Several classic television chillers, dusted down and rereleased by the BFI, seem tailor made for Halloween and the haunting season. Amongst them is Robin
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.
Divergent (2014)
It’s a sign you’re getting old when you can sit through a screening of a film like Divergent (2014) – the high-tech adventure based
War Horse (2011)
There are two types of film within the rarefied world of the Hollywood Blockbuster – those made by Steven Spielberg, and those which
A Gang Story (2011)
A Gang Story starring Gérard Lanvin and Tchéky Karyo, is The Godfather (1972) transposed to rural France. Director Olivier Marchal’s thriller is a violent and
Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce, director Tobe Hooper’s foray into space based terror, is very much a product of its time. The Sci-fi / horror starring Steve Railsback,
Murder By Decree (1978)
Only a cynic would claim that a film which had disappeared from view for so many years, got an airing on DVD due to
Treehouse (2014)
First off let me warn you that my review of Treehouse – the film by London born director Michael Bartlett, and featuring (to use the
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is, on paper at least, a film which shouldn’t work, and certainly not as well as it does. Jack Ryan (Chris
Pacific Rim (2013)
In recent years Hollywood has come to believe that in order to satisfy the paying public it must give them more bang for their
The Iceman (2012)
Watching The Iceman, the thriller by Israeli director Ariel Vromen starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder and Ray Liotta, one can’t help query the choice
NEWS FLASH!
The 60th BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the European premiere of British director Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom (2016).
NEWS FLASH!
Horror Channel, in conjunction with FrightFest, have just announced a weekend long celebration of nastiness to screen this Halloween, running from Friday 28th
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