Herein lie SPOILERS!!! I had seen this poster for Deadpool and thought, 'That looks like a cheeky and irreverent superhero movie! I must investigate...' I then watched a trailer to realise, to my absolute horror, that the man under the mask was played by, of all people, Ryan Reynolds. I instantly dismissed the movie because …
How come I didn't get the memo about Shudder?! I was looking for the Giallo movie Bay of Blood to watch on Netflix but it wasn't there anymore. I looked online and discovered the horror movie streaming site Shudder. This site is amazing- its like Netflix for horror fans. Plenty of new films, old classics …
I've just watched This Movie Is Not Yet Rated. What a brilliant documentary this is. An examination of the MPAA- an organisation wherein the raters aren't identified, the criteria for classifying a movie aren't clear and where studio films receive feedback but independent films don't. Corrupt, fascist, archaic. And I thought us Brits had it …
My love of horror films started when I was young. As I wasn't old enough to see these films at my local cinema I took to gazing endlessly at the posters and lobby cards for them outside my local Odeon as I basked in their depictions of fear, terror and sadism. I was lucky enough …
I first saw Leigh Bowery in the late 80s. I was at the cinema when a commercial for Pepe Jeans was played featuring Leigh. This advert which only lasted about 2 minutes left such an indelible impression. I first saw the documentary The Legend of Leigh Bowery about five years ago and again was gobsmacked. …
It's amazing when a TV programme or a film conveys a message that is so powerful that it faces strong and vicious opposition from the higher echelons of the day who seek to suppress it. Play For Today was a BBC1 drama anthology series that ran from 1970 until 1984. Alan Clarke directed an episode …
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