If you were able to go out one night a year and commit any kind of crime you wanted with no consequence, would you? In a bid to try and prevent crime, the government in 2022 America have granted everyone 12 hours a year in which they can do whatever they want with no consequences, this night is called The Purge. The Purge is like any other … Continue reading The Purge
Bernie is the kind of comedy that makes you wonder whether there’s something wrong with you or not. When you pick up a film that masquerades itself as a comedy you expect to laugh at least once, even if it’s just a mildly amused-sounding snort of approval. Bernie tiptoes along that line that separates blunt black comedy from bleak drama to the point where the film is very … Continue reading Bernie
Welcome aboard Hollywood’s remake train! I hope you enjoy the ride, mind the deja-vu and please remember that nothing is sacred any longer. You might want to keep your arms and legs inside the carriage in case someone cuts them off with an electric knife, you have been warned. Up and coming director Fede Alvarez known for, well…nothing except a few short films, hits the big screen … Continue reading Evil Dead
It’s not often that films based on true stories are praised by those the film is about, but in the case of James Wan’s latest haunted house flick The Conjuring, Lorraine Warren was a consultant on the film and has expressed high praise for the adaption. The haunting of the Perron family is one of few cases that the Warrens refused to speak of; until now. … Continue reading The Conjuring
What would you do if the dead came back to life? Act like nothing happened? Freak out and run for the hills? Top yourself before the going gets too tough? But what if the walking dead were your loved ones, and looked exactly as they did when you saw them last? That is pretty much the premise of French TV drama The Returned (Les Revenants) which came … Continue reading The Returned (Les Revenants)
The only way you can keep up with the fragmented time is by the Queen’s pregnancy. You can tell roughly how many months we’ve moved forward by the size of her belly If historical accuracy is what floats your boat then The White Queen should probably be avoided, but for an entertaining and pretty-to-look-at drama it’s spot on. BBC1’s latest historical drama comes in the form of The … Continue reading The White Queen
I have to apologise first that I totally forgot to do this yesterday, this is a Wednesday thing and it’s now Thursday! I went to work yesterday, and the trains are terrible so I had to leave at 20 past 9 even though I didn’t start till 12. So that was pretty much an entire day gone (I finished at 5) and then I went … Continue reading What are your top 5…Films released in 2013 (so far)
Don’t be a dick, don’t be a nerd, don’t be female and don’t cheat on your partner. Oh and one more thing; don’t go in the water. Those are pretty much the morals in Larry Fassenden’s teen horror/thriller Beneath, so if you want to survive an attack by a gigantic bug eyed fish then please take note. The fish has large bug eyes and a set … Continue reading Beneath
Texas Chainsaw 3D sees the tables turned for iconic horror villain Leatherface in a clever take on the story that picks up straight after the original film with the police gunning down the Sawyer family at their farmhouse. While fans of the original films have expressed their dismay at the 2013 adaptions’ attempt to rebrand Leatherface as an anti hero, this review comes from someone who didn’t like the original films … Continue reading Texas Chainsaw 3D
Following this recent news story about the attack on a young man thought to be a British soldier, I just had to air my views. Firstly, here’s the video of this disgusting, sub human piece of dirt justifying the attack: He thinks that because in ‘his land’ (his accent and colour would suggest that he is not from Afghanistan, which is where our troops are…in fact the reports … Continue reading Disgusted with some of the people in this world: Terror attack in London
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