Category Film Reviews

When work literally sucks…

GrimmFest 2015 played host to the regional premiere of Brian James O’Connell’s savagely funny splatter-satire BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS last night.

Described as a mix between THE OFFICE and SHAUN OF THE DEAD, BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS tells the story of a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at whose new manager has a fairly extreme solution to increasing productivity.

Franz Kranz stars as Evan Sanders, acting Sales Manager at a soul-killing call centre who thinks he’s g...

Matt Damon stars as Mark Watney in THE MARTIAN © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Smart, captivating and surprisingly funny, THE MARTIAN is amongst Ridley Scott’s best work

After the disappointing EXODUS and the widely slated THE COUNSELOR director Ridley Scott is back on top form with his latest film THE MARTIAN, a sci-fi thriller starring Matt Damon. 

Based on a best-selling novel by Andy Weir, THE MARTIAN tells the story of Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) who is presumed de...

Enchanting, touching and visually stunning, CATCHING FIREFLIES is a magical short film with a powerful message

It is not often that I am moved to tears by a film, but when I am it is because I have seen something truly special. Lee Whittaker’s CATCHING FIREFLIES is just that – a captivating, moving and special short film that will move you to tears.

CATCHING FIREFLIES tells the story of 9 year old Latina girl (Gianna Gomez) who uses her vivid imagination to enter into a mystical world full ...

BENICIO DEL TORO STARS AS ‘ALEJANDRO’ IN SICARIO. PHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD FOREMAN

Dark, complex and technically brilliant, SICARIO is one of the best films of the year

Following its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve’s tightly-woven thriller SICARIO finally hits UK cinemas next month and boy is it good.

Written by Taylor Sheridan, SICARIO is a hard-hitting, intelligent crime thriller about the escalating war against drugs...

Christina Raia makes a decent directorial debut with horror psychodrama SUMMIT

With hundreds of independent horror films released each year, it takes a special kind of indie feature to stand out from the crowd. One film hoping to do just that is SUMMIT, a new horror/psychodrama written and directed by Christina Raia.

SUMMIT tells the story of five college friends, Jesse, Sean, Sarah, Will and James, who hit the road for a ski trip to Vermont...

Following its award-winning festival run, the kickstarter funded indie film MLE (My Little Eye) will be screened in selected UK cinemas next month.

Based on a true story, MLE tells the tale of Julie Robert (not Julia Roberts as she corrects on a daily basis) a Canadian actress who has just lost her only gig. Stranded in London with no money, no agent and no return flight, Julie finds herself accepting the job of private spying for a rich family...

You’ll be hard pressed to find a more exhilarating, exciting and dangerous motorsport than MotoGP. MotoGP is the oldest of all motorsport World Championships and the second largest motorsport in the world, reaching more than 233 million households worldwide. No surprise then that the sport inspired Faster and Fastest director Mark Neale to make a new film.

Presented by MotoGP super fan Brad Pitt, Hitting the Apex tells the inside story of six of the fastest MotoGP racers of all time – Val...

Due for release in UK cinemas this Friday is American action thriller No Escape starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan.

No Escape tells the story of an American family caught up in a war zone. The story starts with Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson), his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two daughters travelling on a plane to an unnamed Southeast Asian country for Jack’s new job...

Honest, humorous and realistically sombre, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is powerful piece of cinema

I’m not usually a fan of tear-jerker films but when I heard Me and Earl and the Dying Girl received a standing ovation at the Sundance Festival, I had to see what all the fuss was about… and I’m really glad I did.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a coming-of-age drama about an adolescent friendship in the midst of terminal illness...

Considering most Hollywood films about popular music tend to flop (think Village People’s Can’t Stop The Music, Mariah Carey’s Glitter and Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious), Max Joseph makes a bold move in his directorial debut with We Are Your Friends.

Working from his own screenplay, co-written with Meaghan Oppenheimer, We Are Your Friends tells the story of Cole Carter (Zac Efron), a struggling 23-year-old DJ who dreams of becoming a major record producer in the Los Angeles electronic da...