As we all know, there’s nothing more chilling than a Pixar movie, right? OK – so perhaps there are quite a few things a lot more chilling, but Day Six of 10 Days of Horror offers up a Pixar inspired film which shows that cutesy animation and a whimsical outlook can still be a fertile breeding ground…
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10 Days of Horror – Day Five: Suckablood
Dear reader, so you’ve made it here alive, To the All Hallows’ Eve advent calendar, 10 Days of Horror – Day Five. We’ve reached halfway, through ghosts, ghouls and torment, But I beg you to take heed, do not allow your life’s blood to be spent. There are lessons to be learnt from this film, pay attention…
10 Days of Horror – Day Four: Lights Out
Welcome, one and all, to 10 Days of Horror – Day Four. Allow me to introduce you to a short film that taps into our collective fear of things that go bump in the night – Lights Out…
10 Days of Horror – Day Three: The Little Mermaid
10 Days of Horror rolls on as we move ever closer to Halloween, bringing a new horror short film with it each step along the way. Whilst Day One took us to a not too distant future, and Day Two gave a reminder not to dwell on the past, Day Three takes us to a…
10 Days of Horror – Day Two: Lot254
Each day in the build-up to Halloween Flicks and Pieces will be opening a new door on its All Hallows’ Eve advent calendar – 10 Days of Horror – to share a hair-raisingly scary short film with you all. Day Two brings Lot254. Place your bids, if you dare.
10 Days of Horror – Day One: ABE
Halloween is upon us all once more! Last year in the run-up to All Hallows’ Eve, Flicks and Pieces brought 10 blood-soaked movie, television and video game suggestions to you in preparation for the big day itself. This year, 10 Days of Horror makes its return, but this time around each day will bring with it…
From The Crypt: Getting To Know Guillermo del Toro
Crimson Peak is upon us. Released this week, Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic Romance takes us to a beautifully creepy mansion, following in the footsteps Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) to the home of her new love, Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), and his sister Lucille Sharpe (Jessica Chastain)….a home which is host for ghostly apparitions, and where all is not as it seems….
Everest Review
It’s a long, cold way to the tippy top of Mount Everest. A hike all the way to the cruising altitude of a Boeing 747; 8,848 metres, to be precise. Frost bite, heady heights, rope bridges and the ominous site of the world’s tallest mountain hanging over you….and that’s just the trek to Base Camp.
Robert Zemeckis and Change in Cinema
“Film, as we have traditionally thought of it, is going to be different. But the continuum is man’s desire to tell stories around the campfire. The only thing that keeps changing is the campfire.”
The Angry Birds Movie Trailer
Finally, the one we’ve all been waiting for (?)! Today is the day we get our very first glimpse at the debut trailer for The Angry Birds Movie. Yes, it is a thing that’s happening. For the two people who have not spent countless hours flinging the titular birds across their smart phone screen whilst…
The Revenant Is Coming…
“I ain’t afraid to die anymore, I done it already.” Director Alejandro González Iñárritu is a picky sort of guy. For his new western thriller, The Revenant, not only did he shoot entirely on location, in sequence, using natural light, but he also chose to shoot his follow-up to Birdman in snowy, -25 degrees conditions. Why?…
Serena (2014) Review
Lets begin by getting the positive notes out of the way: Visually, Serena is nicely polished. It’s not particularly distinct in its photography, but Depression-Era North Carolina itself is recreated with enough detail in terms of its costume design and art direction that at least the setting of the film feels real…..it’s just a shame that nothing else…
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