I headed into ‘It Comes At Night’ in a similar way to when I saw ‘Get Out‘ a few months back – having seen a lot of positive four or five star buzz about it on my news feeds, but without actually seeing the trailer. I skimmed a couple of reviews this time, just to […]
I caught Alien Covenant last night as part of an ‘Alien Superticket’ – this covered a double screening on Alien Day (April 26th) of the directors cut of Alien, preceded by Prometheus and followed by an introduction to some Covenant clips by Ridley Scott himself. That ticket also gave entry to the preview screening of
Beginning with a slow, anti-gravity tour of the International Space Station we are introduced to the six human stars of Life. It’s an impressive introduction, reminiscent of the Oscar winning work on 2013 movie Gravity, and culminating in a particularly tense moment with Ryan Reynolds heading outside to try and use a robotic claw in
Amazingly, I managed to head into Get Out having not even seen the trailer for it. Posts about the movie had been appearing more and more frequently on my news feeds recently though, usually accompanied by a lot of positive buzz, and usually featuring an image of lead character Chris, wide eyed and terrified, with
Taking the very simple concept of ‘zombies on a train’, this isn’t just one of the best zombie movies I’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in recent years – period! This South Korean movie doesn’t waste much time in setting the scene – a banker agrees to take his daughter
A sharp tonal shift from the continuous onslaught of terror and gut wrenching heartbreak in last weeks episode. This week, Carol and Morgan find themselves at The Kingdom, another idyllic community full of smiling happy inhabitants, vegetable growing and even a choir! Presiding over it all is King Ezekiel, accompanied by his tiger Shiva. Carol
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Scarlett is a modern day Indiana Jones, a student of history and alchemy who likes to play at being tomb raider. The movie begins with her in Iran, investigating some underground caves moments before they are about to be blown up. Discovering a hidden room she finds the key to help her on the next
A fresh twist on the zombie genre
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The sequel to Dead Snow ups the fun and gore
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Back in 2013, The Conjuring was like a breath of fresh air. Despite being similar on paper to so many other ghost films of its kind, there was something about it which elevated it way beyond those. Much of this was attributed to director James Wan, who has a real knack for ramping up the
Probably the best time travel movie that isn’t Back to the Future. It’s been a while since I first watched ‘Timecrimes’ (the English title for this Spanish movie) but repeat viewings only make the experience more enjoyable. The first half plays like a horror drama. A middle aged man spots a girl alone in the
