Cert 18 | 89 mins
This is a great idea, badly put into practice, only 1.5 stars for this one.
Aftershock is a disaster film, set in the very beautiful coastal town of Valparaiso, Chile. As a tourist guide and advert for Valparaiso, this is an excellent film (they apparently have a lovely funicular railway), as a B-movie, not so much.
Aftershock is written and directed by…more
Cert 15 | 86 mins
3 Star fun in horrorland.
This is what it is, “the fifth and final instalment in a four part trilogy”. With its forked tongue firmly in someone else’s cheek or ear-hole.
We start with Charlie Sheen, (Hot Shots) and Lindsay Lohan, (Herbie Fully Loaded) in a bedroom scene with full Benny Hill music and their visitation of Paranormal Activity which gives the…more
Cert 15 | 216 mins
4 Star Epic Western with the smell of real life Wyoming 1890.
Set in the established burgeoning America, towns and cities are starting to get flooded by migrants from Eastern Europe, much to the dislike of Land owners and especially the Stockholder Association, who see these farm settlers as vermin or worse.
Set around the dysfunctional friendship between James Averill (Kris Kristofferson,…more
Cert 18 | 91 mins
WOW. Finally, 5 stars of PROPER horror.
Evil Dead is a remake of the cult horror film The Evil Dead, revealed to the world in 1981. This new version bears all the signatures of the original, directed by Fede Alvarez, a relative newcomer, but produced by Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert (The Evil Dead, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) , the maestros…more
Cert 15 | 325 mins
3.5 Stars of Horror/Fantasy Manga
Modern day England and where there are dark places, they are filled with a new horror; humans. A new ‘Freak chip’ is available to those who can afford it, that will give the recipient Vampiric abilities and the blood lust to go along with it.
The Hellsing Foundation, a paramilitary / paranormal operation in league with MI5…more
Cert 12 | 90 mins
This is a very entertaining piece of Anime, 3.5 stars for this one.
Naruto Shippuden: Movie 3 – The Will Of Fire is brought to us by Manga and is the latest in a long running franchise started in 2002, which includes TV series’, a number of feature films (including Blood Prison and the Lost Tower) and also computer games (various…more
240 mins
4 Stars of the best Auntie (BBC) can offer.
For many years I could not stand David Starkey, being outspoken, overbearing and speaking down his nose at you; always making me feel like a naughty schoolboy being lectured by his betters.
But this is the BBC at its best, Starkey takes us through 700 years of the influence that the monarchy have…more
