Valley Girl (1983) – A cult romance fronted by an engaging pair [Blu-Ray Review]

James Rodrigues 19/09/2023

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Eureka Entertainment has put out a Limited Edition box set of Valley Girl, which also serves as the film’s home video debut in the UK. While this independently produced film was the breakthrough work for director Martha Coolidge, it was also notably the first major […]

Film Festival Coverage

Sympathy for the Devil (Frightfest 2023) Nicolas Cage finds a new vehicle for his insanity (Review)

Simon Ramshaw 30/08/2023

Every fresh Nicolas Cage film comes with a rare weight of expectation, and 2022 saw that come to a head with a film whose title and content seemed to embody that thought. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – where the image of Nicolas Cage embraced its own meme – […]

Cher & Moonstruck – Pop Screen Episode 58

Archaeon 31/03/2022

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s a-Moonstruck, a film which is not exactly subtle in its depiction of Italian-American culture but is at least witty, well-written and full of heart, thanks to its script by John Patrick Shanley. This week, Pop Screen closes out […]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982); So Fast Even Modern Hollywood Hasn’t Caught Up With it Yet (Review)

Mark Cunliffe 17/05/2021

Released to Criterion Blu-ray this week is the perennial favourite of the American high school teen comedy, 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A film of debuts – it was the directorial debut of Amy Heckerling, the scriptwriting debut of Cameron Crowe and inevitably launched the careers of many young […]

Cinema Eclectica 180 – Stan Lee is Fozzie Bear

Archaeon 07/11/2018

Two mysterious drifters converge on a lonely podcast to cover “Bad Times At The El Royale”. Drew Goddard’s follow-up to “The Cabin in the Woods” has an enviable cast, but can it escape from under the big-chinned shadow of Tarantino? This week’s Off the Shelf has a theme, and that […]

Keyframe 126 – Bishounen Mutants

Archaeon 07/10/2018

Things get a bit contentious this week because Tucky went to see Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, and now he’s got to convince Producer Rob – who is notorious for his hatred of things like Teen Titans Go! And Ready Player One – to give the animated film a […]

The Joy of Bad Films

Matt Colver 03/05/2018

You might think to enjoy bad films, and deliberately seeking them out is a bit strange. After all, no-one sits down to what they know will be a sub-standard meal when the more tantalising fare is available. But think of it in a different way, and you’ll realise that these […]

The Final Master (2015) Lost between martial arts classics and Hollywood fuzz (Review)

Just Jim (2015) Just another low-key actor/director project, only with a surrealist edge (Review)

Loveless (2017) A Russian apocalyse within a dissolving marriage (Review)

The Mercy (2017) James Marsh delivers arguably his finest fictional narrative cinematic feature yet (Review)

Classic Film Kid: The Invisible Man Appears (1949)(Review)

Invention for Destruction (1958) One of the finest pop-up books in cinema history (Review)

Journey to the Shore (2015) trades in the haunted house for a ghost story (Review)

Dragged Across Concrete: a tense thriller, a hard pill to swallow (Review)

Inland Empire (2006): How much more Lynch can this be? None, none more Lynch (Review)

Walerian Borowczyk Short Films and Animation (1959 to 1984)(Review)

Eternal Beauty (2020) Dramady That Gets Mental Health Right (Review)

Original Cast Album: Company (1970) have I got a film for you! (Review)

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