The original Star Wars was wonderfully economical about this. A glance at a strange face, a battered doorway, a Jawa carrying something of doubtful provenance, and suddenly the galaxy seemed to extend ...

Anthony Shaffer’s The Wicker Man is generally voted to be one of the best, if not the very best, of British horror films . That’s quite an accolade, because Robin Hardy’s thriller is quite an odd ...

I burned myself out on the musical Little Shop of Horrors when I played the role of talking carnivorous plant Audrey II in an amateur stage production; fortunately I didn’t really have to perform, but ...

Love it or hate it, and both reactions seem possible, the NBCPeacock series Crystal Lake has caused lots of hot takes and discussion on the socials; I enjoyed it and nailed my colours to the mast with ...

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The sole entry in the category ‘Roger Corman horror cheapies which became hit musicals’, 1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors is a strange and interesting movie that has a quaint, weird, down-at-heel ...

Give the people what they want!’ screams someone against the deafening din of the new Street Fighter reboot, reviving the video game franchise that already spawned a much-maligned 90’s cinematic ...

I’m just catching up with Alexandre O. Philippe’s feature-length doc about the Hollywood star Kim Novak, which has a US streaming release from today, Oct 1 st, and a physical media release on Oct 17 ...

I’m on a run of successfully turning down attempts to get me to discuss reality tv game-shows; I’ve said no to Strictly Come Dancing, The Great British Bake Off and The Traitors in the last week. None ...

Inspired by the new doc about star Twiggy, I felt compelled to work my way back to 1971’s The Boy Friend, a 1953 musical which was an unlikely post The Devils venture for British cinema’s most ...

Medak’s films as director are a varied bunch, from his brilliant collaboration with Peter O’Toole on The Ruling Class to the rather random franchise entry Species II. As a director, he seemed willing ...

Are Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt really merging their F1 and Days of Thunder franchises? The latter sequel is currently being shot for a 2028 release, but no word as yet if the internet rumour about ...