With the recently confirmed news that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on dvd & blu-ray on April 8th, allow me to present to you a collection of reviews penned by the Geekzine alumni of Jim Taylor, Jonathan Taylor and Griff Williams. Andy Jamieson, Editor-in-Chief I found The Hobbit to be thoroughly enjoyable […]
So, it’s been officially confirmed. After months of feverish speculation, J.J. Abrams has been named as the director of Disney’s new instalment in the Star Wars franchise, due for release in 2015. When the possibility of Abrams’ appointment first came to light, myriad newspapers and webzines started spewing forth opinion pieces offering in-depth analyses of […]
Back in 1990, prolific writer/director Clive Barker’s Nightbreed was released in cinemas to little critical or commercial success. Some blamed the bizarre tone of the movie; Barker, a noted horror writer, had created in Nightbreed – an adaptation of his novel Cabal – a fantastical romance, with the emphasis firmly on action and adventure rather […]
One of the highlights of the 2012 festive viewing marathon was the BBC’s presentation of the feature-length drama (co-produced with HBO), The Girl, a tv movie about the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock (as played by Toby Jones, in subtle prosthetics and not so subtle bodysuit) and his latest muse, Swedish-American model-turned-actress, Tippi Hedren (as played […]
Safety Not Guaranteed – the debut feature from director Colin Trevorrow – is ostensibly a film about time travel, but is really a film about love and regret. Its science-fictional trappings, although taken seriously as being central to the movie’s plot, thus serve as more of a sideshow to the human relationships which lie at […]
Can Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to ‘In Bruges’ reach the same artistic heights as its much-lauded predecessor? In the meta-fictional spirit of Seven Psychopaths, I’ll begin this review by talking about this review. I found that once I began writing this piece, what had initially been intended as a straightforward film review quickly turned into a […]