This year not only marks the 60th anniversary of a movie legend, but an all new, highly anticipated blockbuster (or should that be block-stomper?) film. Ed Boff takes a brief look at
The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957 was a milestone in British film, especially for the studio that made it. While they’d made many movies before, including horror titles, it was this that
Norway is a very prosperous nation, with a large part of its success down to North Sea oil. It’s also had a major boom in recent years with its film industry, with
Found footage doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and there’re several good reasons for that. While at its worst it can be really cheap and gimmicky, done well it can be enormously
Superhero movies are dominating the Summer Blockbuster scene at the moment. After turning some of their lesser-known comic superheroes into household names the question for Marvel Studios is “who’s next?” Since they
The Turing Test is an idea that plays an important part in The Machine. It is the concept that a true artificial intelligence is one that a person could communicate with, and
This week sees the re-release of Wake in Fright, a psychological thriller set in the Australian Outback. So snap open a can of amber nectar, throw another shrimp on the barbie, and
This has been a long time coming. Ted Kotcheff‘s 1970 film Wake in Fright has often been acknowledged as being a major milestone in the development of Australian cinema. Even though the
Planes can be excellent places for thrillers, even though they’re statistically still the safest way to travel. There have been many memorable films made around planes/people in planes in jeopardy, from Fearless, to Airport,
Larry Cohen is a name known in film for very off-beat projects, often blending in old-school elements updated with a sense of modern satire. From the notorious killer baby movie It’s Alive,