Film | Review | DVD Review
Michael Gillespie: In pursuit of ratings, Channel 4’s flagship soap Brookside went to desperate measures, from helicopter crashes, religious cult suicide p...
Film | DVD Review
Michael Gillespie: Number six in Romero’s flesh-eater franchise, this latest opus of the undead is a pretty moribund effort. Things kick off nicely with a group of...
Music | Film | Feature
Michael Gillespie: John Carpenter once summarised his reputation internationally thus: “In France, I’m an auteur; in Germany, a filmmaker; in Britain; a genr...
Jenny Munro: Jules Bass’ 1967 stop-motion cult classic Mad Monster Party is a ghoulish treat, and an inspiration for Tim Burton’s own darkly co...
Michael Gillespie: Based on a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin and championed by Martin Scorsese (who provides an enthusiastic introduction to this DVD), this obscure 19...
Michael Gillespie: Two movies from one of South Korea’s most versatile filmmakers: A Bittersweet Life is an ultra-stylish, fatalistic gangster thriller wit...
Steven Dalziel: As the loss of their child overwhelms them with grief, a successful couple (Béart and Sewell, both on good form) retreat to a myste...
Film | Comedy | Review | DVD Review
Scotty McKellar: Barbara is a beautiful college girl just looking for the right guy, happily killing everyone else who gets in the way. When she meets a nice fellow wh...
Books | Feature
Keir Hind: Christopher Brookmyre’s new book, Pandaemonium, is something of a departure for him. One part of his tale is about Glaswegian school kids on a t...
Theatre | Review
Frank Lazarski: In this story of a theatre taken over by zombies, the action is split between a sound and lighting booth where two friends discuss the dull working li...
Scotty McKellar: From Medea to tabloid headlines, stories of mothers who murder their children have always fascinated and revolted us. Cradle Will Fall, supposedly bas...
Scotty McKellar: It’s ironic that a film with this title doesn’t have much to say, but Radio 1 DJ Tonderai’s directorial debut fair cracks along and ...
Michael Gillespie: Chewing the horror movie nail down to the quick has been the remit of most directors in the genre recently, with very few transcending the clich&eacut...
Film | Review
Nine: If I’d known Let the Right One In was a vampire film, I wouldn’t have bothered seeing it, which would have been very much my loss. In fact...
Kevin McHugh: After the success of the little-seen but highly regarded Spanish horror [REC], it was only a matter of time before Hollywood brought out the remake. J...
