Category: Films
‘Downright terrifying’: readers on their scariest horror villains
Dr Freudstein – House by the Cemetery As a film it tends to be considered the weakest of Fulci’s big four or five, but a [more…]
‘It’s the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen’: 10 film flops that became classics – ranked!
10. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Budget: £19.3m. Worldwide gross: £22m View image in fullscreen Still IMDb’s chart-topper as the best film of all time, this [more…]
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story review – fascinating tribute undermined by bombast
‘You’ve got me?” splutters Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) in the 1978 Superman: The Movie, after her caped saviour (Christopher Reeve) scoops her up in his [more…]
Heretic review – religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant
The remarkable second act of Hugh Grant’s career continues … or maybe third act, if we include the earlier period in which he appeared to [more…]
Time Cut review – tinny time-travel Netflix slasher offers too much deja vu
The triumphant return of the slasher movie, a subgenre that had been mostly dead and buried for far too long, arrived with key caveats. Those [more…]
‘After the shoot, we had a party in a slaughterhouse’: horror movies’ creepiest kids reveal all
When Danielle Keaton was seven, her homework was to open her eyes as wide as possible and stare. She had just secured a role in [more…]
Juror #2 review – Clint Eastwood puts Nicholas Hoult in court … and an unusual pickle
What are the chances, eh? First you get picked for jury duty even though your pregnant wife might deliver your child before you can deliver [more…]
This Search for Meaning review – slick reminder of radical rockers Placebo
This slick unrevealing music documentary about alt rockers Placebo highlights the potential drawbacks of making a film about a band decades after their first flush. [more…]
Midas Man review – Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is heartfelt as Beatles’ kingmaker
British actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd stars as the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein in this uneven but well-meaning biopic. The screenplay by Brigit Grant and Jonathan Wakeham [more…]
Quentin Tarantino praises flop Joker sequel: ‘I really, really liked it’
Quentin Tarantino has come out in support of the critical and commercial flop Joker: Folie à Deux. The writer-director sang the musical sequel’s praises during [more…]
