review: Red State (2011)

Strange, strange, strange. I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting to like Red State. I liked the trailer but I’m not particularly a fan of Kevin Smith; I can still smell Cop Out from here… then again, I did really like Zack and Miri Make a Porno and I thought Chasing Amy was kind of [...]

clips and trailers: Red State (2011)

Anyone who’s been reading afr or following us on twitter will know that… I’m a big fan of horror films. I dunno why really, they aren’t my favourite films. It’s not the most consistent of genres and, oftentimes, it’s not the most taxing on the brain… but I guess I just feel like, you know [...]

releasing this week: Prince of Persia and Cop Out

There’s a couple of big films coming out this week… one which I will talk about and one that I don’t really want to talk about. So I won’t. The films I AM going to talk about are…. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Cop Out. I’ll deal with Prince of Persia first [...]

review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Sometimes I wonder if Seth Rogen sleeps… he seems to be in everything these days… Anyway, Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the new film from Kevin Smith, director of such films as Clerks, Dogma and Chasing Amy. I’ve mentioned before that I’m not mad about Kevin Smith. It’s not that I think he’s [...]

review: Chasing Amy (1997)

There are some directors that I’m really into, like Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson and Tim Burton… however there are far more directors that I really have no particular thoughts on either way, I’ve seen a good few of their films but I’m still ambivalent. Paul Thomas Anderson is one – which I noted in the [...]