The most terrifying thing to man or woman after loneliness is fear itself, it may help us to make rational thoughts to deliver positivity, however, Fear itself has 2 sides. There is a psychological effect which can fester terror and in Jeremy Lovering’s In Fear that fear is delivered in it’s simplest most effective form,… Read More Film Review – In Fear (2013)
Jason ‘the stath’ Statham has established himself as one of Hollywood’s leading action stars delivering b-movie nonsensical fun amongst the pain he unleashes to the masses. We know what to expect from a Stath film but would we expect something extra say some emotion even drama to the affray? In Hummingbird everyone’s favourite one man… Read More DVD Review – Hummingbird (2013)
Throughout the years the average working man and woman have been lived, ruled, struggled by the capitalist dream (like now) but as always we fight back. Leo Tolstoy has provided literature world with many fine examples of the dream however there not the easiest to be adapted for film, however, British director Bernard Rose (Mr… Read More DVD Review – Boxing Day(2012)
Attempting to adapt literature classics into films is sometimes like treading on eggshells. You have two routes, the safe route a straight forward word by word adaptation or you could go for the contemporary reworking transporting a story possibly to another timescale or at least another location.British film director Michael Winterbottom is no stranger to… Read More Film Review – Trishna (2011)
2011 was the year of William Shakespeare, England’s greatest bard making his name felt in cinema. From the absurd Julie Taymor The Tempest to the Romeo & Juliet inspired animation Gnomeo & Juliet, we even saw the bard’s integrity been scrutinised in Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous. 2012 William Shakespeare’s legacy will continue as the most adopted… Read More Film Review – Coriolanus (2011)
British cinema seems to have a dangerous love affair with the unpretentious high rise flat or sometimes known as the tower block. From Attack The Block, Dredd (a British creation), even The Raid (Indonesian directed by a Welshman) and now Tower Block a British thriller that sees residents of high rise flats find themselves targets of… Read More DVD Review – Tower Block (2012)
Noel Clarke is a Jack of All trades as it’s hard to think what h hasn’t done already in front as well as behind the camera: actor, director, producer, writer, twitter-a-holic.I’ve always had the up most respect for Clarke despite many of his films might not be the biggest box office film, however, he is… Read More DVD Review – Storage 24 (2012)
When it comes to reviewing certain acclaimed director’s follow up film’s it’s actually, its probably a good idea to have watched the film that got the director the status, a chance to possibly understand their mindset. I haven’t seen Down Terrace but Ben Wheatley’s KILL LIST I have seen a film that left me in… Read More DVD Review – Kill List (2011)
If there was any reason to have a British Jack Bauer ala 24 Sean Bean might be your man. In Cleanskin his latest thriller Bean possess some of those Bauer- Esque traits, remorsefulness but is Cleanskin just another 24 clone or a decent post 9-11 thriller? Sean Bean plays Ewan a British Secret Service Agent… Read More DVD Review – Cleanskin (2012)
If there was ever a reason to use the trades description act on a film it has to be for The Rise And Fall of The White Collar Hooligan.Paul Tanter’s ‘Gritty’ British gangster film isn’t really about football nor hooligans (apart from the first 2 minutes of the film), so what is it all about?… Read More DVD Review – The Rise And Fall Of The White Collar Hooligan (2012)
Chronicles In Film 