New Town Killers (2008; dir. Richard Jobson)
Jobson here continues his masturbatory fantasies, begun with 16 Years of Alcohol (2003) and continued through films like The Purifiers (2004) – reviewed here – …
05 Mar
Terminator Salvation (2009; dir. McG)
Terminator Salvation (2009; dir. McG)
This is the fourth in a series of high-budget, low-expectation films begun by The Terminator (1984; dir. James Cameron). Helmer McG and his creative team …
28 Feb
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973; dir. Richard Blackburn)
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973; dir. Richard Blackburn)
This film bears comparison with the similar Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971; dir. John D. Hancock), but has stylistic parallels with a number of …
21 Feb
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1980; dir. Gary Rhodes)
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1980; dir. Gary Rhodes)
Stephen Knight’s elaborate Masonic theory for the infamous Whitechapel murders of 1888, first presented in his book of the same name in 1976, has since …
19 Feb
The Purifiers (2004; dir. Richard Jobson)
The Purifiers (2004; dir. Richard Jobson)
This British film, co-financed by public money through Scottish Screen, and helmed by former punk singer Jobson, comes across as a shit version of The …
16 Feb
The Sender (1982; dir. Roger Christian)
The Sender (1982; dir. Roger Christian)
Somewhere inside this antiseptic and neutered thriller, there’s a full-blooded horror film lurking in the shadows, but helmer Christian, responsible for production design on films …
14 Feb
All This Time (2009; dir. Kris N.)
All This Time (2009; dir. Kris N.)
This unassuming, zero-budgeted feature, made without recourse to emotive editing techniques or complicated special effects sequences, and totally without egotistical pretense, is possibly one of …
11 Feb
The Secret of Seagull Island (1981; dir. Nestore Ungaro)
The Secret of Seagull Island (1981; dir. Nestore Ungaro)
This is a truncated, theatrical version of an Italian-British co-production, originally shot to run nearly five hours as a TV mini-series. As a result, the …
09 Feb
Rescued by Rover (1905; dirs. Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil M. Hepworth)
Rescued by Rover (1905; dirs. Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil M. Hepworth)
The attitude toward film-making in this country is, unfortunately, one that panders to the Hollywood style and system. British filmmakers, unlike their foreign contemporaries, are …
08 Feb
The Lovely Bones (2009; dir. Peter Jackson)
The Lovely Bones (2009; dir. Peter Jackson)
This film is a piece of shit – an over-produced, empty-headed waste of effort for all those involved, which further underlines the intellectual redundancy of …
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