Review: Zoolander 2 – “A tragically unfunny cameo factory”
Ben Stiller returns to again co-write, star and direct the sequel to 2001’s Zoolander. Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell are also back,...
Read MoreJoe Begos talks about The Mind’s Eye
Ahead of the UK Premiere of THE MIND’S EYE at the Glasgow Film Festival, FrightFest probes the mind of director Joe Begos. On a snowy back...
Read MoreReview: Deadpool – “Irreverent, ironic and iconic”
After the awful, awful presentation of the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine — sewing the “merc with a mouth”’s yap shut? Brilliant —...
Read MoreReview: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies – Put Your Preconceptions Away
I feel that having entered the cinema to watch Burr Steers’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as an objective viewer – being neither a big...
Read MoreReview: The Finest Hours – Nautical Nausea in IMAX
It may surprise you to learn that I’m not a fan of 3D cinema. It gives me motion sickness. So imagine my delight when I discovered that my...
Read MoreDVD Review: The Walk
If you saw and loved James Marsh’s Academy-Award-winning documentary Man On Wire (2008), the possibility of the same story getting the...
Read MoreMartin Freeman to star in a film adaptation of Nyman & Dyson’s Ghost Stories
This is excellent news as I saw Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s Ghost Stories at the Liverpool Playhouse when it opened there. It was...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: Sicario
When you’re watching a gripping thriller like Sicario, set within America’s war on drugs on the border with Mexico, its intricate...
Read MoreCool Short: Batman vs Jack The Ripper
James Campbell’s short film, Ripper, has finally hit the Interwebs and it is a cracker. Inspired by theGotham by Gaslight comic it...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: Macbeth – “A visual feast”
Macbeth. Macbeth. Macbeth. Classic Shakespeare that has had numerous stage and film adaptations. The latest is directed by Justin Kurzel...
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