FrightFest

WATCHMEN so has snyder succeeded with the adaptation that so many filmmakers including gilliam and greengrass had to abandon? the film is visually absolutely spellbinding throughout, the brutality - and snyder has point blank refused to trim anything to garner a 15 rating instead of an 18 - is vicio...

ON.. the short film with the long arse title... did it make you smile?

yep it's the late-night keep awake slot and this year the one eyed monster rears its large ron jeremy head... how was it for you?

a little contemporary hollywood horror to mix the mood ... was it unborn or stillborn?

did guest paul solet give birth to a great film.. or not?

how was the amicus/hammer style riff from our guest glenn mcquaid ?

was dorothy the right one for you...? any thoughts

and.. what did you think to mischa bartons wall predicaments?

so what are your thoughts on the sf/fantasy/horror hybrid OUTLANDER ?

so what did you all think to our opening film...? the controversial dead girl

new FRIDAY 13TH... aside from a few neat splatter effects (that we've seen before) and some bouncing boobs there is little to recommend other than the frisson of seeing jason back in action. a nice scene where he puts the mask on but the plot is so full of holes and is never frightening - it also fe...

oscar / bafta catch ups for me... MILK fabulous performance from sean penn and career best on the direction front from gus van sant. packs an emotional punch in an understated way at the end. W a weird one, always loved oliver stone when he goes multi film stock and over the top. this is a curiously...

my review of the eden lake blu ray will appear on the site in a day or so the BR has no forced trailers.. i agree they ARE very annoying when you can't skip them - i find the forward button always helps. disney are/were another prime offender. the other annoying non-skipable advert is the anti pirac...

there's some joyous hilarity to be found on the old grey whistle test dvd's .. many repeat view hours of glorious entertainment

in short.. no . most people hated it.

some did like it though - although none passionately.

file under coulda worked, shoulda worked, didn't work.