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Werewolves movies are a rare breed, even in the horror genre. One of the more recent werewolf movies was the 2015 flick Howl. Joe (Ed Speleers) is a train conductor who’s forced to work on a late-night train to Eastborough. Before the train reaches the final station, it gets stopped in the woods. Isolated and with […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the art of historical adaptations and drama for the screen.
Recently there has been reported that Warner Brothers and HBO Max are in the early stages of developing a TV series based on the Harry Potter franchise. Harry Potter is one of Warner Brothers’ most lucrative franchises – there have been seven novels, spin-off books, video games, studio tours, and theme park attractions. And of course, there’s the […]
Insanity. A perfect descriptor of Tobe Hooper’s timeless classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time, the movie shocked and terrified audiences upon its initial release in 1974. The film’s success is even more impressive when considering it had an estimated budget of only $300,000 (about […]
Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus was considered one of the greatest films by the directing duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was a film that earned the cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, an Academy Award, and was recently remade into a miniseries led by Gemma Arterton. Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) becomes the youngest sister […]
Highlander was a high concept modern fantasy film that has earned its cult classic status and beloved by many. Wikipedia and IMDB classify Highlander as a British film so it is worthy of a Britflix retrospective. Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is an immortal man who has lived since the 16th Century. By 1985 he lives as an antique dealer […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the future of cinema.
In these troubled times the world is suffering from a pandemic, whilst within the UK the prospect of Scottish independence is on the rise. Due to these factors now seems like a great time to revisit the B-Movie homage Doomsday. In 2008 Scotland suffers from an outbreak of the deadly Reaper Virus. To protect the […]
On the surface, Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse is a story about two lighthouse keepers driven to insanity. However, nothing is at seems in this film. Like Eggers’ first film The Witch, The Lighthouse is a period piece. Set in the late 1890s, the film’s two main characters, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Thomas Howard (Robert […]
Since the pandemic has struck the film distribution model has been disrupted. Many companies have tried and failed to make a profit from the Premium Video-on-Demand. Warner Brothers have made the radical decision to release all their 2021 scheduled films in cinemas and HBO Max at the same time. Reactions to Warner Brothers’ has been […]