It is with heavy hearts that Road Rash pay tribute to yet another legend taken too soon, the great Alan Rickman.
He has played many iconic roles over the years, starting of course with one of my personal favourites, Tybalt in the 1978 TV movie of Romeo and Juliet, resplendent in beige tights and pudding basin haircut, when the world first…more
Monthly Archives: January 2016
And Then There Were None Review
Cert 15 | 180 mins | 2015
5 stars for this excellent adaptation of a classic tale.
To celebrate Agatha Christie‘s 125th anniversary, the BBC have produced this brilliant adaptation of her highly acclaimed novel, And Then There Were None, one of the best selling crime novels of all time.
This new version really pulls out all the stops with a stellar cast and excellent production values, plus stunning…more
Beyond the Boundary Review
Cert 12 | 12 x 25 mins | 2013
5 Star
High school Kids vs Daemons
Taken from the light novels written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. Adapted for the small screen by Kyoto Animation and directed by Taichi Ishidate (Lucky Star), they bring us a beautiful story of love, perversion, daemons, loyalty, betrayal and curses.
Akihito Kanbara is a second year high school student who loves being a…more
We Are Your Friends Review
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 2015
4 stars for this up to the minute party-packed film.
We Are Your Friends is written and directed by Max Joseph and is his pretty impressive directorial feature debut.
It is set in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, allegedly the home of the best sushi in the Western hemisphere.
It tells the story of four friends who have grown up together and…more
Straight Outta Compton Blu-ray Review
Cert 18 | 147 mins | 2015
5 Star
Guns, Rhymes, Money, Betrayal.
F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) has worked on videos for some of the greats Ice Cube, R, Kelly, Cyprus Hill, TLC and Outkast. so he knows what to do when it comes to a film about one of the most notorious bands to come out of the 80’s and 90’s N.W.A.
“You are about to witness…more
Sinister 2 Review
Cert 15 | 93 mins | 2015
3 stars for this scary but slightly daft horror film.
Sinister 2 is written by Scott Derrickson (Deliver Us From Evil) and C. Robert Cargill (Sinister) and directed by Ciarán Foy (Citadel). Produced by Jason Blum, who brought us The Gift and Insidious: Chapter 3, this film has excellent pedigree, which it almost lives up to.
It follows on from the events of the…more
Heist Blu-ray Review
Cert 15 | 93 mins | 2015
4 Star
Money, Motors and Mayhem.
Stephen Cyrus Sepher (One More Round) writes and stars in this Scott Mann (The Tournament) film of conscience, money and a little girl’s life. A bit different from your normal Heist film and for the better may I say.
Imagine three people in masks running down a road, fleeing the hail of bullets being fired at them,…more