James Dennis
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Blu-ray Review: THE SHRINE
That difficult second feature from Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer director Jon Knautz slips quietly onto home video here in the UK, nearly a year after screening at Glasgow Frightfest. Marking a shift in tone, The Shrine leads us into some... More »
  

UPDATE - WINNER! UK Folk! Win a PERFECT SENSE signed poster and DVD!
Congratulations to Gareth Earls! A DVD and signed poster will be on their way.As January drags to a close, what better way to blast out those winter blues than with the cracking sci-fi romance, Perfect Sense. What's that? Still waiting for... More »
  

UK Blu-ray Review: ROLLING THUNDER

Part hard-nosed revenge flick and part moody examination of a damaged psyche, John Flynn's Rolling Thunder is one of the very best Vietnam 'coming home' movies. It's also the sort of period piece that you just don't get any... More »
  

A Christmas present from ARROW: 4 new titles for March 2012!
From our exclusive feed with Cult Labs we have some exciting news on Arrow's 2012 slate with 4 new titles announced for a March 2012 release. And what a gloriously eclectic mix it is, with a reassuringly (for me, anyway) strong showing from... More »
  

THE EXTERMINATOR Blu-ray Review
When I first came across the fantastically misleading artwork for a ropey, BBFC-sanitised VHS of The Exterminator in my local video shop, I could but dream of the grisly thrills it held in store. 'Some years' later, that flame-thrower... More »
  

Hey UK! Win RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE on DVD!! WINNER!
UPDATE: Thanks to all those who entered - we had plenty of love for Santas in Bad Santa, Miracle On 34th Street and Santa Claus (1985). Plus an unnerving level of affection for The Santa Clause (1994)...Anyhow the winner is... Catherine... More »
  

London 2011: THE KID WITH A BIKE (LE GAMIN AU VÉLO) Review
The Dardenne brothers might just be the most reliable film-makers working today. With a unique brand of realist cinema they've made a succession of critically lauded dramas concerned with Belgium's grimmer locales and inhabitants. Often involving low level criminality,... More »
  

London 2011: EARLY ONE MORNING (DE BON MATIN) Review
Early One Morning (De bon matin) opens with middle-aged banker Paul Wertret (Jean-Pierre Daroussin) entering his office as normal before shooting two of his fellow workers dead without hesitation. Through a series of flashbacks as Paul sits at his desk,... More »
  

THE LONDON LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL is coming!
The Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn is one of a handful of great independent cinemas left in London. This October it's playing host to The London Lift-Off Film Festival, a showcase of short films from around the world judged solely by... More »
  

Hey UK! Win a 13 ASSASSINS Sword and Blu-ray!
Enjoy Miike's samurai epic and want to relive the mayhem in high-def glory? Fancy the chance to win a pretty damn cool piece of merchandise? Read on... 13 Assassins sees director Takashi Miike, the man behind such uncompromising and unforgettable... More »
  

JULIA'S EYES Blu-ray Review
For those of you who've ever suffered from poor eyesight, either long or short term, I'll bet that losing your sight altogether has at least fleetingly crossed your mind. And if it has, then Julia's Eyes is absolutely terrifying. It's... More »
  

FRIGHTFEST 2011: A LONELY PLACE TO DIE
A Lonely Place To Die opens with that obligatory staple of the mountain climbing flick - what I call the 'Cliffhanger moment'. Beautiful landscape, exhilarating climb, assorted friends with different abilities (and agendas). Then, before you can say 'woah', gravity... More »
  

FRIGHTFEST 2011: SAINT (SINT) Review
Santa Claus imagined as a slasher icon. Not someone dressed up as Santa Claus, but Saint Nicholas himself, wielding an ornate but sharp staff with which to lop off many a head. That's the premise of Dutch director Dick Maas'... More »
  

FRIGHTFEST 2011: KILL LIST Review
I'm torn by Kill List. Ben Wheatley's second feature, following the much-lauded Down Terrace, is equal parts impressive and frustrating. With a divisive piece of narrative elusiveness, the third act will either leave you intrigued or irritated depending on how... More »
  

UK Quad Poster For Refn's DRIVE
 Pretty self-explanatory this one... Todd ran the UK trailer for Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive a few days ago, so here's the UK quad poster to match. I love the neon colours in the artwork, and this carries the pink lettering... More »
  

[UPDATE] Hey UK! Win A Limited Edition HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN T-Shirt!!
[UPDATE - WINNERS!]Congratulations to Dave Melia, David Waddington and Adam Gilbert, our 3 lucky winners!I know what you've been thinking... wouldn't it be great to have a Hobo With A Shotgun T-shirt? And wouldn't it be great to have 1... More »
  

THE FUNHOUSE Blu-ray Review
Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse has an ingenious opening that manages to pay homage to Halloween and Psycho in a deft swoop that's both knowing and terrifying in its own right. It's entirely fitting that the sequence plays with generic expectations... More »
  

An Interview With Rutger Hauer As HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN Hits UK Screens

Live in the UK? Frustrated at hearing about how unfeasibly awesome Jason Eisener's Hobo With A Shotgun is, yet unable to see it for yourself? Well, frustrate no more because the Hobo is coming to UK cinemas this Friday 15th... More »
  

SLAUGHTER HIGH DVD Review
Sadly I was too young to experience the golden era of slasher movies first hand in the late 70s and early 80s. Rather, my affection for the genre was bred out of ropey panned and scanned, often heavily cut,... More »
  

Shameless To Release First Ever Blu-ray Of FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET!
Some very exciting news for Argento fans (and I know there are a few round here). Shameless Screen Entertainment are to release Four Flies On Grey Velvet, the third film in the director's 'animal trilogy', via DVD and Blu-ray on... More »
  
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