Hatchet II, 2010. Written and Directed by Adam Green. Starring Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: Having escaped the deranged killer Victor Crowley, Marybeth returns to the bayou with an army of gunmen to end the butcher’s reign of terror once and for all. I happen to be quite a big fan of […]

Sean Guard calls for quiet in the multiplexes… I’m sure it’s all happened to us. You finally find some spare time to take in a movie. You check your local listings, find someone to go with, arrive at the theater, empty half of your savings account for two tickets, locate the theater playing your film, […]

The Beast Must Die, 1974. Directed by Paul Annett. Starring Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: The Beast Must Die is a twist on the murder-mystery genre, where a group of people are brought together under the suspicion that one of them is a werewolf. It is up to […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH “Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy, and we shall have peace… “ Having successfully turned Anakin Skywalker […]

The Panic in Needle Park, 1971. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg. Starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright and Raul Julia. SYNOPSIS: A stark portrayal of life among a group of drug addicts in New York City. The Panic In Needle Park is an eminently watchable film on a depressing and dark subject. The […]

Julia’s Eyes, 2010. Directed by Guillem Morales. Starring Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar and Pablo Derqui. SYNOPSIS: The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister. I have a small fear: I’m scared of losing my eyesight. Call it a shallow fear if […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE EXT. TATOONE – LARS HOMESTEAD The giant twin suns of Tatooine slowly disappear behind a distant dune range. Luke stands […]

Fright Night 3D, 2011. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Imogen Poots and Dave Franco. SYNOPSIS: A high-school student discovers that his next door neighbour is a vampire. Straight away I want to say this is one of the year’s worst films. And hereby follows a […]

With Star Wars: The Complete Saga arriving on Blu-ray this month, Gary Collinson counts down his most memorable Star Wars moments (check out the previous entry here)… STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES I think the majority of people would agree that the prequel trilogy didn’t exactly get off to the best […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It was thought that the conclusion of the Cleveland leg of The Dark Knight Rises shoot would put an end to the incessant wave of spoilers coming out of Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman feature, but this past […]