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
Category: Thriller
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
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
Straw Dogs (2011)
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
The Ones Below (2015)
Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Kate (Clémence Poésy) live a seemingly idyllic lifestyle. With a beautiful London flat, rewarding, high powered jobs and a
Mother’s Day (2010)
Three brothers are on the run from the law, after their latest bank raid has gone disastrously wrong. With one of them seriously injured,
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
Army of Shadows (1969)
Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s controversial World War II drama Army of Shadows (1969), stars Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier the head of a small French
Inseparable (2011)
Sometimes you really have to question the aim of a film. Inseparable (2011), written and directed by Dayyan Eng and starring Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu
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
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
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
Screen & Gone 