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Festivals
FRC Feature – Grimm Screenings
Our good friends over at Grimmfest have recently announced their lineup for the first part of 2013 and boy is it a belter! As usual the team will be bringing a mixture of horror classics and previews of new releases to Manchest...
Daily Posts
Top Eleven Leonardo DiCaprio Performances
Django Unchained is set to hit UK cinemas in a matter of days, and to celebrate its release Tom has taken a look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s finest performances in what has been an impressive career to date. This was quite pos...
FRC Feature
Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX Preview
Those of you who ventured out to watch The Hobbit in IMAX cinemas over Christmas may have been treated to a very impressive preview of JJ Abrams follow-up to 2009′s success story Star Trek; Star Trek Into the Darkness, wh...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Silver Linings Playbook
David O Russell's follow up to last year's Oscar grabbing The Fighter is a moving and at times hilarious character study of how a psychiatric patients recovery impacts on the life of a young woman bereaving the death of her hus...
Daily Posts
Getting people into genres – Horror
As an avid film fan, nothing pleases me more than introducing friends and family to a lesser known film that becomes their new favourite, and I am sure that most of our readers share this same simple pleasure. However, there ar...
Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray Review – La Gloire De Mon Pere & Le Chateau De Ma Mere Box Set
Drenched in nostalgia and memories of bygone days, both films in this boxset are capable of transporting you back to the happiest memories of your childhood and come highly recommended
Cinema
Grimm up North Review – Excision & Suspiria
Halloween in Manchester this year turned out to be a very creepy affair, with the Grimm team showcasing the best of new horror – Richard Bates’ Excision - and a celebrated classic – Dario Argento’s Suspi...
Daily Posts
Getting People Into Genres – Sci-fi
As an avid film fan, nothing pleases me more than introducing friends and family to a lesser known film that becomes their new favourite, and I am sure that most of our readers share this same simple pleasure. However, there ar...
Daily Posts
The Walking Dead Special: Post Apocalyptic and Virus Outbreak Films
With The Walking Dead going from strength to strength in its third season here in the UK, Tom decided to help those fans of the show who are too impatient to wait for their weekly fix of the post-apocalyptic nightmare by sugges...
Festivals
Grimm up North – Halloween Season
October is in full swing so it is time for SCARY movies, Tom takes a look at GRIMM’s Halloween Season Manchester’s premier cult and horror film festival Grimmfest is sadly over for this year (and what a festival it ...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Frankenweenie
Perfect for family viewing during the build up to Halloween, Frankenweenie will satisfy Burton's devoted fans and is likely to impress any curious newcomers.
Festivals
GrimmFest Round Up Part 2
Here are Tom’s thoughts on two of the stand out films at this year’s Grimmfest; Spanish horror Attack of the Werewolves and comedian Ross Noble’s debut role in Stitches Attack of the Werewolves A gypsies curse...
Festivals
FRC Feature – GRIMMFEST – The Round-Up Part 1
Manchester’s premier Horror film festival Grimmfest came to a gruesome conclusion last night, here are Tom’s thoughts on more of the films he saw: Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut It has taken over twenty years for Nightbr...
Festivals
Grimmfest Special: Sinister, American Mary, Comedown and Cockneys Vs. Zombies
With Grimmfest well underway, here are Tom’s thoughts on the films he’s seen so far On Wednesday evening I travelled to Stockport for Grimm’s special preview night and I wasn’t disappointed with what was...
Cinema
Cinema Review – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a unmissable film, that comes highly recommended
Festivals
FRC Feature – Grimmfest Preview
With the opening Gala of Grimmfest just days away, Tom takes a look at the festival lineup to see which films should not be missed. Once again Grimmfest is shaping up to be an excellent horror festival, and with a variety of cu...
Festivals
FRC Feature – GRIMMFEST 2012
Manchester’s finest horror and cult film festival is coming up in a few weeks time and FRC are delighted to announce that we will be there! In the run up to this year’s annual Grimm festival, Front Room Cinema have ...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Untouchable
An audience united in laughter always enhances any viewing experience and it will be difficult for all but the most cynical viewers to hide their smiles during Untouchable
Cinema
Cinema Review – Hope Springs
A romantic comedy about two sixty year olds may not be everyone’s idea of a great night out at the cinema, especially not mine, and I can forgive anyone who thinks Hope Springs will be a whimsical and sentimental picture ...
Blu-Ray
Blu-ray Review – That Obscure Object of Desire
New to Blu-ray this week is Luis Bunuel’s swansong film, the surreal romance That Obscure Object of Desire, here are Tom’s thoughts on the disc. That Obscure Object of Desire is a mesmerising film about love and obs...
Daily Posts
FRC Feature – Lawless Special – Nick Cave’s Work On Films
With Lawless out on general release in the UK this week, Tom decided to take a look at the Australian musician Nick Cave and his contribution to the world of film. Most famous for his dark, sorrowful music style, Nick Cave is a...
DVD Reviews
DVD Review – Corpo Celeste
New to DVD this week is Italian coming of age drama Corpo Celeste, and here are Tom’s thoughts on the film Alice Rohrwacher’s feature-length directorial debut is a subtle coming of age tale that traces a few days in...
Blu-Ray Reviews
Blu-ray Review – Bel Ami
Director duo Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s costume drama featuring the likes of Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman hits Blu-ray & DVD in UK. Here are tom’s views on this sordid tale of debauchery in 19th Cen...
DVD Reviews
DVD Review – The Prey
French crime thriller The Prey hits UK shores on DVD this month, here are Tom’s thoughts on what turned out to be a surprisingly effective action flick. When Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel) is incarcerated in prison for m...
Daily Posts
Director Showcase – Christopher Nolan
To celebrate the release of The Dark Knight Rises Tom and Mike take a look at Christopher Nolan’s incredible career so far. Unless you have been living in a cave for the past six months you will be well aware that The Dar...
Daily Posts
Director Showcase – David Lynch
As a number of his films have recently been given the Blu-ray treatment, Tom decided to take a look at the master of surreal cinema, David Lynch, in this week’s Director Showcase. It has been six years since David Lynch&#...
Daily Posts
Director Showcase – Chan-wook Park
Master of Korean revenge Chan-wook Park is working on his first English language film set for release later this year. Tom takes a look at his career so far in this week’s Director Showcase. At the turn of the millennium ...
DVD Reviews
DVD Review – God Bless America
American comedian Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest feature film God Bless America is released this week but it is far from the patriotic picture its title would lead you to believe… There are a few things in life that fru...
Daily Posts
Director Showcase – David Cronenberg
To celebrate the release of Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method on Blu-ray and DVD this week I decided to take a look at his career as Canada’s leading directors of all things dark and disturbing. David Cronenberg is an...
DVD Reviews
DVD Review – A Dangerous Method
In recent years Cronenberg has shied away from the body-horror that he is renowned for and his latest drama to be release on Blu-ray and DVD, A Dangerous Method continues this trend, but is it as gripping as his earlier films? ...
