For this series of Doctor Who, I’ve tried my best to go in as blind as I can. It’s a little hard to do, especially when I’ve been plugged into the Doctor Who Twitter for the last eight years, and I have seen some rumours of things that may happen, […]
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Carnage for Christmas and Liminal (Salem Horror Fest 2024)(Review)
As both a transgender woman and an enthusiast in horror, folklore, and all things spooky and fortean, I find myself frequently considering the relationships that people have with places; with horror, I frequently consider the ways in which locations can be haunted (literally or figuratively) by the actions of people […]
10 Films to Watch During Pre-Code April
The Pre-Code Era of Hollywood is a very interesting time in Hollywood and film history. It was a time of limited, if any, censorship in Hollywood and therefore filmmakers and the stars were able to produce much more risque and unique movies. The Pre Code era started in 1927 with […]
New adventures in Dreamcast: Chapter 1
Chapter 1: A New Beginning 17th February 2008. Edinburgh. The previous night I had attended a Leonard Cohen concert at the city’s historic Castle, thanks to a bizarre financial scandal forcing the famed crooner into an unexpected tour. Despite Leonard’s best efforts, the weekend had been a tense affair. Without […]
My Experience At Comic-Con North East
Since becoming a fan of Doctor Who as a kid and later on other TV and film series like Red Dwarf, I’ve been intermittently going to conventions and events for about ten years now. Of course, I had to combat the balance between autographs and kids’ pocket money (which I […]
Ice Cube in Boyz n the Hood – Episode 118
John Singleton was 21 – 21! – when he made one of the most acclaimed debuts of the 1990s, one which led to him becoming the first African-American to get a Best Director nomination at the Oscars. It would be the perfect punchline if it was bad, but annoyingly for […]
In The Rearview (Kinoteka 2024)(Review)
When Maciek Hamela was shooting this documentary on the roads between Ukraine and Poland there was probably still hope that this would remain a relatively short-lived war. Indeed, several of Hamela’s passengers – refugees carried in his volunteer’s van from urban and rural areas across the nation – often speak […]
Doctor Jekyll (2023): Entertaining Reinterpretation of Classic Story (Review)
The world premiere of Doctor Jekyll at Frightfest 2023 (which I was able to attend) began with director Joe Stephenson announcing he was about to go into a meeting to find out whether Hammer would still be producers on the movie. By the end of the screening, it was confirmed […]
7 Keys (SXSW 2024): Stylish Execution of High Concept British Thriller (Review)
Receiving its world premiere at SXSW, Joy Wilkinson makes her feature film debut as writer and director with 7 Keys, having found success in theatre, television, and radio. Immediately, she shows confidence in executing her vision with the opening shots of houses and flats around London, each one tinged with […]
Horror Story – (Kinoteka 2024)(Review)
As the feature debut of writer-director Adrian Apanel, Horror Story pulls off a nice little magic trick. When fresh-faced finance graduate Tomek (Jakub Zajac), rents a room in a crumbling boarding house that’s straight out of the horror cinema interior decorating textbook, we expect things to go full-blown supernatural (or […]