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  • Ink

    Hats off to the ambitious Ink team for creating a gloriously immersive fantasy world on a micro-budget: no mean feat for even the most skilled of film-makers. Definitely at the upper end of the indie-spectrum, there is much originality and innovation to admire this surreal tale of one man’s redemption. It’s just a shame the dialogue never quite reaches the same heights as the rest of the production values.


  • Top 10 Horror Remakes

    Some ‘reimaginings’ of classic horror films are truly dire – House of Wax, anyone? – but there are a few examples which have endured just as impressively as their inspirations. So, just in case you haven’t grimaced enough today, it’s our Top 10 horror remakes!


  • WIN: 5 x IP MAN 2 on DVD!

    Kung Fu sensation Donnie Yen stars as Ip Man, the wing chun grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee almost everything he knew. Wirefighting! Kung fu legends! We have 5 DVDs to give away! Competition ends 29 March 2011


  • Cave Of Forgotten Dreams

    Award-winning creative German genius Werner Herzog invites us to enjoy an exclusive look at the Paleolithic cave paintings of the Chauvet Cave in modern France. The only director who has been granted access to one of the most significant sites of prehistoric art in the world, Cave of Forgotten Dreams literally goes where film has never gone before. Perhaps even more excitingly, Herzog and his team seem to have finally found a justifiable reason for 3D cameras; the documentary film allows us to experience these 35,000 year old paintings in their full, contoured glory.


  • Monday Mash-Up

    We don’t want to blow our own trumpets, but this might be the best Monday Mash-Up yet. Obviously we think much the same thoughts every week, but there’s no reason to leave good opinions of that nature in our internal monologue forever. What do you think? Have a bloody look!





  • Could you win the Due Date Dash?

    Best For Film. Robert Downey Jr. Zach Galifianakis. Free films. LOADS OF PRIZES! If those are all words which excite you to a greater or lesser degree, then whatever you’re doing right now – reading, watching TV, juggling – is fundamentally wrong for you. What should you be doing instead? You should be entering the Due Date Dash.


  • Films to see in March 2011

    How do you know what you’re going to see at the cinema next month? You’re busy people – Facebook won’t update itself, and you’ve probably got a relationship to neglect or something. Oh, you haven’t? Sorry. Well, there’s no point in trying to meet another human adult now, you may as well just read this blog.