Just like its title, The Ghoul, despite all its intricate twists and clever ideas, is a completely dumbfounding piece of cinema for even the most seasoned cinema goers to get their head around without inducing the mother of all headaches. This British psychological thriller dares to be different; it pushes the boundaries from what the typical narrative one would expect from the genre, mixing a murderous investigation with a devilish…
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Win a DVD copy of Clément Cogitore’s critically acclaimed Afghanistan war movie which stars Jérémie Renier, Swann Arlaud and Marc Robert.
Read MoreFilm Review: The Big Sick
Directed by Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer) and written by real life couple Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, Portlandia), the highly anticipated The Big Sick finally makes its way to a cinema near you this week. Staring Nanjiani himself, the film centres around real life events in the life the Pakistani born comedian during his courtship with his now wife Emily (played in the film by…
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Film Review: Wish Upon
(Twitter: @maysamoncao) Wish Upon is a funny and interesting reminder that we all hope for a touch of magic in our lives. The trailer surely smells like teen spirit. You will have fun if you are young, or if you are still connected with your inner child. Teenager Clare (Joey King) is given an old music box that promises to grant the owner’s wishes, and, to her surprise, when…
Read MoreFilm Review: Dunkirk
In the early summer of 1940, 400,000 British and Allied troops are stuck on the beach at Dunkirk. While they await rescue from the British Navy, the town is being littered with leaflets, reminding the locals and the soldiers that they’re surrounded. The situation looks – and is – hopeless.
Read MoreFilm Review: Okja
Okja looks for all the world like a heartwarming family film about a little girl’s friendship with an adorable giant pig and that’s exactly what it is… for about twenty minutes. Director Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer) uses this time to lay the pipework of the plot. The multinational Mirando corporation has sent out 26 ‘superpigs’ to be raised by farmers around the world., After ten years, the healthiest and…
Read MoreFrightfest: New Blood
Are you an aspiring writer? Then listen up! Or rather just read on. As an innovative addition to this year’s event which will take place across the August Bank Holiday, Frightfest have joined forces with MPI Media Group, Dark Sky Films and Screen International for an exciting initiative which aims to find and inspire genre screenwriters. New Blood aims to nurture projects from script to screen. Barbara Crampton, Dominic Brunt and…
Read MoreFilm Review: It Comes At Night
As intelligent horror movies go, It Comes At Night isn’t so much senseless blood and gore, but rather a film which will inject a sense of fear, paranoia and utter despair in its audience. Written and directed by Trey Edward Shults, the film manages to play on its audience’s deepest fears by using clever devices which will make even the most seasoned horror fans jumped out of their skin. Playing…
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