Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook is a tiny but perfectly formed Australian horror movie which has impressed critics across the globe. Seemingly coming from nowhere and landing rave reviews, The Babadook has proved there’s still a market for intelligent, well designed horror; it not only highlights how terrible recent horrors like Annabelle and Ouija have been, … Continue reading
The Silence of the Lambs remains one of the few movies to sweep the ‘big’ Oscars, winning Best Director, Actor, Actress, Writing and Best Picture. Whilst it’s not surprising that the Academy lavished such praise upon the movie – it’s an incredibly well drawn and brilliantly constructed film – what is surprising is that they chose … Continue reading
Hitchcock was released in cinemas last week, a biopic staring Anthony Hopkins in the leading role and dealing with the eponymous director’s struggle to make his now most infamous feature – Psycho. And with the release of Hitchcock this spring, it’s only fitting to take a look back at the classic movie on which it’s based and … Continue reading
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me was released in 1992 to mass critical planning. It made zero money at the box office and was widely hated by both audiences and critics – Tarantino, a then up and coming director, hated it, claiming that he would never watch another David Lynch movie again. Lynch had, in the … Continue reading
