riawoodburnNov 22, 20202 minSHORT OF THE WEEK: MY CURRENT HORROR FAVESFilm shorts have their own unique identity, a craft all of their own. They are stand-alone features and stories in their own right and...
riawoodburnNov 21, 20202 minSCARE ME (2019)Scare Me is a joyful ride by writer/director, and lead actor Josh Rubens, whose one-man-band style achieves a total creative synergy. Set...
riawoodburnNov 20, 20202 minTHE WIND (2018)Set in a stark backdrop of the remote early 19th century American territories, The Wind offers a slice of history in this western-style...
riawoodburnNov 20, 20202 minREVENGE (2017)A gritty game of cat and mouse, Revenge is Lara Croft gone rogue. Hollywood has given us an onslaught of slasher horror films where young...
riawoodburnNov 20, 20202 minSHIRLEY JACKSON'S THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)Heralded as a classic gothic horror story and one of the best of Shirley Jackson’s, The House on Haunted Hill is seen as the first...
riawoodburnNov 19, 20202 minUNDER THE SHADOW (2016)Set in 1988 Tehran and within the juncture of the Iran and Iraq war, Under the Shadow tells the story of Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her...
riawoodburnNov 19, 20202 minTHE TURNING (2020)Under ‘normal’ non-Covid circumstances The Turning would certainly have been a cinema trip for me, but instead became a rented home...
riawoodburnNov 18, 20203 minVIVARIUM (2019)Since grappling with the global pandemic, and with us all having to now navigate a new lockdown reality, Vivarium’s sparse utopia doesn’t...
riawoodburnMay 10, 20201 minA TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003) REVIEWTragic and classical, The Tale of Two Sisters (2003), has stood the test of time. Steeped in mystery with few certainties; teenage Su-mi...
riawoodburnMay 1, 20201 mincome to daddy (2019) reviewCome to Daddy (2019) is a family reunion gone bad. When Norval Greenwood (Elijah Wood) arrives at his estranged father’s sea cabin for a...
riawoodburnApr 20, 20202 minCASTLEROCK SEASON 2 (2019)Annie Wilkes returns, and my god we have missed her. Having watched Misery more times than I can care to remember, any rekindling of...
riawoodburnApr 5, 20201 minPOSSUM (2018) REVIEWFew films are brave enough to construct a complete overtake of a theme like Possum (2018). Right from the beginning, never-ending you...
riawoodburnMar 12, 20201 minKNIVES OUT (2019) REVIEWFun, frolics, and murder, Knives Out (2019), offers a detective drama with a huge dose of comedy. This jovial hunt for the killer of...
riawoodburnMar 1, 20201 minTHE EXORCIST (2017) reviewFather Tomas (Alfonso Herrera) and Father Marcus (Ben Daniels) are back with a vengeance. Season 2, although a period after the first is...
riawoodburnFeb 28, 20202 minThe pale horse (2019) reviewThe BCC’s two-part adaptation of Agatha Christies The Pale Horse (2020) is a slick production set in a high-class 1960s London. A typical...
riawoodburnJan 24, 20202 minTHE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (2016) reviewCool, calm, and collected law student Christine Reade (Riley Keough), in Season 1 of The Girlfriend Experience (2016) is pulled into the...
riawoodburnJan 9, 20201 minSISTERS (1972) REVIEWSisters (1972) plays on the art of assumption, if someone looks good, then we are less likely to see them as a threat. The film charters...
riawoodburnDec 30, 20191 minA DARK SONG (2016) REVIEWA Dark Song (2017) is my favourite kind of horror, psychological with a mix of occultism. The premise is promising, a grieving mother...
riawoodburnDec 4, 20191 minRAW (2016) reviewAdolescence is a bitch and so it seems are your family when you are growing up. Raw (2016) follows teenage Justine (Garance Marillier), a...
riawoodburnNov 24, 20191 minLADY MACBETH (2016) REVIEWPassionate and raw, Lady Macbeth (2016) excels on all levels. A period drama set in 19th century industrial Britain but without the...