A couple of years ago, William Friedkin went so far as to describe David Ayer’s new film as “the best cop movie ever made”.  Quite a statement, certainly, and one’s mind can’t help but immediately leap to the challengers: Die Hard, Fargo, The Departed, Serpico, Dirty Harry, Lethal Weapon… the list goes on […]

Being a sucker for anything remotely involved with the American Mid-West, my ears pricked when I heard about a new film directed by Tommy Lee Jones. The narrative is derived from the book of the same name by author Glendon Swarthout.  I managed to mosey on over to an advanced […]

Happy Halloween! Going out dressed as your favourite horror villain or just fancy staying in and watching films that’ll make you shiver and scream? Well do I have a trick-or-treat for you in the shape of ten of the finest horror films of all-time. Let the countdown begin….   10. […]

7 years ago David Fincher released his crowning work in the shape of the unsettling, flawless masterpiece Zodiac. As far as I’m concerned the director will never work above that level – one of the finest thrillers ever created – but with Gone Girl the director has managed to craft […]

  “Even now that we’re all grown ups,” announces Jarvis Cocker to a sold out Motorpoint Arena, “we still get scared when we come play Sheffield.” The city, which he later explains, holds a special place in his heart and is the foundation and inspiration for so many of Pulp’s […]

I like a good thriller, I do. I normally gather plot devices quite quickly and watch for what the next turn in the story may be. I like to be fooled, however, and think highly of anything that tricks me or shocks me at the end. Apart from Lost. That […]

Pride is a film that both breaks your heart and warms it. We are living in an age where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual rights are at the forefront of the public consciousness. Having recently seen the break through of the legalisation of gay marriage in the United Kingdom and […]

That’s it! I have to say something, or I’m going to explode! It may sound like I’m a little furious, or overexcited to speak out. Maybe I am. Last week, I was browsing Netflix, (as I always do), looking for a good movie to watch. Still searching, I finally noticed The […]