The New Golden Age of British Drama
In the February of 2009 there was a feature article in The Independent about the…
Author Barnaby Walter
Barnaby Walter
Second year BA Film & English Student. Watches too many films and enjoys good novels.
Total articles: 491Flashback: Lewis – Series 6
Everything is fine. People can relax. All the stresses of life are cured. Because there’s…
Film Comment: Spare us from horror movies as lazy as The Rite
Now I have entered the no-work haven of the Summer months, I have been catching…
DVD & Blu-ray Review: Contagion ★★★☆☆
This bleak and interesting drama about a worldwide flu-like pandemic is a recent offering from…
DVD & Blu-ray review: The Artist ★★★★★
I realise I’m quite late in adding my views of The Artist to the chorus of support…
Film Archive: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a harrowing, unforgettable film
The original was a masterpiece, and a bloody tough act to follow, but this really…
Snow White and the Huntsman, review ★★☆☆☆
Rupert Sanders, director of Snow White and the Huntsman, is from the world of advertising.…
Film Comment: With Prometheus, Ridley Scott has made a philosophical, strangely beautiful film
Prometheus has managed to cultivate that kind of legendary cult following that movie studios dream…
LOVEFiLM makes high definition streaming available to subscribers
Disc rental and online streaming service LOVEFiLM have made it possible for their subscribers to…
Juan of the Dead, review ★★☆☆☆
This is a Cuban zombie movie. It’s the first of its kind, apparently, and judging…
DVD & Blu-Ray: The Descendants ★★★★★
As much as I try to go into each film I see with as little…
Beauty ★★★★☆
Director Oliver Hermanus’s dreamlike, intoxicating new film Beauty is a character study of a man…
Safe ★☆☆☆☆
Safe is one of those lumbering, stupid action movies that should have been shot on…
Dark Shadows ★★☆☆☆
Dark Shadows is the type of film for which that overused and clunkingly clichéd phrase…