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  • arrival
    Arrival (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    If aliens landed on earth, all things considered they’d probably be a lot like the ‘creatures’ that hover above the 12 randomly selected geographical locations in this high concept sci-fi flick directed by Denis Villeneuve. Probably. Adapted from a short story by respected author Ted Chiang, it doesn’t just thrust little green men at you, […]

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    Interview with David Gilbank, Director of Award-Winning Short Film Polterheist
    Posted in: Features

    Fresh off of his film’s double-award winning night at What’s Hot London?’s  Hot Shorts Film Festival London 2016, David Gilbank the writer/director of supernatural crime caper Polterheist is now focusing on turning the multi-award winning short into a feature film. What’s Hot London?’s Eddie Saint-Jean interviews him about the film’s success and these plans for […]

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    The Girl on the Train (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    With an idea which remains refreshingly simple in its execution despite its twists and turns, director Tate Taylor takes us on an express train ride through alcoholic lead character Rachel Watson’s (Emily Blunt) inebriated and confused version of the events leading to the death of her ex-husband’s nanny. Adapted from a book by Paula Hawkins […]

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    Hot Shorts Film Festival London 2016
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Highlights

    It  was red carpet night at the Roxy on October 8th! A weekend when the cream of short-filmmakers and emerging talent were invited to show the world what they were capable of. And once they had braved the videographers trying to squeeze an interview out of them before they even took their seats, the festival […]

  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    Director Tim Burton’s interpretation of American author Ransom Riggs’ debut novel has his distinctive gothic, offbeat flavour all over it, from Miss Peregrine’s raven-black take on the blue rinse all the way to the grotesque Hollows – monsters who’d look more at home in a horror movie than a children’s drama. Jake is a young […]

  • Gareth Edwards
    Short Film Festivals: Gareth Edwards
    Posted in: Events & Festivals, Movies & TV Shows, Promotions

    As we move into the final week before the Hot Shorts Film Festival & Awards on October 8th we take a look at how winning a London film festival not commonly regarded as one of the biggest festivals out there (Sci-Fi London) propelled writer director Gareth Edwards onwards to direct Hollywood movie Godzilla and later Star […]

  • Blair Witch
    Blair Witch (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    Blair Witch eh. There’s nothing like a blockbuster hand-held found footage movie to get everyone thinking they can make a successful horror feature film. The problem is whether it will be any good or not. There are many ways to measure success and the $248 million that Blair Witch 1 grossed in 1999 because of […]

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    Ben-Hur (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    Who says you should leave remakes of epic films well alone? Charlton Heston’s 1959 version was a plucky remake itself of the original 1925 silent movie directed by Fred Nibo. No doubt that pre-talkie flick was a classic to those movie-goers around at the time as well. Yes, Ben Hur 2016 style  has a lot […]

  • Café Society
    Café Society (Film)
    Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, Reviews

    Slightly hunched, nervy, affable and with more than a passing similarity to Woody Allen himself (but not in looks), the lead character Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) is without doubt the movie’s beta male alongside the gun-toting, hood-killing alpha male that is his mobster brother Ben. The opening scene leaves you in no doubt about the balance […]