Zebra Girl, 2021. Directed by Stephanie Zari. Starring Sarah Roy, Tom Cullen, Jade Anouka, Isabelle Connolly, Anna Wilson-Jones and Henry Douthwaite. SYNOPSIS: After a woman murders her husband, we delve into their past to discover the events leading up to her act of violence. The initial omens for Zebra Girl were good ones. The movie […]
Movie Review – The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines, 2021. Directed by Michael Rianda. Starring Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Olivia Colman, Eric André, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional family find themselves as humanity’s last hope – the only people who manage to avoid captivity when a tech company inadvertently brings about a […]
Movie Review – The Columnist (2019)
The Columnist, 2019. Directed by Ivo van Aart. Starring Katja Herbers, Claire Porro, Bram van der Kelen and Rein Hofman. SYNOPSIS: Worn down by constant, vile abuse on social media, a newspaper columnist begins to track down and kill those who threaten her life online. The opening scenes of Dutch horror-comedy The Columnist are as […]
Movie Review – Baby Done (2020)
Baby Done, 2020. Directed by Curtis Vowell. Starring Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Emily Barclay, Matenga Ashby, Fasitua Amosa, Loren Taylor, Olivia Tennet, Rachel House and Nic Sampson. SYNOPSIS: An adventurous woman finds her risk-taking life challenged when she discovers that she has fallen pregnant. Anyone who is currently childless in their 20s and 30s will […]
Movie Review – The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
The Broken Hearts Gallery, 2020. Directed by Natalie Krinsky. Starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Molly Gordon, Phillipa Soo, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arturo Castro, Suki Waterhouse and Bernadette Peters. SYNOPSIS: A heartbroken young woman opens up a gallery which allows people to part with mementos of past relationships in order to exorcise the pain of the break-up. […]
Exclusive Interview – Two Heads Creek writer-star Jordan Waller on severed penises, immigration and showing the film to Priti Patel
Tom Beasley hops on to Zoom with the writer and leading man of FrightFest horror-comedy Two Heads Creek, Jordan Waller… The increasing global intolerance towards immigrants provides the backdrop for a splatter-soaked genre hybrid in the new horror-comedy Two Heads Creek. It’s a film that follows a pair of Brits (Jordan Waller and Kathryn Wilder) […]
Movie Review – Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Bill & Ted Face the Music, 2020. Directed by Dean Parisot. Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, William Sadler, Kristen Schaal, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Holland Taylor, Jillian Bell, Amy Stoch and Hal Landon Jr. SYNOPSIS: After two decades of slacking, Bill and Ted are told they must write a song to […]
Shaun of the Dead with journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #93
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, TV journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies chats about Edgar Wright’s rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, the journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies discusses […]
Movie Review – Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
Days of the Bagnold Summer, 2019. Directed by Simon Bird. Starring Monica Dolan, Earl Cave, Rob Brydon, Alice Lowe, Tamsin Greig, Elliot Speller-Gillott, Grace Hogg-Robinson and Tim Key. SYNOPSIS: A mother and daughter who are drifting increasingly further apart are forced to spend a dull summer together when more exciting plans fall through. One of […]
Movie Review – Valley Girl (2020)
Valley Girl, 2020. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. Starring Jessica Rothe, Josh Whitehouse, Logan Paul, Chloe Bennet, Mae Whitman, Jessie Ennis, Ashleigh Murray, Judy Greer, Allyn Rachel, Alicia Silverstone and Randall Park. SYNOPSIS: A wealthy girl from the Valley forms an unlikely romance with a rocker from the wrong side of the tracks. If you […]