REVIEWS
Cinema, Blu-ray/4K, Streaming and VOD Releases - Reviewed By Fans For Fans
DEAD MAN’S SHOES
DEAD MAN’S SHOES BLU-RAY REVIEW - Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine’s stone cold classic of bloody revenge finally makes its hi-def debut in an absolutely stacked and essential Blu-ray release from Second Sight Films. Iain MacLeod reviews a film that transcends the revenge genre, turning it on its head to create a film that has still to be matched.
HOKUM
HOKUM - Struggling author Ohm Bauman visits the Irish hotel so beloved by his deceased parents only to discover the local legend of a malevolent witch could be the least of his worries. Iain MacLeod reviews Damian McCarthy’s latest film, that proves he is one of the genres most exciting talents with one of the scariest and most entertaining films of the year.
ROSE OF NEVADA
ROSE OF NEVADA review- Writer and director Mark Jenkins returns to the sea in his own inimitable style with the starry pair of George Mackay and Calum Turner in tow. Iain MacLeod reviews the haunting time slip drama playing this years Glasgow Film Festival, which may earn the director even more fans drawn to his oblique and spellbinding style
HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN
Hellboy returns to the screen in this pared down entry that manages to impress with its fidelity to the comics that made his name.
STARVE ACRE
Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith find themselves trapped in a pleasingly evocative and disturbing folk horror.
DEVIL’S ADVOCATES: THE WICKER MAN
Steve A. Wiggins, author of “Holy Horror: The Bible and Fear in Movies”, brings a fresh perspective to Robin Hardy’s film via Auteur’s prolific “Devil’s Advocates” series of genre monographs – now in handsome hardback format!