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The Amazing Spider-Man 2, teasering.
That Spider-Man, ain’t he amazing? Well, this is only a preview trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, so not so much.
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Movie and films.
December 2013
ReviewHorror
Retrospective: Eerie Tales (1919) (film review).
‘Retrospective: Eerie Tales’ is one of the earliest examples of the horror omnibus film. This 1919 macabre work stars Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schunzel,…
November 2013
NewsFantasy
The Magic Ferret (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Filmmaker Alison Parker’s short film ‘The Magic Ferret’ is a quaint, sweet and inspirational kiddie tale about one youngster’s expectations for acceptance in…
NewsCulture
12 Years A Slave (film review by Frank Ochieng).
On those rare, bold and special occasions cinema has a definitive way of capturing the historical hideousness of human despair and demoralization. To…
ReviewScifi
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ does what a formidable sequel should to do in concept…capitalise on the enormous success of its predecessor and…
ReviewComics
The Wolverine (2013) (DVD review).
I should point out to those in other parts of the world that this special edition of ‘The Wolverine’ DVD is only available…
ReviewHorror
Murder University (2012) (DVD review).
You might expect a low-budget movie, a slasher movie at that, to be rather amateurish, without plot and poorly acted. ‘Murder University’ doesn’t…
ReviewScifi
Gravity (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
If anything else, the movie-going experience should pander to our visual expectations in the omnipresent genre of Science Fiction. The technological excellence, the…
ReviewFilms
The Hunt (film review) by Frank Ochieng.
The Danish psycho-social drama ‘The Hunt’ is gripping and observant about the perils of being falsely accused of a heinous crime. In this…
NewsScifi
RoboCop… the future of American Justice.
Some more RoboCop reboot movie action in the 3rd trailer for the film. Looks fairly faithful to the original, along with some sly…
ReviewHorror
Schalcken The Painter (1979) (DVD review).
Let’s go back to the days when you got really good value for your BBC licence fee, way back to 1979. I can…
ReviewHorror
Supernatural (1977) (DVD review).
Just released by the British Film Institute we’ve got a double DVD of the BBC TV series from 1977 called ‘Supernatural’. This has…