Alex Kither

January is infamously a miserable time in term of movie releases. After frantically churning out as many 32-carat blockbusters as possible before Christmas, the start of the new year is very much a hangover period for the film industry…

Time waits for no man – or so they say – but in the film industry this has certainly become the case as every studio desperately tries to push their promotional garbage down the throats of the consumer as quickly and painlessly as possible.…

Since the release of Batman vs Superman last year, DC have been providing a constant stream of films and promotional material to keep interest in the franchise as a constant high. Though Doctor Strange may still be on everyone's minds,…

Zombies, vampires and demons may be all the rage but for my money witchcraft is still one of the eeriest concepts put to screen. Historically, witchcraft and pagan ritual has always been an uncomfortable subject. It questions our basic…

2014 saw the release of Wes Anderson's last film The Grand Budapest Hotel, a critical and commercial success, but now two years have passed and many fans of the auteur director are eagerly awaiting another dose of wonderfully stylised…

Just over a week ago the new poster for the greatly anticipated Star Wars spin-off Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was released to a reasonably positive reception from fans. The poster shows the stoic, steely eyed faces of the  title…

After months of rumours and waiting, Marvel has released the very first teaser trailer showing us what to expect from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2. The sequel to the 2014 blockbuster sees the same group of lovable…

20th Century Fox have treated film and video game enthusiasts alike with a second trailer for the highly anticipated 'Assassin's Creed' adaptation starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. In this trailer, we are shown in far…

October is the month of both spooks and scares in equal measure and many people celebrate the spooky season in different way. Some people party, go trick or treating, commit a series of horrific murders or carve pumpkins. These are all fine…

With the 2015 soft reboot/sequel 'Jurassic World', expectations from audiences were high. We anticipated bigger dinosaurs, larger-than-life characters and full out stunning special effects and for the most part the studio delivered with…

The pioneer of silent film, Georges Méliès, was responsible for the production of hundreds of films, 80% of which were destroyed or simply deteriorated over the years. However, researchers at the Czech national film archives have found a…

I'm not sure who exactly was asking for another Pirates of the Caribbean movie but nevertheless Disney have decided to roll out a fifth instalment in the swashbuckling, rum smuggling, ship swaying cinematic franchise in time for 2017. It is…

Fans of the fearlessly brutal 2014 action/thriller John Wick will no doubt already be aware that a sequel has been in the pipeline for some months now. However, after a long patient wait, we are finally being treated  to a pair of…

Good news for fans of the caped crusader as the greatly anticipated solo Batman film starring Ben Affleck has been promised to hit cinemas sooner than some may of expected. During an investor call (audio can be found here) Time Warner…

So far, 2016 has offered up a pretty varied platter in terms of horror. We’ve been treated with such fantastically stylised and terrifying items as ‘The Neon Demon’ and ‘Don’t Breathe’ whilst also having to endure a flurry of turgid schlock…

Going in to see ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. From various sources, including promotional material and critics, I was to understand that it would be somewhat echoing an ‘Apocalypse Now’ vibe only replacing…

In truth, the cinematic line-up for 2016 has been looking about as exciting as a dead seal in an aquarium. For the most part, it’s a canvas of schlock that is being held up by the occasional big name hits which, despite having fantastic…