By Ian Crow The summer blockbusters are steam rolling their way through cinemas. Sometimes it’s nice to break away from the blockbusters that clutter the schedule during the summer. Out of nowhere, an independent horror/drama has arrived and it really impressed me. 47 Metres Down, directed and written by British director Johannes Roberts, the film… Continue reading 47 Metres Down Review
Tag: thriller
Crow’s Must See Films of 2017 So Far!
2017 has been a strong year, especially in the summer blockbuster department. It has now come to that time of the year where we look back and decide which 10 films have caught our eye so far. 1. Dunkirk – Director Christopher Nolan has delivered again. His use of practical effects come to fruitition in… Continue reading Crow’s Must See Films of 2017 So Far!
Get Out Review
By Ian Crow Great horror films are always very hard to come by. Normally we are only blessed with maybe two, or if we’re extremely lucky, three good horror movies in one calendar year. Now, a lot of the time you do get some great horror movies come out that I instantly love, for example… Continue reading Get Out Review
Split Review
By Ian Crow M. Night Shyamalan is the perfect example of a director going out of his comfort zone. Acclaimed for his fantastic take on the thriller genre which includes the brilliant Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, he went out of what he does best and made a sci-fi in After Earth that turned out to… Continue reading Split Review
Don’t Breathe Review
Fede Alvarez returns to our screen to direct the new horror of the year in Don’t Breathe. His new film follows three teenager burglars that are saving up to move from their rough neighbourhood to start afresh in California. After being tipped off by a man about a secluded house in the suburbs, the three… Continue reading Don’t Breathe Review
The Neon Demon Review
Christ, where do I start? First of all, this has to be one of the strangest, jaw-dropping, eye watering, sickening, shocking but beautiful at the same time. There can only be one director that can possible cram all these things into one film and that is Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn. One of my favourite… Continue reading The Neon Demon Review
A Patch of Fog – EIFF Review
The one genre I can always rely on is thrillers. The grittiness of a great story that keeps you on the edge of your seat are always the best. It always seems that they are the most enjoyable when you least expect it. This is true to the case with EIFF film A Patch of… Continue reading A Patch of Fog – EIFF Review
Cell Review
Stephen King is one of the greatest writers and has been for decades. His work has been adapted many times including The Shining, Carrie and It. The latest book of his to be adapted is his 2006’s novel Cell. Not following in the steps of the brilliant adaptations of his work, Cell has to be… Continue reading Cell Review
Eye in the Sky Review
After the huge success of 2012’s Zero Dark Thirty, it showed that we could have a different twist on a film that covers war. Not so much emphasis on the battle ground of soldiers winning a war, we was exposed to the background scenes of the intel and modern warfare that is available from computer… Continue reading Eye in the Sky Review
Green Room Review
Hot from the critical success of Blue Ruin, director Jeremy Saulnier has mustered up another tense and entertaining thriller. Green Room follows a punk rock band that are travelling across America taking gigs just to get some money so they can continue touring. After being left short on their earnings at a venue, a local… Continue reading Green Room Review
