Category: Film

On March 3rd, 2012, Mars and Earth were on their closest approach, as Earth’s faster orbit brought it between the more distant, slower Mars and overtook it on

On October 7th 1849, the American writer Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore. He was taken to hospital, where he later died, aged

Sixteen years after the grand finale of the Star Wars saga, The Return of the Jedi, George Lucas decided to take us on a fantastic journey to a

Sixty years on from their heyday, Hammer are fondly remembered as the hallmark of quality British horror, yet their output largely consisted of costumed potboilers constrained by the

From Blair Witch through Paranormal Activity to Troll Hunter, “found footage” has become a become the genre of choice for low budget filmmakers seeking to make a splash,

It’s hard to believe only nine years have passed since Underworld first unleashed a leatherbound Kate Beckinsale as the Death Dealer Selene, fearlessly protecting her vampire clan against

Timur Bekmambetov, the Kazakhstani director behind the epic Russian supernatural thriller films Nochnoy Dozor and Dnevnoy Dozor, Night Watch and Day Watch respectively, is a powerful force in

If there ever was a challenge for the Impossible Mission Force, once led by field agent Jim Phelps and under the care of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt for

An astronomical phenomenon causes a moment of inattention; as thought their fate had been in the stars, two people find their lives changed forever.  Driving home from a

Why do we enjoy horror?  Even if fear is a negative feeling, everybody likes to be scared. The modern world is a safe place where we don’t need