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The Seventh Veil(1945)

Compton Bennett directed this Oscar winning drama about a once,world famous pianist who escapes from her hospital room and tries to take her own life.With brilliant performances from Ann Todd,James Mason and Herbert Lom.

8/10

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, really enjoyed this film and Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law were great as always. Hope there's another one. 9.2/10.

Crimson Peak

Described as a 'Sumptuous Gothic Horror' and really,it definitely is.
Eerily beautiful,this really is a good watch.

8.5/10

The Changeling(1980)

George C.Scott,Melyvin Douglas and Trish Van Devere are all put in excellent performances in Peter Medak's shivery ghosty story set in Seattle.The film has an extra unsettling element to it,as it is supposedly based on the actual experiences of screenwriter Russell Hunter,when he lived in an old mansion in Denver,Colorado.

7.5/10

Witchfinder General(1968)

Vincent Price stars as Matthew Hopkins,a witchfinder during the English Civil War.Hopkins and his assistant travel from village to village torturing confessions out of women they randomly accuse of being witches.Price is utterly convincing as a sadistic "soldier for God." Directed by Michael Reeves.

8/10

Dog Pound(2010) Life in a Canadian juvenile correctional facility. This update of the British TV programme & film Scum is a fine piece of cinema in its own right, grim at times with some excellent action set pieces. Starring Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel,Taylor Paulin, Dewshane Williams & Trent McMullen 7.5/10

Price Of Silence(1959)

Gordan Jackson directed and starred in this drama about a man who forges a new life for himself after serving a prison sentence.But trouble arises when his past catches up with him.June Thorburn and Mary Clare are excellent in support.

8/10

This is the End - 2/10 complete waste of some of my favourite actors.

The Iceman(2012)

Ariel Vromen directs this so called fact based drama about Richard Kuklinski,a serial killer turned Maffia hitman.Vromen succeeds in creating an incredibly accurate vision of 1970s New Jersey(the film follows Kuklinski's life from the 50s to the 80s but the majority of the film is set in the 70s)but there are many things the director chose not to focus on,including Kuklinski's terrible childhood and the killing of Roy DeMeo which in reality,Kuklinski thought about doing for seven years.The violence he inflicted on his own wife and his unpredictable mood swings. The slayings of his victims are also toned down when compared to the Kuklinski confessions and the excellent book by Phillip Carlo,ultimately though its the amazing central performance from Michael Shannon who really captures the juxtaposition of Kuklinski's life as a family man and a stone cold killer.It tries to be Goodfellas for a new generation but doesn't quite make it.

7/10

The Lodger(1926)

Matinée idol Ivor Novello is Jack the Ripper in this early Hitchcock effort.One of the highlights of this silent movie is the famous glass ceiling/floor that shows the lodger pacing in his room.

7.5/10