Articles by screenandgone

About screenandgone (225 Articles)

I'm a journalist and film critic based in London. I'm currently the News Editor of the Flickfeast film website, for which I also review new film releases. As well as this I review films, do features and interviews and cover festivals for various other magazines and on-line publications. I've created the Screen & Gone blog, so that I can share my thoughts and bring a new perspective to films, old and new, which may have passed you by.

The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) / The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

November 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Those who like their films heavily laden with nostalgia are in for a treat with two Dickensian gems released by Studiocanal on DVD. English director Thomas Bentley’s [...]

I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013)

November 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

I Spit On Your Grave (1978), starring Camille Keaton (a distant relative of silent movie star Buster Keaton), was a film which became legendary due to its notoriety. In 2010 [...]

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

For anyone who came of cinematic age during the heady days of cheesy 1980s cinema, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films – the documentary by [...]

The Bodysnatcher (1945)

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell), a renowned and highly respected doctor in Victorian Edinburgh, takes medical student Donald Fettes (Russell Wade) under [...]

DEMONS 1 (1985) & Demons 2 (1986)

September 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The use of Dario Argento’s name above the titles of Demons 1 & 2 could be considered something of a misnomer, as they bare no relation whatsoever to other works by [...]

Kiss the Water (2013)

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

When someone is the subject matter of a film memoir, they must have a magical quality if they are never physically seen – either in person or in the form of archive [...]

Straw Dogs (2011)

July 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

One of shock cinema’s landmarks from the 1970’s, has been ‘re-booted’ – Hollywood’s trendy term for what the rest of us know as a good (or [...]

Before the Fall (2004)

July 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Some films simply demand to be see. Though difficult at times to watch, Before The Fall is a sympathetic and poignant telling of one teenager’s traumatic experiences [...]

Black Butler (2014)

June 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Occasionally a film comes along which throws caution to the wind – going straight out there to enjoy itself. Black Butler, the live action film of the bestselling Manga [...]

MATCHING JACK (2010)

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

You feel bad disparaging a film like Matching Jack, the drama by award winning director Nadia Tass, and starring such an impressive cast of luminaries as James Nesbit (The [...]

To Walk with Lions (1999)

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

To Walk with Lions is one of those films which leaves you feeling bad if you’re not enthusiastic about it. Directed by Carl Schultz and starring Richard Harris, [...]

I Frankenstein (2014)

May 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Unless you are a fan of the original material on which a film is based, you will likely derive more pleasure from the experience of watching it if you know nothing [...]