Wizards (1977)
Following the death of their beloved mother, two wizard brothers – the good Avatar (Bob Holt) and the evil Blackwolf (Steve Gravers) – are pitched into a [...]
Fantasy
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Aficionados of the ‘Eurohorror’ film – which, for much of the time encompasses those made post 1960, and which frequently focus heavily on stylised gore [...]
Song of the Sea (2014)
Since that historic evening on the 21st December 1937, when the father of the animated feature film Walt Disney unleashed the force that was Snow White and the Seven [...]
FEATURE – THE GAME’S AFOOT, HOLMES
In 2009 the ex Mr Maddonna (otherwise known as Guy Richie), used the unlikely pairing of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law to bring back to the screen two of crime [...]
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Some films are just too big. Take The Dark Knight Rises for instance. It’s been eight years since Batman was last seen, and the city of Gotham is in a state of [...]
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Just because fairytales are generally aimed at children, doesn’t mean that adults can’t enjoy them as well. Especially if they are given a new twist, as [...]
FEATURE – FAUST, THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL
Peter Cushing may well have had legendary German filmmaker F. W. Murnau’s Faust (1926) in mind, when he said that he found a creaking door and half open coffin as [...]
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 on the [...]
Maleficent (2014)
You have to hand it to Disney. As a studio who can reinvent and put a new twist on old hits, they constantly manage to surprise; they injected new life into their animated [...]
The Green Lantern (2011)
Somewhere, out there, beyond our solar system, exist other planets, other galaxies, other races. For generations an elite group of superheroes, made up of representatives [...]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
As they say all good things must come to an end, and director Peter Jackson’s epic retelling of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantastical tale The Hobbit, comes to a fitting [...]
Into the Woods (2014)
Shortly after turning forty years old Meryl Streep apparently declined the opportunity to play a witch on three occasions in quick succession. At the time she turned the [...]
