The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), 2011. Written and Directed by Tom Six.Starring Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Maddi Black, Kandace Caine, Dominic Borrelli and Lucas Hansen. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy. The open-ended finale of […]
DVD Review – Storage 24 (2012)
Storage 24, 2012. Directed by Johannes Roberts.Staring Noel Clarke, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Laura Haddock, Colin O’Donoghue, Jamie Thomas King and Alex Price. SYNOPSIS: London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that London is in lockdown, Charlie and Shelley, accompanied by best friends […]
DVD Review – Lovely Molly (2011)
Lovely Molly, 2011. Directed by Eduardo Sanchez.Starring Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden, Ken Arnold and Lauren Lakis. SYNOPSIS: Newlywed Molly moves into her deceased father’s house in the countryside, where painful memories begin to haunt her. The Blair Witch Project. The film that started it all. Apparently. Since its colossal and unprecedented success back […]
DVD Review – Polisse (2011)
Polisse, 2011. Directed by Maïwenn.Starring Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maïwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot and Frédéric Pierrot. SYNOPSIS: A photographer is assigned to document the operations of the police officers of the Child Protection Unit and gets an insight into their daily grind as they attempt to balance their private lives with the […]
Comic Book Review – 2000 AD Prog 1806
Luke Graham reviews the latest 2000 AD prog… Another week, another Zarjaz new issue of sci-fi anthology 2000AD. It’s a strong issue with some great moments. Prog 1800 was the magazine’s yearly new reader drive, with five strips that were either one-shots or the start of new series. Now, with prog 1806, the magazine has […]
Movie Review – The World Before Her (2012)
The World Before Her, 2012.Directed by Nisha Pahuja.Starring Pooja Chopra, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey, Ruhi Singh, and Prachi Trivedi SYNOPSIS:Traditional and Western values collide as one group of women attends a Hindu fundamentalist training camp while the other competes at the Miss India Beauty Pageant. 20 hand-picked contestants attend a month long beauty boot camp in hopes of being crowned Miss […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 2 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the second episode of The Walking Dead season 3… The five watchful eyes of the shadowy prisoners may be a concern of the audience’s but for not for Rick and those trying to help out the wounded Hershel. Daryl carefully targets the unknown bunch but only for the brief moments Rick and […]
Illegal downloads are downgrading cinema
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Kieran Turner-Dave writes for The Independent blog regarding the use of filesharing and, interestingly, how many filesharers – despite breaking the law – actually spend 30% more than an average film viewer on legal products as they have such an interest in the medium. He notes how, on […]
Movie Review – Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, […]
3 Days ‘Till Halloween – The Faculty (1998)
Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Faculty (1998)… As we roll into the 90s, horror cinema morphed into a different kind of beast. The 80s was full of ‘stalk and slash’ horror movies but by the tail end of the early 90s, […]