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Review: Maurice -“Beautifully told love story”

Posted by on Jul 16, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

For many years Maurice was an overlooked entry in the Merchant Ivory canon. Consistently ignored in favour of films like A Room with a...

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Blu-ray Review – Pacific Rim: Uprising – “Check your brain at the door, and just sit back and watch giant robots and monsters destroy cities”

Posted by on Jul 15, 2018 in action, All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | Comments Off on Blu-ray Review – Pacific Rim: Uprising – “Check your brain at the door, and just sit back and watch giant robots and monsters destroy cities”

There was little chance that I wasn’t going to like the original Pacific Rim. Giant robots versus giant monsters? All directed...

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Review: Dogged – “Delightfully disturbing”

Posted by on Jul 11, 2018 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, horror, indie, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

We’ve had plenty of rural horror over the year, but there is a less frequently visited sub-genre of the rural horror, the folk...

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Review: The First Purge – “The best Purge yet”

Posted by on Jul 7, 2018 in action, All, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

The First Purge is the fourth entry in Blumhouse’s popular politically charged action-horror franchise, and the first to not be...

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Tech Review: Optoma HD143X Projector

Posted by on Jul 4, 2018 in All, Film, Headline, Reviews, Tech Review | 0 comments

Optoma very kindly sent over the HD143X Projector for me to check out and I have to say, I was very impressed. It is a smaller size and a...

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EIFF Review: Anna and the Apocalypse – “Has future cult film written all over it”

Posted by on Jul 2, 2018 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, horror, musical, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

High school. Zombies. Hard to tell sometimes which is more horrific. Add Christmas concert, overbearingly strict new headmaster, boyfriend...

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Review – Sicario 2: Soldado – “A simplified yet slick sequel”

Posted by on Jul 2, 2018 in action, All, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

The follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, Sicario 2: Soldado is an Emily Blunt-less sequel that also sees the director’s chair now...

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EIFF Review: McLaren Animation screenings – Facing It, Inanimate, Double Portrait and more

Posted by on Jun 30, 2018 in All, animated, Film, Headline, Reviews, short film | 0 comments

I always make a special point of attending the two McLaren short animation strands at the Edinburgh International Film Festival each year....

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EIFF Review: Charlie and Hannah’s Grand Night Out – “Fun, funny, silly, sweet, touching, surreal and totally charming”

Posted by on Jun 30, 2018 in All, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

I don’t know Bert Scholiers or the starts of his Belgian film, but sometimes I just get a vibe from a film or book and know I am...

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EIFF Review: The Most Assassinated Woman in the World – “Shot in a beautifully sensual manner”

Posted by on Jun 28, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Another evening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)and another intriguing film, this time from French director Franck...

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