • Archive: The Last American Virgin looks dated, but its heart is in the right place

    This teen movie from the 80s is given a welcome release on Blu-ray by cult distributors Arrow Video

  • BFI London Film Festival Line-up Announced

    The programme for the 57th London Film Festival has been announced. It boasts an impressive list of potential award winners and big long-awaited studio efforts, together with some smaller budgeted pictures and independent films from around the world. This autumn London’s Leicester Square is expected to see the likes of Tom Hanks, Carey Mulligan, Sandra […]

  • Review: One Direction: This is Us ★★★☆☆

    The official documentary of the extremely popular band is enjoyable, though fails to rise above the average TV music doc says The Edge’s Film Editor Barnaby Walter

  • Downton Abbey Series 4 trailer gives us a decidedly upbeat look at the new series

    ITV has released the trailer for Downton Abbey Series four

  • Review: Lovelace ★★★★☆

    Amanda Seyfried is extraordinary in this superb biopic about the famous pornographic actor, says The Edge’s Film Editor Barnaby Walter .