The 1992 American dark fantasy horror comedy film Waxwork II: Lost in Time is written and directed by Anthony Hickox as a sequel to his 1988 film Waxwork. In writer/director Anthony Hickox’s diverting enough 1992 […]
Anthony Hickox’s 1988 directorial film debut Waxwork stars Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O’Keeffe, Patrick Mcnee and David Warner. Waxwork is an occasionally engaging mix of the grisly and the tongue-in-cheek. […]
Ira Sachs’s 2023 French romantic drama film Passages is a smart but spectacularly chilly film without a sympathetic character in sight, particularly its incredibly selfish, nasty film-director ‘hero’ (Franz Rogowski). Director Ira Sachs’s 2023 French romantic drama film Passages […]
The bleak and gloomy, though fascinating 2004 French romantic drama film The Last Day [Le Dernier Jour] is an impressive showcase for its young star Gaspard Ulliel, and he shows he’s got what it takes. […]
Pedro Almodóvar’s Western short film Strange Way of Life is over-produced and under-realised, with a lot of expertise put into something so simple and flimsy. But Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal go to it with […]
The 1962 United Artists widescreen colour film Love Is a Ball [All This and Money Too] is a middling romantic comedy with the elegant Charles Boyer matchmaking in the pretty French Riviera scenery. Glenn Ford […]
Universal Pictures’ 1948 American romantic fantasy comedy film Mr Peabody and the Mermaid stars William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Mr Peabody goes fishing and catches an alluring mermaid. Director Irving Pichel’s […]