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Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass on Mars and a three-boobed hooker is the kind of unashamed fun that has helped Paul Verhoeven’s original Total Recall, released in 1990, become a cult favourite of sorts. Now comes the inevitable remake which attempts to be more grounded by keeping events on Earth. But will it prove to be as crazily entertaining as the […]
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Superbly adapted from an already controversial novel by Koushun Takami, Director Kinji Fukasaku and his son and scriptwriter Kenta Fukasaku bring to the screen a brilliantly bonkers masterpiece. Heavily stylised and told in a comically ultraviolent fashion that some may find too uncomfortable and shocking to watch, the film passionately paints a darkly original picture of […]
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Meet Roger Brown. Roger is a highly successful recruiter, or headhunter, and it is fair to say that he’s a bit of a scoundrel. He takes great pleasure belittling and undermining those at work whilst operating outside of his legal profession as an efficient art thief. He uses this money to pay for his extravagant […]
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Ted is the first foray into feature length, live-action filmmaking of Family Guy creator and mastermind Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane’s animated TV shows have divided opinion and Ted may do the same. Like its eponymous character, the film is flawed, lewd, crude and may be a little offensive to some but is also one of the funniest films […]
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Fresh from Denmark, historical drama A Royal Affair tells the true story of a scandal that rocked Danish society in the late 18th century. Caroline (Alicia Vikander), whose elder brother became King George III, leaves her native England to marry Christian VII of Denmark (Mikkel Følsgaard). So set for life then? Well not quite. After […]
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In his previous film, The House of the Devil, horror director Ti West successfully paid homage to independent horror films of the late 1970s and early 1980s through his use of grainy imagery and camera work, whilst almost playfully covering both the slasher and satanic possession sub-genres. In his latest outing, The Innkeepers, West moves on […]
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George Clooney‘s previous directorial efforts have been erratic in quality. Good Night, and Good Luck won him critical plaudits whilst the more recent Leatherheads proved to be a mis-step on his resumé, disappointing audiences with its confusing pace and uneasy use of the screwball genre. Thankfully, The Ides of March is more akin to the former and is […]
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The term ‘Black comedy’ probably won’t find a greater fit than this; a comedy about cancer. However, the cast and screenwriter Will Reiser – who injects his own personal experience with the disease into the film – manage to make the film funny, insightful as well as touching, without ever stepping into disrespectful territory. The numerical […]
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You can immediately tell something may be amiss with a person when you hear their nickname is “Date Rape”. This is most certainly the case with LAPD Officer Dave Brown, played with gusto by Woody Harrelson, who is partial to the odd bit of racism, womanising as well as violently assaulting any person that crosses […]
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Recent films concerning either Wall Street or the current economic situation have been erratic in quality. For every Inside Job we get a Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Thankfully Margin Call is more akin to the former and marks an excellent debut from writer/director J.C. Chandor. Chandor’s film does not look so much at the […]
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Shot amidst the stunning Scottish countryside, this Brit-flick has a promising start but ultimately struggles to live up to its premise.
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Death rears its violent and elaborate head once again in this, the fifth instalment of the Final Destination franchise, but is it time for the nasty fella to finally punch in his last ticket? For those unfamiliar with the series, the average film from the Final Destination canon focuses on a group of people who are […]
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The Thing is the most recent addition to the current sling of Hollywood remakes and prequels. With most of these being critically derided how does this latest offering fare, and can it even compare to John Carpenter’s 1982 classic? The story starts with a group of scientists at work in the Antarctica, who uncover an […]
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As the holiday season fast approaches can Saint (Sint), a Dutch horror film which turns Saint Nicholas into a murderous zombie, liven people’s spirits? The film’s basic premise is intriguing: every time there’s a full moon on the fifth of December, which apparently occurs every 25 years or so, Saint Nicholas (aka the Dutch version of Santa […]