Tag: Tom Hiddleston

Thor: Ragnarok Review

Opening with an action sequence set to the pulsating beats of Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song”, Thor: Ragnarok lays down its marker from the off. As Chris Hemsworth’s heroic God of Thunder tears through hordes of monsters, simultaneously wryly mocking his opponents, we intercut with some straight up comedy on Asgard from Karl Urban’s Skurge,…

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High-Rise Review

High-Rise shares a lot of commonalities with Snowpiercer (2014). Both see the downtrodden rising up against the rich and oppressive. Both are set in a dystopian version of Earth. And both are brutally dark and anarchic. But whilst Snowpiercer builds to a satisfying and spectacular close, High-Rise stumbles in its third and final act where at…

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Crimson Peak Review

Beware Crimson Peak, aka Allerdale Hall, home to the brother/sister duo of Sir Thomas and Lady Lucille Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain). It’s a beautiful home, but one which has been ravaged by time and the not-so-sunny English weather. Someone’s got to pay for the upkeep of the mansion, but it sure as hell isn’t going to…

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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….

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Beware Crimson Peak

Mark the date in your calendars, October 16th, 2015 – the date Guillermo del Toro scares the nation in his beautifully gothic return to horror, Crimson Peak. Take a look at the new poster to get yourself in the mood for a little scaring…

Ghost Are Real, This Much I Know – Crimson Peak Is Coming

Full disclosure – I love…LOVE Guillermo del Toro’s films. And he is back with a bang! The trailer for del Toro’s return to gothic horror Crimson Peak has been released, and from the first glimpse, I’m happy to report that it looks beautiful (and suitably creepy). Though del Toro’s long time collaborator, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro…

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