HIGH-RISE (2015)
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control in Ben Wheatley's adaptation of J.G Ballard's novel...
PREACHER, 1.7 – ‘He Gone’
My biggest gripe about Preacher has been how scattershot everything’s been, but “He Gone” felt more harmonious and structured. The flashbacks didn’t seem as...
OUTLANDER, 2.13 – ‘Dragonfly in Amber’
“Dragonfly in Amber” avoids the elephant in the room. The season-long build-up to the devastating battle of Culloden is simply that, a slowly mounting,...
SATAN’S BLADE (1984)
Satan’s Blade is indicative of the archetypal quality and budgets of 1980s ‘video nasties’. It’s an inexpensive slasher film mimicking the tried and tested...
MAGGIE’S PLAN (2015)
It’s been more than a decade since Rebecca Miller’s harrowing directorial debut, Angela (2015), and although her subsequent films (Personal Velocity, The Ballad of...
PREACHER, 1.6 – ‘Sundowner’
I was glad this episode gave us a taste of the spirit and twisted humour of the comic books, even though it was still...
THE ONES BELOW (2015)
To say The Ones Below is inspired by the films of Roman Polanski would be a gross understatement. Motherhood-inflected horror, the conflict between pairs of...
PENNY DREADFUL – Season Three
At the end of season 2, we left the world of Penny Dreadful in flux. The relationships established between its major characters were dissolved....
QUEEN OF EARTH (2015)
Continuing on a path started during filming breaks on TV’s Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss is building an impressive resume of roles in US indies...
30 Years On: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA was released across the US on this day, 30 years ago. To celebrate, we've investigated the origins of this flop summer movie from 1987 that became a cult favourite...
PREACHER, 1.5 – ‘South Will Rise Again’
Incredibly, we’re now halfway through this inaugural season of AMC’s Preacher and I’m in danger of sounding like a stuck record. This isn’t a...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.10 – ‘The Winds of Winter’
In the thrilling finale of Game of Thrones’ sixth season, three key players strengthen their power bases, Jon’s lineage is confirmed, Winter finally arrives,...