The Chamber
Director: Ben ParkerWriter: Ben ParkerProducers: Jen Handorf, Paul HigginsCast: Charlotte Salt, Johannes Kuhnke, Christian Hillborg, Elliot LeveyCountry: UKYear of release: 2017Reviewed from: preview...
View Articleinterview: Todd Jensen
I had the pleasure of interviewing the great Todd Jensen on the set of Rampage (aka Breeders aka Deadly Instinct), a British B-movie which was shot on the Isle of Man in January 1997, in which he...
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Director: Eugenio VillaniWriter: Raffaele PalazzoProducer: Eugenio VillaniCast: Agnese Nano, Antonietta BelloYear of release: 2017Country: ItalyReviewed from: online screenerBearing the parenthetical...
View Articleinterview: Joe Dante
In January I posted four questions to 100 Big Names to celebrate my website's 15th anniversary. A few weeks later, I received these answers by email from the always awesome Joe Dante..Which...
View ArticleNight Kaleidoscope
Director: Grant McPheeWriters: Chris Purnell, Megan GretchenProducer: Grant McPheeCast: Patrick O’Brien, Mariel McAllan, Kitty ColquhounCountry: UKYear of release: 2017Reviewed from: online...
View Articleinterview: Grant McPhee
After I reviewed arty Scottish vampire chillerNight Kaleidoscope, director/producer Grant McPhee very kindly answered a few questions by email.In what way do you consider Night Kaleidoscope to be ‘punk...
View ArticleDi Gal Bite Mi
Director: Jc MoneyWriter: Jc MoneyProducer: Jc MoneyCast: Jc Money, Sharan B, Roll OutCountry: UKYear of release: 2013Reviewed from: YouTubeWhen I came across – quite by chance – this amateur,...
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Directors: Bart Ruspoli, Freddie Hutton-MillsWriters: Bart Ruspoli, Freddie Hutton-MillsProducers: Bart Ruspoli, Freddie Hutton-MillsCast: Ed Stoppard, Vas Blackwood, Ray PanthakiCountry: UKYear of...
View ArticleBigfoot vs Zombies
Director: Mark PoloniaWriter: Mark PoloniaProducer: Mark PoloniaCast: Dave Fife, Danielle Donahue, Jeff KirkendallCountry: USAYear of release: 2016Reviewed from: TubiTVDespite a filmography of 42...
View ArticleBella in the Wych Elm
Director: Thomas Lee RutterWriter: Thomas Lee RutterProducer: Thomas Lee RutterCast: Lee Mark Jones, Sarah L Page, 'Tatty' Dave JonesCountry: UKYear of release: 2017Reviewed from: online screenerI love...
View ArticleHunters of the Kahri
Director: Ali PatersonWriter: Ali PatersonProducers: Ali Paterson, Pip HillCast: Marc Goodacre, Jon Bennett, Doug BoothCountry: UKYear of release: 2006/2016Reviewed from: YouTubeThis is the first time...
View Articleinterview: Mark J Howard
I reviewed Mark J Howard's debut featureLock In, a tale of corporate coulrophobia, in 2014. Three years later, the film was released on DVD on both sides of the Atlantic as Clown Kill, so I took the...
View ArticleThe Demonic Tapes
Director: Richard MansfieldWriter: Richard MansfieldProducers: Richard Mansfield, Daniel MansfieldCast: Darren Munn, Alice Keedwell, Daniel MansfieldCountry: UKYear of release: 2017Reviewed from:...
View ArticleThe Autopsy of Jane Doe
Director: André ØvredalWriters: Ian B Goldberg, Richard NaingProducers: Rory Aitken, Fred Berger, Eric Garcia, Ben PughCast: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Olwen KellyCountry: UK/USAYear of release:...
View ArticleGrave Tales
Director: Don FearneyWriters: John Hamilton, Mike MurphyProducer: Don FearneyCast: Brian Murphy, Edward de Souza, Damien ThomasCountry: UKYear of release: 2013Reviewed from: DVD“This British,...
View ArticleCage
Director: Warren DudleyWriter: Warren DudleyProducer: Warren DudleyCast: Lucy-Jane Quinlan, Patrick Bergin, Jake UnsworthCountry: UKYear of release: 2017Reviewed from: UK DVDWebsite:...
View Articleinterview: Warren Dudley
In June 2017, Warren Dudley kindly answered some questions about his film Cage.What are the practical pros and cons of shooting a film with one actor on one set?"I have to say the best thing about...
View ArticleZombiesaurus
Director: Milko DavisWriter: Michele PacittoProducers: Michele Pacitto, Andy HamanCast: Andy Haman, Mia Klosterman, Cooper ElliottCountry: USAYear of release: 2017Reviewed from: UK DVD (101 Films)When...
View Articleinterview: Martin Landau
In the summer of 1999, my pal Omar Kaczmarczyk invited me to Luxembourg to visit the set of The New Adventures of Pinocchio. Unfortunately Martin Landau, who reprised his role of Geppetto from the...
View ArticleHere’s why I won’t be reviewing films any more
This isn’t a fit of pique and I’m not upset about anything. I love writing reviews on my website and I would love to carry on writing them. It’s just that I want to do something else. I want to write...
View Articleinterview: John Williams
In January 2017 I sent four questions to 100 movie legends. Composer John Williams responded in June, sending me a print-out of questions he often gets asked. I thought fair enough, at least he was...
View Articleinterview: Gerald Scarfe
I interviewed Gerald Scarfe at the old Museum of the Moving Image in London in September 1997. The reason was because he had provided design work for Disney's (greatly under-rated) Hercules, and MOMI...
View Articleinterview: John Carl Buechler
I'm not sure of the exact date of this phone interview with FX legend John Carl Buechler, about Tarzan: The Epic Adventures. It was published in the July 1997 issue of SFX so must have been conducted a...
View Articleinterview: Joe Bangay
I interviewed photographer Joe Bangay about his work on Queen Kong in January 2003. This interview, during which Joe read from some of the production notes he wrote back in 1976, originally appeared on...
View Articleinterview: Kadamba Simmons
In January 1997, I travelled to the freezing cold Northern tip of the Isle of Man to report on the British monster movie Rampage (aka Deadly Instincts aka Breeders). One of the cast was Kadamba Simmons...
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