For HCMovieReviews: “The Predator”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi (spoiler free) Over thirty years since the release of the original ‘Predator’ movie, Shane Black returns to the franchise with the latest installment and sequel, ‘The Predator’. Lacking an A-List name to establish ‘The Predator’ as a star vehicle, can the new … Continue reading For HCMovieReviews: “The Predator”

For SetTheTape.com: “Backtrace – Film Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Bouncing between franchise revival films and the horrific Escape Plan 2, Sylvester Stallone stars alongside Stranger Things’ Matthew Modine in Backtrace – more appropriately direct-to-the-rubbish-bin than direct-to-video. Backtrace opens during the car journey home after a robbery or heist of sorts, and … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Backtrace – Film Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival – Best of Closing Night and Awards”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The second edition of Bolton Film Festival came to a glorious triumph when a selection of 13 films, dubbed “Best of the Fest (Pt 2)”, were presented to a packed-out crowd of filmmakers, students, fans, the local Mayor and Mayoress, and the … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival – Best of Closing Night and Awards”

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: F-Rated Film”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Taking place within the lecture room on the basement floor of Bolton’s fantastic Museum, Aquarium and Archive, Bolton Film Festival’s special range of F-Rated film preceded an also fantastic industry panel on women in film. To be “F-Rated”, the film in question … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: F-Rated Film”

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: Opening Night”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Taking place within Bolton Market Place’s luxurious Light Cinema, the 2018 edition of Bolton Film Festival opened with its timely named “Opening Night”. A packed crowd in screen 5 were presented with a terrific and diverse range of contemporary short film from … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: Opening Night”

For SetTheTape.com: “You Were Never Really Here – Blu-Ray Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Disturbing as he is terrifying, a powerhouse Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) performance dominates in the gritty and impactful You Were Never Really Here, adapted from Jonathan Ames’ book of the same name, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “You Were Never Really Here – Blu-Ray Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On both the first and last days of Telling Tales, audiences were treated to a selection of the finest short films from first-year undergraduate students. The student shorts were presenting a portrait style of story-telling. Some students constructed documentaries around their family … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

For SetTheTape.com: “Manchester Film Festival: Damascus Cover”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The most mainstream film of the MANIFF2018 and winner of the festival’s Best English Language Film award, Damascus Cover is Daniel Berk’s (Love is a Gun) adaptation of Howard Kaplan’s 1977 spy novel of the same name, and a return to form … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Manchester Film Festival: Damascus Cover”