Hail there bad movie brethren! Here’s hoping that you are all feeling hail and hearty in this post yuletide period, and looking forwards to the celluloid delights that 2018 will surely bring us? Your erstwhile
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Cannibal Navvies on the Tube: Death Line (1972)
Death Line aka Raw Meat (1972) UK Dir: Gary Sheerman Donald Pleasance, Christopher Lee, Hugh Armstrong Bleak and low key in the way only a budget horror film made in early 70’s London can be,
Read moreSuperhero fatigue: A review of Justice League (2017)
The internet currently seems to be awash with thirty to forty something men (it’s mostly men) pissing and moaning about Justice League, the latest entry in Warner Brothers attempt to exploit their DC Comics properties
Read moreAlien: Covenant – Has Ridley Scott lost his mojo?
This article originally began as a review of the most recent entry in the long running Alien series, Alien: Covenant. However, in the process of writing it, I ended up straying off the reservation and
Read moreThe Spice Must Flow! – Why David Lynch’s Dune is a flawed masterpiece
This one is going to be a bit longer than my usual posts, but it’s a subject I’ve been mulling over writing about for a while now, and I’ve built up a head of steam
Read moreA review of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
I’m a bit late to the show with this review, what with the annoyance of real world responsibilities constantly throwing obstacles in the way of me actually being able to get to the laptop, but
Read moreA review of The Babadook (2014)
Warning – contains spoilers! With the advent of All Hallows Eve last weekend, my better half and I settled down in front of the box for our traditional scary movie night. This year’s choice was
Read moreA review of The Witch (2015)
A couple of weeks ago I popped along to the annual Mayhem film festival held at Nottingham’s Broadway cinema for a pre certificate screening of The Witch, an atmospheric little folk horror movie recommended by
Read moreA review of Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
An affectionate homage to seventies Italian giallo movies, Berberian Sound Studio stars the always dependable Toby Jones in diffident Englishman mode as Gilderoy, a sound engineer hired by the eponymous film studio to create the
Read moreA review of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Okay, I know it’s perhaps a bit mainstream for this blog, but to hell with it, the Star Wars movies are an indelible part of my cultural hinterland. Besides which every other Tom, Dick and
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