Category: Film
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Gareth Edwards’ debut feature plays like a road movie that just happens to feature aliens…
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Due Date isn’t cool, funny or remotely entertaining. It’s derivative, cruel and tragically unfunny. Directed by Todd Phillips, the man behind The Hangover, this is just as obnoxious as his previous film but without any of the occasional moments of humour. This is free from laughs, unless you find child abuse hilarious and drug-driving a…
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Back in the spring of 2009, I was firmly convinced that Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In was one of the best vampire movies ever made. As you are probably aware, Let Me In is an American remake of Let the Right One In. Its purpose is to allow American audiences to experience the chills of…
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The aliens have landed!
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Having lost out on the Palm D’Or at Cannes earlier this year, Mike Leigh’s latest bittersweet offering is finally released in its country of origin. And what a treat it is. It’s been over two years since a Leigh-directed feature hit UK cinemas, the last one being 2008’s delightful dramedy Happy-Go-Lucky, and this time he’s been…
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THE EDGE takes a look at the new film by Lisa Cholidenko to see if it’s ‘all right’, or not…
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After the monster success of last year’s Paranormal Activity, the supposed “Scariest Film of all time”, I suppose a sequel was inevitable. But as we saw with John Carpenter’s Halloween or James Wan’s Saw, a low budget, independent film can quickly be mugged of all its dignity by Hollywood as soon as they get their claws…
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A surreal animation that revels in its hyperactive comedy genius, a truly original film.
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Possibly one of the most iconic movies in film history, Gone With The Wind is well worth a watch. Or several
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The EDGE takes a peek at an action film with an unusual cast
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The classic everyone should be watching this Christmas!
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‘Vampires Suck’ gets surprisingly close to reviewing itself…
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We know him and love him as the brilliant, bumbling Maurice Moss from Channel 4’s comedy sitcom The IT Crowd. But Submarine, which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival last month, shows the first-time feature film director Richard Ayoade (he has previously directed music videos for the Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and Vampire Weekend) in…
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The Edge takes a look at Nigel Cole’s (“Calender Girls”) latest Britflick that dramatises the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant.