There was a time in cinema when films didn’t depend on copious amount of CGI and special effects to make an impact. Instead they made their
Author: Cleaver
I'm a journalist and film critic based in London. I'm currently the News Editor of Flickfeast, for which I also review new film releases. In addition 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 I can share my thoughts and bring a new perspective to films, old and new, which may have passed you by.
The Sigil (2012)
The Sigil is a pseudo horror film, masquerading under the false impression it is scary, when in-fact its about as frightening as an episode of
Madhouse (1981)
If – like I initially did – you think you are going to enjoy a remastered edition of Vincent Price’s 70s camp classic Madhouse,
BFI GOTHIC DVD’s
The BFI continues its Gothic season, with three new collections from the BBC archives. There is nothing better as the Christmas season approaches than
Dream House (2011)
I’ve never been a advocate of the ‘moody’ school of acting, an approach taken to new heights by Daniel Craig in the lukewarm chiller
Everything Must Go (2010)
Like the life of Nick Porter (Will Ferrell), the central character round whose midlife crises Everything Must Go revolves, the directorial debut from Dan Rush
Santa Sangre (1989)
Mexican cinema has always been a law unto itself. Over the years its stars – like the legendary siren Dolores del Rio who came to
Pioneer (2013)
Pioneer, the Nordic thriller from director Erik Skjoldbjaerg, proves, if nothing else, why Scandinavian countries are amongst the best purveyors of both literary and filmic
The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) / The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
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
I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013)
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
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
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 Bodysnatcher (1945)
Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell), a renowned and highly respected doctor in Victorian Edinburgh, takes medical student Donald Fettes (Russell Wade) under his wing when
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