Creepshow
Drawing on the EC Comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero’s 1982 anthology features five tales from the crypt of Stephen King’s coke-addled imagination. Surprisingly timeless in its ’80s renderings […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Twisters
The Hollywood remake machine picks up and spits out Twister, the twist being that this time a woman (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gets to be the weather whisperer. Not really disaster movies […]
Twister
Ahead of the new Twister reboot, we revisit the 1996 disaster movie about a woman (Helen Hunt) left understandably traumatised after watching her dad get sucked off in a tornado. […]
Longlegs
A Satanic serial killer (Nicolas Cage) murders families in a ritualistic birthday-based sequence in this thriller they should have called The Birthday Basher. Osgood (son of Anthony) Perkins’ extended riff […]
Romeo & Juliet at the Duke of York’s Theatre
From West Side Story to Gnomeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s tragedy has been pulled in so many directions it almost seems invincible. Here to disprove that theory is director Jamie Lloyd, […]
A Quiet Place: Day One
When New York is invaded by sound-sensitive aliens, terminally ill Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) and her cat Frodo (Nico and Schnitzel) search for one last slice of pizza in the apocalyptic […]
Network
A news anchor (Peter Finch) threatens to kill himself on air, but his announcement backfires when he shoots up the ratings. On re-release for director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday, Network […]
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