Drama
ROBOT & FRANK (2012)
Robot & Frank (2012) Set in the near future, ex-jewel thief pensioner Frank (Langella) is given a robot butler (voiced by Peter Saarsgard) by his son Hunter (Marsden) to help him around the house. Initially […]
Year Made: 2012
HCF Reviews
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (15) Running time: 94 minutes Director: Michael J. Bassett Writer: Michael J. Bassett Starring: Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Kit Harington Reviewed by: Matt Wavish, official HCF critic I have […]
Sci-Fi
SLEEPWORKING – A Short Film by Gavin Williams
SLEEPWORKING (2012) Written and directed by Gavin Williams In the not-too-distant future, a programme is launched to enable human beings to work extra shifts doing menial labour whilst they are sleep. Alice is one of […]
Action
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D – Out now in cinemas
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (2013) (15) Running time: 88 minutes Director: Tommy Wirkola Writer: Tommy Wirkola Cast: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Pihla Viitala, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Joanna […]
Drama
Maniac (2012): Released 15th March in UK cinemas
Maniac (2012) (18) Running time: 89 minutes Director: Franck Khalfoun Writers: Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, C.A Rosenberg Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Liane Balaban, America Olivo Reviewed by: Matt Wavish The majority of genre […]
Genres
COMEDOWN (2012) – On DVD and Blu-Ray from 11th March
COMEDOWN (2012) A group of anti-social street teens, led by ex-con Lloyd and jealous nutjob Jason, break into a dilapidated, abandoned tower block to set a rig up for a pirate radio station. All goes […]
Comedy
Stitches (2012): Released 4th March on DVD & Blu-ray
Stitches (2012) (18) Running time: 86 minutes Director: Conor McMahon Writers: Conor McMahon, David O’Brien Cast: Ross Noble, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Tommy Knight, Lorna Dempsey Reviewed by: Matt Wavish Ah the classic tale of […]
Drama
The Bay: Released 18th March on DVD & Blu-ray
The Bay (2012) (15) Running time: 84 minutes Director: Barry Levinson Writer: Michael Wallach Cast: Kristen Connolly, Christopher Denham, Jane McNeill, Kether Donohue Reviewed by: Matt Wavish I know I keep saying […]
Drama
Antiviral (2012): Out now on DVD
Antiviral (2012) (15) Running time: 103 minutes Director: Brandon Cronenberg Writer: Brandon Cronenberg Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Lisa Berry, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell Reviewed by: Matt Wavish The old saying “like Father, like […]
Action
Tower Block (2012): Out now on DVD & Blu-ray
Tower Block (2012) (15) Running time: 90 minutes Director: James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson Writer: James Moran Cast: Sheridan Smith, Jack O’Connell, Ralph Brown, Russell Tovey Reviewed by: Matt Wavish Making their directorial debut, […]
Fantasy
Cloud Atlas (2012) – Release date 22nd February
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnAqFyaQ5s[/youtube] Cloud Atlas is just 1 of the 57 UK premieres featuring at the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival. Actor James D’Arcy appeared briefly before the Sunday evening screening to warn the audience that if they […]
Drama
American Mary (2012): Out now on DVD & Blu-ray
American Mary (2012) (18) Running time: 103 minutes Directors: Jen & Sylvia Soska Writers: Jen & Sylvia Soska Cast: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren, Paula Lindberg Reviewed by: Matt Wavish […]
Animation
WRECK-IT RALPH: in cinemas now [short review]
IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME:108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic When Litwak’s Arcade closes at night, the various video game characters leave their normal in-game roles and are free to travel […]
Documentary
CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION? – A Short Film By Jason Willis
CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION? (2012) Written and directed by Jason Willis Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? Is it a source for harmless kicks, or a […]
Short Films
THE END – A Short Film By Brett Young
THE END Written and Directed by Brett Young [vimeo width=”500″ height=”281″]https://vimeo.com/53838178[/vimeo] A woman (Megan Turne) awakes from the bed with a man (Thom Mackie) beside her. After getting dressed, she tells the assumed boyfriend/partner she […]
HCF Reviews
Crawlspace (2012) – Released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 18th
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYNEzyfxZ-A[/youtube] Cerification: 18 Running Time: 87 mins Reviewer: David Gillespie – Official HCF Artist Crawlspace is a throwback to the low budget, sci-fi horrors that Roger Corman used to churn out in the 1980’s. Viewers […]
Drama
HITCHCOCK: in cinemas now
IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 98 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film North By Northwest to considerable success, but is troubled by a reporter’s […]
Action
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012)
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012) Written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s […]