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 …
01 Mar
Watch the concluding episode to our recent Damon Dark serial
Watch the concluding episode to our recent Damon Dark serial
Below is the second installment of ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ – our most recent addition to Adrian Sherlock’s Damon Dark webseries – complete with …
26 Feb
“Is there anybody out there?” – Find the truth in this new Damon Dark adventure…
“Is there anybody out there?” – Find the truth in this new Damon Dark adventure…
Following on from our introduction to the world of Damon Dark, an independent webseries created and produced by Adrian Sherlock – the full text of …
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 …
02 Feb
The Day of the Dolphin (1973; dir. Mike Nichols)
The Day of the Dolphin (1973; dir. Mike Nichols)
This film begins well but degenerates into a conventional, sentimental Hollywood narrative. Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry gently ease the audience into the world of …
30 Jan
Death Run (1987; dir. Michael J. Murphy)
Death Run (1987; dir. Michael J. Murphy)
As if to underline the intellectual redundancy of the recent Colin (2008; dir. Marc Price) – reviewed here – this is an equally homegrown affair …
28 Jan
Altered States (1980; dir. Ken Russell)
Altered States (1980; dir. Ken Russell)
This is Russell’s only interesting film, and sees him applying himself to the excesses and longueurs of award-winning author and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky’s direly introspective …
27 Jan
New Damon Dark short from an original Brett Gerry Films screenplay now online
New Damon Dark short from an original Brett Gerry Films screenplay now online
Following on from our recent profile of actor/director Adrian Sherlock’s science-fiction webseries Damon Dark – which you can read in full here – correspondence with …
22 Jan
Mysterious Two (1982; dir. Gary Sherman)
Mysterious Two (1982; dir. Gary Sherman)
As a piece of cinema, this is fucking awful. The plot not only exploits then topical fears concerning cults and alternative beliefs – including the …
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