Now this is a list we probably do not see often, at least state-side, but I thought it was a pretty solid one! The Guardian asked their “expert panel of film-makers and critics” to name th...
Great movies sometimes do not hit it off with the audience upon first viewing. Not even the sublime Citizen Kane found much appreciation on its release in 1941, taking over twenty years and critical r...
There’s been a lot of noise coming from Marvel fans over the Disney/Marvel merger that was announced last week. Fanboys the world over have lambasted the House of Mouse and have predicted Disney...
For most of us the August Bank Holiday weekend means barbeques, beer on the village green and meeting up with the friends you’ve ignored for weeks but FilmShaft’s Ed Whitfield, having re...
Genre filmmaking has warped and twisted its aesthetic to reflect the zeitgeist in the eight years since 9/11 but has harmless fun become terror porn as a result? Ed Whitfield puts on his serious face ...
This Monday we can welcome Tom Hanks and Jason Statham into our living rooms as well as some smaller films that could be worth your attention. By far the most exciting aspect of the DVD new releases n...
The death of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, aged 57, closed the book on an Eighties icon. Ed Whitfield stands on a rain swept beach, watches the waves break and knows that although he’s...
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
It’s quite unfortunate that the X-Men films having started strong are now reduced to this shoddy piece of cinema really. Let’s face it; it all started going dow...
DRAG ME TO HELL
Finally Sam Raimi gets back to what he does best. A damn good splatter-fest that is as funny as it is scary. Alison Lohman turns in a brilliant performance as Christine Brown, a norma...
And so the 53rd London Film Festival has come to a close. For the past two weeks cinema venues in the West End have hosted world premieres (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Royal Gala screenings (Bright Star) and ...
