The Levelling
When it comes to film making , sometimes, less is more. Debut writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, certainly follows that belief with this ultra low- budget indie about a young trainee vet, Clover (El...
Author Archives: David Logan
A Ghost Story
First and foremost, if you’re one of those casual movie goers who perhaps will just look at a title or promotional poster, think ‘that looks like something I might like’ and dive in...
Headshot
In 2011, the world was gifted The Raid by Welsh director Gareth Evans and a cast of relatively unknown Indonesian actors. With blistering action set pieces and exhilarating hand to hand combat, the c...
It Comes At Night
It Comes At Night is going to be one of those films that divides opinion. If you rigidly build your expectations based on what you saw in the trailer, or the overall marketing feel of the film, you m...
Miss Sloane
As a general rule of thumb, when a character’s name is the title of the film, you know it’s going to need a strong central performance to be anywhere near successful. Thankfully in this c...
Alien: Covenant
After the somewhat divisive Prometheus, director Ridley Scott may have felt more pressure than normal to deliver another new installment to the franchise he fathered back in 1979. With the resulting ...
Beauty and the Beast
In the current cinematic age of remakes, reboots and reimaginings, it was only going to be a matter of time before Disney started going through its plethora of past hits and giving them a shiny new c...
Life
The main premise behind Life is not a new one within the sci-fi horror genre. A small, tight knit crew aboard a claustrophobic, sterile looking craft being terrorised by an otherworldly entity. It’s ...